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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 2025 to January 2026 for social housing waiting list. As at 31 January 2026 there were 67,968 households waiting for social housing: 12,295 priority approved and 55,673 general approved.
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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.

Social housing applicant households on the NSW Housing Register by Allocation Zone as at 31 January 2026 (XLSX, 21.0 KB)

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 2025 to January 2026 for applicant households housed from the NSW Housing Register. In January 2026 there were 526 households housed: 394 priority and 132 general. Proportion of priority housed in January 2026 is at 75%.
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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 2024 to December 2025. As at 31 December 2025, median waiting time for general applicants housed from the NSW Housing Register was 14.9 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 2024 to December 2025. As at 31 December 2025, median waiting time for priority applicants housed from the NSW Housing Register was 4.4 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 2025 (XLSX, 10.2 KB)

Data for previous quarters

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