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Social housing waiting list data

Social housing applicant households on the NSW Housing Register

Bar graph showing the number of priority and general applicant households on the NSW Housing Register
Shows data from January 2024 to January 2025 for social housing waiting list. As at 31 January 2025 there were 64,280 households waiting for social housing: 11,017 priority approved and 53,263 general approved.

Social housing applicant households on the NSW Housing Register by Allocation Zone

The number of priority and general applicant households on the NSW Housing Register by Allocation Zone at the end of the latest month.

Data for previous months

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Newly housed from the NSW Housing Register

Bar graph showing the number of priority and general applicant household housed from the NSW Housing Register and percentage of priority housed
Shows data from January 2024 to January 2025 for applicant households housed from the NSW Housing Register. In January 2025 there were 538 households housed: 427 priority and 111 general. Proportion of priority housed in January 2025 is at 79%.

Median waiting time in months for social housing applicant households housed from the NSW Housing Register (rolling 12 months)

Line chart depicting median waiting time in months for social housing applicant households housed from the NSW Housing Register
Shows median waiting time in months for general applicant households housed from the NSW Housing Register in the rolling 12 months for the last five quarters: from December 2023 to December 2024. As at 31 December 2024, median waiting time for general applicants housed from the NSW Housing Register was 16.0 months.
Line graph depicting median waiting time in months for priority applicant households housed from the NSW Housing Register
Shows median waiting time in months for priority applicant households housed from the NSW Housing Register in the rolling 12 months for the last five quarters: from December 2023 to December 2024. As at 31 December 2024, median waiting time for priority applicants housed from the NSW Housing Register was 3.6 months.

Median waiting time by DCJ district (rolling 12 months)

The median waiting times in months for priority and general social housing applicant households housed from the NSW Housing Register in the previous 12 months, at the end of each quarter, by DCJ District. This measure provides information on how long 50 per cent of priority or general applicants waited before they were housed.

Median waiting time by district - December 2024 (XLSX, 11.8 KB)

Data for previous quarters

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Last updated:

21 Feb 2025