2023 Census Hamilton Renters at SA2 Areas

The percentage of homes being rented in Rototuna East has doubled over the past decade (21% in 2013 to 42% in 2023) and it is very likely that, with a median age of 32, it will be a neighbourhood where most residents will have a landlord within the next few years. The proportion of renters in Flagstaff North East (median age 33.2 years, 16% renting in 2013 to 35% in 2023) has also doubled. Chedworth renters (16% in 2013 to 33% in 2023) have also doubled, but here the median age is 36.1 years: these people are leaving it a bit later in their life to get on the property ladder.

The university neighbourhood of Greensboro, with 89% renting, has the highest percentage of tenants, and with a median age of 23 years is one of the youngest neighbourhoods in Hamilton. Other high-tenanted neighbourhoods include Whitiora with 80% renters [median age 30.7], Hamilton East Village 72% [median age 39], Hamilton Central 69% [median age 39], Hamilton West 69% [median age 33.9] and Melville North 69% [median age 32.4]. All of these are located with walking distance of town centres and/or areas with good job density.

Swarbrick is worth a closer look: it has 66 percent of dwellings rented, and the median age here is 31.8 years, which is younger than Hamilton’s median age of 33.2 years. The median income in 2023 was $41.5k, which is within 1,000 dollars of Hamilton’s median of $42.2k, and is an improvement from 2013 when Swarbrick’s $25.1k median income was over 2,000 dollars below Hamilton city’s $27.7k. Swarbrick is an established high density neighbourhood, which is attracting young people on improving incomes.

Enderley South (65% renting), Enderley North (61% renting) and Silverdale (61% renting), have median ages between 30 and 32 years, which is reasonably young. In these areas, income is low at between $31k and $35k, nearly $10,000 below Hamilton’s median income. These three neighbourhoods have been like this for over a decade, and people in these areas clearly need ongoing taxpayer investment to improve public spaces, provide affordable transport options, and grant rent subsidies so landlords can provide healthy homes.

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