These applications include the protection of the environment, the promotion of economic growth in places affected by adverse conditions, the building of social capital, addressing the challenges of inter-generational policy and improving the amenity of urban areas. [...] • By verifying the nature, extent and impact of the challenges facing the provision of housing in rural and regional housing markets, the project finds that many of these markets have been adversely affected by factors outside the control of local industry participants. [...] In their study of the housing conditions of families in the Riverland of South Australia and south-west Queensland, Burbidge and Winter (1995) argued that there were three aspects of housing disadvantage that were of substantial concern in non-metropolitan Australia: • first, the number of occupants in many homes and the associated incidence of overcrowding • second, dwelling quality – that is the. [...] 2.1 The quantitative classification The RAI has examined the performance of regional housing markets in a number of its publications (RAI 2022) and has linked housing to its broader set of policy concerns around population growth outside capital cities and the need to develop a workforce to meet the pressing needs of non-metropolitan industries with the capacity to grow. [...] In large measure the responses suggest that challenges already present in regional housing supply (such as adequacy of the labour force, the cost of inputs into the construction process and so on) were made worse by the pandemic: • 72 per cent of respondents gave a score of seven or higher when asked if the pandemic had exacerbated the shortage of workers in the building industry.
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Table of Contents
- List of tables 4
- List of figures 4
- List of boxes 4
- Acronyms and abbreviations used in this report 5
- Executive summary 6
- 1. Introduction 11
- 1.1 Policy context 13
- 1.2 Existing research 16
- 1.3 Research methods 19
- 1.3.1 Overarching method, data gathering and analysis 19
- 2. Quantitative analysis: regional housing clusters and the identification of disruptive processes 22
- 2.1 The quantitative classification 22
- 2.2 Classifying regional housing markets 24
- 2.3 Disruption and short and long-term trends in regional housing supply 34
- 2.4 Policy development implications of the quantitative analysis 38
- 3. Case study analysis 39
- 3.1 Case study analysis of Australia’s regional housing markets 40
- 3.2 Case studies 42
- 3.2.1 Karoonda 42
- 3.2.2 Murray Bridge 44
- 3.2.3 Dubbo 46
- 3.2.4 Bendigo 52
- 3.3 Policy development implications 55
- 4. Outcomes of the Investigative Panel 56
- 4.1 The Panel and its processes 57
- 4.2 Panel perspectives on policy options 58
- 4.3 Policy development implications 64
- 5. Policy development options 65
- 5.1 The key questions answered 65
- 5.2 Final remarks 66
- References 69
- Table 1: Narrative summary of regional housing market clusters 24
- Table 2: Housing pressure – Karoonda, South Australia 44
- Table 3: Housing pressure – Murray Bridge, South Australia 46
- Table 4: Top 10 origins to Dubbo regional LGA (five-year, one-year) 49
- Table 5: Housing pressure – Dubbo, New South Wales 52
- Table 6: Housing pressure – Bendigo, Victoria 55
- Figure 1: Spatial distribution of LGA clusters based on local housing markets 25
- Figure 2: Total population change by age groups, 2016–21 26
- Figure 3: Change in total population and employment, 2016–21 27
- Figure 4: Change in workforce patterns, 2016–21 28
- Figure 5: Change in employment suitable to work from home (WFH), 2016 and 2021 29
- Figure 6: Net five-year internal migration, 2016–21 30
- Figure 7: Share of new residents who moved from other housing clusters, 2016 and 2021 31
- Figure 8: Change in dwelling structure, 2016–21 32
- Figure 9: Change in the share of dwelling structure, 2016–21 33
- Figure 10: Change in dwelling tenure, 2016–21 33
- Figure 11: Change in the share of dwelling tenure, 2016–21 34
- Figure 12: Impact of difficulties in securing a building workforce on housing supply 35
- Figure 13: The impact of increased building material costs on regional housing supply 36
- Figure 14: Impact of land supply shortages on regional housing supply 36
- Figure 15: Location of Karoonda and Murray Bridge, South Australia 42
- Figure 16: Location of Dubbo, New South Wales 47
- Figure 17: Employment by sector for Dubbo, New South Wales 48
- Figure 18: Housing in Southlakes Estate, Dubbo 50
- Figure 19: The construction site for No 1. Church Street Dubbo, in December 2023 51
- Figure 20: Location of Bendigo, Victoria 53
- Box A: Housing initiatives in the Greater Whitsunday region 40
- Box B: Local government leading housing provision for the community 41
