{"id":43021,"date":"2023-05-24T11:49:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T23:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=43021"},"modified":"2023-05-24T11:49:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T23:49:03","slug":"90-per-cent-of-nsw-teachers-cant-afford-to-live-where-they-teach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/90-per-cent-of-nsw-teachers-cant-afford-to-live-where-they-teach\/","title":{"rendered":"90 per cent of NSW teachers can\u2019t afford to live where they teach"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOTO: \u00a0New research shows 90 per cent of NSW teachers can’t afford to live where they teach<\/strong><\/p>\n

The surging cost of housing over the past decade has led to teachers being unable to afford a home in the same location they teach in, according to new research.<\/p>\n

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The study, published in the\u00a0Australian Educational Researcher<\/a><\/em>, analysed quarterly house sales and rental reports in NSW and found more than 90 per cent of teaching positions across the state \u2013 around 50,000 full-time roles \u2013 are located in Local Government Areas (LGAs) where\u00a0housing is unaffordable\u00a0on a teacher\u2019s salary.<\/p>\n

The situation is particularly dire for new teachers, with nearly 23,000 full-time graduate teachers across 675 schools, unable to afford a one-bedroom apartment on their base salary.<\/p>\n

The study also found that even for experienced educators at the top of the pay scale, a single-bedroom dwelling is also unaffordable across 70 schools.<\/p>\n

According to the study, if a teacher was to pay more than 30 per cent of their income on housing, it would be considered unaffordable.<\/p>\n

Deputy Director of the Gonski Institute for Education at UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture, Professor Scott Eacott said the study showed the last time a first-year teacher salary could comfortably afford the rent for a one-bedroom dwelling was around a decade ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cFundamentally, there\u2019s been an increasing gap between salary and the costs of housing that the standard pay rise isn\u2019t covering, and it\u2019s pushing teachers further away from their workplaces or out of the profession entirely,\u201d Professor Eacott said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue is not just limited to teachers, but all\u00a0essential workers\u00a0who are increasingly finding it difficult to find affordable places to live within a reasonable distance of their workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Homeownership is also out of reach for teachers on a single income, with median prices in some areas more than 10 times the average teacher salary.<\/p>\n

Sydney is particularly cost-prohibitive, with the most unaffordable LGAs for teachers being Bayside, Canada Bay, Sydney, and Waverley.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ll find it hard to attract new teachers when even a modest one-bedroom apartment is unaffordable,\u201d Professor Eacott said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut also, we\u2019ll lose many experienced teachers simply because they can\u2019t afford to live close to where they work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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