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title: Social housing data from Queensland
resource: https://publicdata.au/c/qld-social-housing/
publisher: Department of Housing and Public Works
licence: CC BY 4.0
version: 2026-09-02
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# Social housing data from Queensland

The Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works publishes data on the people waiting for social housing and on the homes the state owns.

Social housing register has one row per application on the register at the end of a quarter. Social housing maintenance and modification expenditure has the department's spending on its own homes in a financial year.

Published by Department of Housing and Public Works under CC BY 4.0. Department of Housing and Public Works has not endorsed this site.

## Tables

- [Social housing register, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/): Every application on the Queensland social housing register at the end of the latest quarter, with the household's assessed need, preferred locations and time waiting. 26,961 rows, 24 fields. Markdown: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/index.md
- [Social housing maintenance and modification spending, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-maintenance/): What the Queensland Government spent maintaining and modifying its social housing in each suburb, by property type, in the latest financial year. 5,387 rows, 8 fields. Markdown: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-maintenance/index.md
- [Public housing dwellings, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-housing-dwellings/): Every Queensland public rental and state owned Indigenous housing dwelling, with its type, bedrooms, postcode and market rent, as supplied for the Report on Government Services. 56,768 rows, 9 fields. Markdown: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-housing-dwellings/index.md

## Attribution and citation

Department of Housing and Public Works, Queensland Government, Social Housing Register, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/social-housing-register, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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