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Presented by:Vesna Haracic

Low Cost Affordable Housing Study - City of Salisbury SA

Faculty of Edit this on the Slide Master The University of Adelaide

City of Salisbury “Salisbury – A flourishing City with opportunity for all”


The City of Salisbury • 23 km out of Adelaide CBD

• Land area of 15,806 ha (158 Km2)

• More than 140,000 residents in 2018

• Expected to grow to over 150,000 by 2036

• Diverse, multicultural community

• More than 70% have been living in the city for more than10 years


• Over 30% of our population was born overseas, 28% of peoplespeak a language other than English at home (Greater Adelaide 2%;Australia 2%)

• SEIFA Index of Disadvantage for the City of Salisbury in 2016 was 917(Greater Adelaide 989; Australia 1002)

• Median age = 35

• 30.9% of households are made up of couples with children (GreaterAdelaide 28.7%; Australia 30.3%)

• 23.6% of households are lone person households (Greater Adelaide26.2%; Australia 22.8%)


The City • Fourth largest economy in the State

• $6.38 Billion Gross Regional product

• 6.3 per cent of the Gross State Product

• 6,815 businesses in the City of Salisbury

• Over 53,000 jobs in Salisbury

• 16.2% increase in jobs during 2006 and 2016 period


Why an affordable housing study

• Learnings ACH program• Housing Seminars• Feedback from residents• Networking with key partners


Habitat for Humanity


Australia-first affordable housing scheme


Jewel Living 1


Jewel Living 2


Jewel Living buyer


Low-Cost Affordable Housing Study


The visionary approach and innovative concept

• What local government can do to facilitate low-cost affordable housing supply

• Meeting the needs of its communities • Willingness to collaborate to explore a range of

deliverable models and low cost and affordable housing products


Project Methodology


Demand• Families (young, mature and one parent);• Lone person households• Higher proportion of one parent families• Higher proportion of households renting, private

(with assistance) and social housing• Lower rates of employment, skills and qualifications

and income• Higher proportion of new migrants


Supply• The median sales price listing for houses currently

on the market in Salisbury is $339,000 and$250,000 for units

• The majority (68.5%) of houses currently listed forsale are 3 bedroom dwellings, followed by 4bedroom dwellings (22%)

• The median rental value for houses currently on themarket is $325 per week and $300 for units


City of Salisbury - Affordability Assessment • Approximately 23,900 (48%) of households are

unlikely to be able to afford a typical 3 bedroomhouse

• Just under 4,400 (8.8%) of household are likely tohave a purchasing capacity limited to small lot living

• Approximately 9,600 (19.5%) of households arelikely to have a purchasing capacity limited toachieving a small dwelling or unit development thatis not currently available within the new landdevelopments under delivery in Salisbury


Low Cost Housing Models• Partnership / joint venture with for-profit housing

providers• Partnership / joint ventures / shared equity with not-

for-profit housing providers• Opportunities are available for the delivery of a

wider range of housing types• Large dwellings that are designed to support multi-

generational and extended families and key migrantgroups under one roof


Low Cost Housing Models

• Tiny housing, mews housing and major housing for low income singles and couples

• Secure apartments for special needs groups such as women’s shelters

• Co-housing for supported living, for example for individuals with mild to moderate disabilities


Recommendations- Opportunities on the Salisbury land development projects

• Delivery Mechanisms to increase affordable housingon the land development projects.

• Gaps in current product offerings and futureopportunities with built form partners.

• Other initiatives including planning controlmechanisms and government advocacy

• Recommended additional research andinvestigations


Potential application for others + how the results/methodology would further the

cause of goodplanning

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