Mr. McGowan asks about the number and location of first homebuyers who purchased houses in specific price ranges using the first home buyers' grant in 2009-2010. The answer provides the number of grants issued in each price range but withholds location data citing privacy concerns.

AnsweredQoN 4670Legislative Assembly
Asked
16 February 2011
Portfolio
Finance

QuestionView source ↗

(1) For the 2009–2010 financial year, how many people bought, with the assistance of the first homebuyers’ grant:
(a) houses worth $500,000 – $749,999;
(b) houses worth $750,000 – $999,999; and
(c) houses worth $1 million?
(2) What was the location of each of these houses?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
14 March 2011
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Finance
Response time
26 days
(1)
(a) 2,244
(b) 219
(c) 95
(2) The splitting of the values and locations as requested will potentially lead to the identification of an individual grant recipient which would be contrary to section 65 of the
First Home Owner Grant Act 2000
. To minimise that possibility, the grants paid across the three value ranges are presented in an aggregated form below.[see tabled paper no]
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