Rental Demand
Dwelling tenure (Number and percentage of households)
Households renting over time
Rented households: dwelling type
Number of households who rent (provincial data)
Percentage of all households that rent their primary dwellings by province
Provincial distribution of rented households
Number of households who rent (major metropolitan areas)
Percentage of households who rent (major metropolitan areas)
Income Profile of the rental market
Percentage of households in each income group that rent their primary dwellings
Income distribution of the rental market
Average monthly rentals by household income
Average rental paid-to-total income ratio by monthly household income
Monthly rentals by dwelling type
Rent paid as a percentage of income by dwelling type
Socio-economic indicators
Toilet facilities by dwelling type
Households that use electricity for lighting by dwelling type
Poverty indicators in households who rent: Percentage of households who rent who experience hunger
Main source of income of households who rent
Main source of income of households that rent their main dwellings
Rented households: dwelling type
Around 20% of rented dwellings are shacks
Source: CS 2007 General Household Survey 2007
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