Homes NSW Port Macquarie-Hastings social housing facts

Table comparing data for tenants of Homes NSW dwellings in the Port Macquarie-Hastings LGA with data for the overall LGA, Regional NSW and the whole of NSW. Data includes population, median age, average household size and total dwellings.
Key facts	Homes NSW	LGA	Regional NSW	NSW
Total population	3,515 (4.8% of LGA)	73,131	2.8%	1%
Total dwellings	1,007 (2.8% of LGA)	36,583	1,203,865	3,059,599

Adjoining LGAs: Kempsey, Walcha, MidCoast

Homes NSW seeks to provide housing for tenants that best meet their needs now and into the future.

A significant proportion of Homes NSW housing in the Port Macquarie-Hastings LGA are cottages built in the 1970s and 1980s, for a different time and a different need. Today, property maintenance costs are increasing (due to the age of the assets), so these properties are becoming less and less suitable, both for the tenants who live in them and for us to manage cost-effectively.

Social housing is a safety net, as most tenants are older, past working age, live alone and rely on the age, disability or some other pension for income.The majority of existing dwellings in Port Macquarie-Hastings are 3-bedroom. The greatest demand, however, is for smaller dwellings for one or 2 people, and we are addressing this need.

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