Sydney property: Sydney suburbs with the highest amenities and the least social housing

Some of Sydney highest-amenity neighbourhoods in the east and harbourside are lagging other parts of the city in the provision of social housing, new research shows.

Across the country, many well-located suburbs have scant social housing. For NSW, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland, 70 per cent or more of high-amenity locations have less than 5 per cent social housing, according to new research which said this indicated “a strong opportunity to increase provision in these locations.”

“Most developed nations have more than 5 per cent social housing. Some countries in Europe have 10, some have 20 per cent, so it’s doable,” said Dr Stephen Glackin, senior research fellow at Swinburne University of Technology, who is the lead researcher of a new report undertaken for Australian Housi