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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 March 2024 to March 2025 for social housing waiting list. As at 31 March 2025 there were 65,853 households waiting for social housing: 11,061 priority approved and 54,792 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 March 2024 to March 2025 for applicant households housed from the NSW Housing Register. In March 2025 there were 680 households housed: 527 priority and 163 general. Proportion of priority housed in March 2025 is at 78%.

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 March 2024 to March 2025. As at 31 March 2025, median waiting time for general applicants housed from the NSW Housing Register was 15.0 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 March 2024 to March 2025. As at 31 March 2025 , median waiting time for priority applicants housed from the NSW Housing Register was 3.9 months.
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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 -March 2025 (XLSX, 11.8 KB)

Data for previous quarters

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Last updated:

17 Apr 2025