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Living On Coast Is Unaffordable
Sunshine Coast Daily
By Anne-Louise Brown
The Sunshine Coast: beautiful but unaffordable
New York, London, Maroochydore?
According to the sixth Demographia International Affordability Survey, the Sunshine Coast is the third least affordable place to live in the world.
The survey ranked housing affordability in 272 markets in six countries Australia, the US, UK, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand.
Of 62 markets identified as unaffordable, 22 were in Australia, with two of the top 10 the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast in south-east Queensland.
Cities and towns were given scores between three, for affordable, and 5.1 and above for severely unaffordable, based on median house prices and gross annual median household incomes.
The Sunshine Coast scored nine, closely followed by the Gold Coast at number four, with a score of 8.6.
Brisbane came in at 22, but was still considered severely unaffordable with a score of 6.7.
Sydney was the least affordable location in Australia, with a score of 9.1, and came second in the international rankings.
Vancouver, Canada, was rated the most unaffordable place to live.
Toowoomba and Ballarat were ranked as the most affordable in the country.
However, Jean Hamer, a real estate agency principal and chairwoman of the Coast branch of the Real Estate Institute of Queensland, said the survey figures were a misrepresentation of the regions property market.
The survey is compiled by comparing the property prices with the income of people, Ms Hamer said.
On the Coast we have a huge number of high-priced properties, but household incomes that are generally low, because there are a lot of retirees living here.
The other factor is that owners of some of the big-ticket properties dont actually live here, so their incomes were not included.
Ms Hamer said there were still plenty of affordable homes on the Coast, just not on the in-demand beachside strip.
In suburbs like Nambour there are still affordable homes, Ms Hamer said. The expensive properties have just skewed the survey results.
LONDON
Population: 5.5 million
Average house price: $A465,000
Average income: $A61,000
Source: UK Bureau of Statistics, The Guardian, BBC
THE COAST
Population: 287,000
Average house price: $460,000
Average income: $47,900
Source: Sunshine Coast Regional Council, Australian Bureau of Statistics
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