INNER WEST STATISTICS - PAGE 3

Over the past 10 years, the proportion of rented dwellings in the Inner West has risen from 38.2% (2011) to 42.6% (2021).

At 42.6% the proportion of dwellings being rented in the Inner West is significantly higher than for Greater Sydney (35.9%).

Just under a quarter (24.2%) of occupied dwellings across the Inner West are owned outright. This compares with 27.8% for Greater Sydney.

Households with mortgages account for 28.0% of occupied dwellings across the Inner West significantly lower than Greater Sydney (33.3%).

Of the rental properties across the Inner West 78.5% are rented from a Real estate agent. 

A total of 2,573 (3.4%) dwellings across the Inner West are rented from the NSW Housing Department or a Community Housing Provider.

Over the past 10 years to 2021, the number of motor vehicles in the Inner West has grown by an estimated 14.7% to 90,518 motor vehicles now.

There are now 122.2 motor vehicles per 100 dwellings across the Inner West rising from 118.5 ten years ago. Across Greater Sydney overall, there are 165 motor vehicles per 100 dwellings.

Nearly 1 in 6 dwellings (17.5%) across the Inner West has NO MOTOR VEHICLE compared with Greater Sydney where 1 in 9 (11.1%) dwellings have no motor vehicle. Over the past 10 years, the proportion of dwellings in the Inner West with NO MOTOR VEHICLE fell by a small amount from 18.9% to 17.5%.

Just over half of dwellings (51.9%) in the Inner West has ONE motor vehicle. This compares with 40% for Sydney overall.  The proportion of dwellings in the Inner West with ONE motor vehicle increased from 49.5% to 51.9% over the past 10 years.

An estimated 30% of dwellings in the Inner West own 2 OR MORE MOTOR VEHICLES. These 30% of dwellings account for 57% of all motor vehicles in the Inner West.  For Greater Sydney, almost half of dwellings have 2 OR MOTOR VEHILCES accounting for 75% of all motor vehicles owned.

About 1 in every 50 dwellings in the Inner West has 4 OR MORE motor vehicles.

(How to read the data: In 2011, almost a quarter (23.7%) of dwellings in the Inner West had 2 motor vehicles. These dwellings accounted for 40% of ALL motor vehicles in the Inner West. By 2021, 23.2% of dwellings had 2 motor vehicles accounting for 38% of ALL motor vehicles in the Inner West).

Demand for open space in the Inner West is very high. With an average of 750 people per hectare of open space in the Inner West we have 5 times more people needing parks and sporting amenity than Greater Sydney, which averages 153 people per hectare of open space.

Of all 130 Councils in NSW only Burwood Council has more demand on its open space than the Inner West at 1070 people per hectare.