❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice from 2014 requesting detailed data on public housing waitlists across Western Australia, including the number of applicants, total people, children, and dependents, broken down by region.
AnsweredQoN 3176Legislative Assembly
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I draw the Minister's attention to the waiting lists for public housing in Western Australia as at 30 September 2014, and I ask: (a) what is the total number of people associated with the wait list; (b) what is the current wait list as a total number of applicants; (c) what is the total number of children and dependents associated with the wait list; (d) what is the current wait list as total number of applicants per region as of 30 September 2014; (e) what is the total number of people associated with the wait list per region as at the date above; and (f) what is the total number of children and dependents associated with the wait list by region as of the date above?
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Answered
25 November 2014
Responded by
Minister for Housing
Response time
33 days
The Department of Housing advises:
(a)
41 052
(b)
19 577
(c)
Children: 8 386
Dependants: 7 584
(d)
North Metropolitan: 7 786
South Metropolitan: 3 484
South East Metropolitan: 3 165
Great Southern: 581
Southwest: 1 396
Goldfields: 366
Gascoyne: 735
Pilbara: 524
West Kimberley: 719
Wheatbelt: 449
East Kimberley: 372
(e)
North Metropolitan: 17 141
South Metropolitan: 6 411
South East Metropolitan: 7 280
Great Southern: 1 031
Southwest: 2 602
Goldfields: 651
Gascoyne: 1 368
Pilbara: 1 165
West Kimberley: 1 598
Wheatbelt: 915
East Kimberley: 890
(f)
Children:
North Metropolitan: 3 571
South Metropolitan: 1 260
South East Metropolitan: 1 505
Great Southern: 181
Southwest: 525
Goldfields: 107
Gascoyne: 256
Pilbara: 266
West Kimberley: 331
Wheatbelt: 195
East Kimberley: 189
Dependants:
North Metropolitan: 3 172
South Metropolitan: 1 161
South East Metropolitan: 1 359
Great Southern: 173
Southwest: 483
Goldfields: 102
Gascoyne: 230
Pilbara: 244
West Kimberley: 306
Wheatbelt: 179
East Kimberley: 175
(a)
41 052
(b)
19 577
(c)
Children: 8 386
Dependants: 7 584
(d)
North Metropolitan: 7 786
South Metropolitan: 3 484
South East Metropolitan: 3 165
Great Southern: 581
Southwest: 1 396
Goldfields: 366
Gascoyne: 735
Pilbara: 524
West Kimberley: 719
Wheatbelt: 449
East Kimberley: 372
(e)
North Metropolitan: 17 141
South Metropolitan: 6 411
South East Metropolitan: 7 280
Great Southern: 1 031
Southwest: 2 602
Goldfields: 651
Gascoyne: 1 368
Pilbara: 1 165
West Kimberley: 1 598
Wheatbelt: 915
East Kimberley: 890
(f)
Children:
North Metropolitan: 3 571
South Metropolitan: 1 260
South East Metropolitan: 1 505
Great Southern: 181
Southwest: 525
Goldfields: 107
Gascoyne: 256
Pilbara: 266
West Kimberley: 331
Wheatbelt: 195
East Kimberley: 189
Dependants:
North Metropolitan: 3 172
South Metropolitan: 1 161
South East Metropolitan: 1 359
Great Southern: 173
Southwest: 483
Goldfields: 102
Gascoyne: 230
Pilbara: 244
West Kimberley: 306
Wheatbelt: 179
East Kimberley: 175
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