--- title: Social housing register, Queensland resource: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/ publisher: Department of Housing and Public Works licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-09-02 rows: 26961 fields: 24 source: https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/963c1f5e-3819-4b02-af0c-8695739ca4cf/resource/a5f92b67-908e-4a0e-9c41-ab4f89efbb0b/download/social-housing-register-at-30-june-2026-data-file.csv source_sha256: 85dd7d8e71f8a69e2310188bf729a31bc15cf4b97a1f2202a0a81f5d6f3a38ba language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Social housing register, Queensland 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. Published by Department of Housing and Public Works under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Housing and Public Works has not endorsed this site. Also called: Queensland public housing waiting list, Queensland housing register applications, Social Housing Register Queensland. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/v/2026-09-02/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/latest/data.csv (8.6 MB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/latest/data.xlsx (3.3 MB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/latest/data.json (23 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/latest/data.parquet (426 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/latest/data.sqlite (8.2 MB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/latest/data.duckdb (2.0 MB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/latest/data.ndjson (23 MB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/latest/data.arrow (2.1 MB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/latest/data.csv.gz (784 KB) Pinned version 2026-09-02: `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/v/2026-09-02/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-social-housing-register/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-social-housing-register/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-social-housing-register/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-social-housing-register/aggregate?group=local_govt_authority&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `local_govt_authority`: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/v/2026-09-02/by/local_govt_authority/index.json lists 71 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `row_id` | integer | row_id | Numbers the rows of one release. | | `application_list_category` | string | ApplicationListCategory | Level of assessed housing need, Very High or High. | | `housing_service_centre` | string | HousingServiceCentre | Where the application was lodged. | | `local_govt_authority` | string | LocalGovtAuthority | Council area of the household's first locational preference. | | `state_electorate` | string | StateElectorate | State electorate of the household's first locational preference. | | `application_list_status_desc` | string | ApplicationListStatusDesc | ACTIVE when ready to be offered housing, INACTIVE when the applicant is not yet ready. | | `rehousing_list_desc` | string | RehousingListDesc | Whether the application is new or a transfer. | | `language_preference` | string | LanguagePreference | | | `bedrooms_required` | integer | BedroomsRequired | | | `application_type` | string | ApplicationType | Public/CH is public or community housing, ATSIH is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing, RIC is Remote Indigenous Community. | | `application_received_month` | date | ApplicationReceivedMonth | First day of the month the application was approved. | | `months_on_housing_register` | integer | MonthsonHousingRegister | | | `family_type` | string | FamilyType | | | `people_on_application` | integer | PeopleonApplication | | | `letting_area_1` | string | LettingArea1Desc | | | `letting_area_2` | string | LettingArea2Desc | | | `letting_area_3` | string | LettingArea3Desc | | | `letting_area_4` | string | LettingArea4Desc | | | `letting_area_5` | string | LettingArea5Desc | | | `letting_area_6` | string | LettingArea6Desc | | | `disability_mod_request` | string | DisabilityModRequestFlag | | | `at_risk_of_or_experiencing_homelessness` | string | AtRiskOfOrExperiencingHomelessnessFlag | Yes, No or n.a., at the time of application. | | `disability_application` | string | DisabilityApplicationFlag | Yes, No or n.a. | | `indigenous_application` | string | IndigenousApplicationFlag | Yes, No or n.a. | Key: `row_id`. ## Versions - 2026-09-02: 26961 rows, 24 fields, sha256 85dd7d8e71f8. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/v/2026-09-02/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/history.tar.zst ## Part of Social housing data from Queensland - [Social housing maintenance and modification spending, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-maintenance/) - [Public housing dwellings, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-housing-dwellings/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Public housing dwellings by council area, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-public-housing-dwellings/) (SA) - [Public housing households by council area, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-public-housing-households/) (SA) - [New households housed in public housing by council area, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-public-housing-new-households/) (SA) - [Average age of public housing dwellings by suburb and bedrooms, Western Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-public-housing-dwelling-age-by-suburb/) (WA) - [Specialist homelessness services clients by month, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-homelessness-services-monthly/) (Cth) - [Dwelling completions per 1,000 people, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/) (NSW) - [Median weekly rents and bonds lodged by suburb, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-private-rents-by-suburb/) (SA) - [Median weekly rents and bonds lodged by postcode, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-private-rents-by-postcode/) (SA) - [Median house sale prices by suburb, metropolitan Adelaide](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-metro-median-house-prices/) (SA) - [Median house prices by suburb, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-house-prices-by-suburb/) (Vic) - [Median unit prices by suburb, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/) (Vic) - [Median vacant land prices by suburb, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-vacant-land-prices-by-suburb/) (Vic) ## By council area - [Aurukun Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/aurukun-shire-council/): 92 rows - [Balonne Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/balonne-shire-council/): 15 rows - [Banana Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/banana-shire-council/): 51 rows - [Barcaldine Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/barcaldine-regional-council/): 10 rows - [Blackall-Tambo Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/blackall-tambo-regional-council/): 5 rows - [Boulia Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/boulia-shire-council/): 2 rows - [Brisbane City Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/brisbane-city-council/): 5,552 rows - [Bundaberg Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/bundaberg-regional-council/): 858 rows - [Burdekin Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/burdekin-shire-council/): 100 rows - [Burke Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/burke-shire-council/): 7 rows - [Cairns Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/cairns-regional-council/): 1,867 rows - [Carpentaria Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/carpentaria-shire-council/): 6 rows - [Cassowary Coast Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/cassowary-coast-regional-council/): 59 rows - [Central Highlands Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/central-highlands-regional-council/): 73 rows - [Charters Towers Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/charters-towers-regional-council/): 40 rows - [Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/cherbourg-aboriginal-shire-council/): 3 rows - [Cloncurry Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/cloncurry-shire-council/): 11 rows - [Cook Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/cook-shire-council/): 102 rows - [Croydon Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/croydon-shire-council/): 3 rows - [Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/doomadgee-aboriginal-shire-council/): 29 rows - [Douglas Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/douglas-shire-council/): 23 rows - [Etheridge Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/etheridge-shire-council/): 1 rows - [Flinders Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/flinders-shire-council/): 3 rows - [Fraser Coast Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/fraser-coast-regional-council/): 627 rows - [Gladstone Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/gladstone-regional-council/): 286 rows - [Gold Coast City Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/gold-coast-city-council/): 1,973 rows - [Goondiwindi Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/goondiwindi-regional-council/): 28 rows - [Gympie Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/gympie-regional-council/): 144 rows - [Hinchinbrook Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/hinchinbrook-shire-council/): 33 rows - [Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/hope-vale-aboriginal-shire-council/): 13 rows - [Ipswich City Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/ipswich-city-council/): 1,213 rows - [Isaac Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/isaac-regional-council/): 13 rows - [Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/kowanyama-aboriginal-shire-council/): 49 rows - [Livingstone Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/livingstone-shire-council/): 164 rows - [Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/lockhart-river-aboriginal-shire-council/): 17 rows - [Lockyer Valley Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/lockyer-valley-regional-council/): 60 rows - [Logan City Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/logan-city-council/): 1,955 rows - [Longreach Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/longreach-regional-council/): 4 rows - [Mackay Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/mackay-regional-council/): 781 rows - [Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/mapoon-aboriginal-shire-council/): 17 rows - [Maranoa Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/maranoa-regional-council/): 26 rows - [Mareeba Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/mareeba-shire-council/): 32 rows - [Moreton Bay Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/moreton-bay-regional-council/): 2,711 rows - [Mornington Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/mornington-shire-council/): 11 rows - [Mount Isa City Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/mount-isa-city-council/): 66 rows - [Murweh Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/murweh-shire-council/): 17 rows - [Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/napranum-aboriginal-shire-council/): 22 rows - [Noosa Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/noosa-shire-council/): 84 rows - [North Burnett Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/north-burnett-regional-council/): 16 rows - [Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/northern-peninsula-area-regional-council/): 58 rows - [Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/palm-island-aboriginal-shire-council/): 60 rows - [Paroo Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/paroo-shire-council/): 14 rows - [Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/pormpuraaw-aboriginal-shire-council/): 28 rows - [Quilpie Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/quilpie-shire-council/): 1 rows - [Redland City Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/redland-city-council/): 965 rows - [Rockhampton Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/rockhampton-regional-council/): 382 rows - [Scenic Rim Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/scenic-rim-regional-council/): 151 rows - [Somerset Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/somerset-regional-council/): 18 rows - [South Burnett Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/south-burnett-regional-council/): 49 rows - [Southern Downs Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/southern-downs-regional-council/): 69 rows - [Sunshine Coast Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/sunshine-coast-regional-council/): 1,904 rows - [Tablelands Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/tablelands-regional-council/): 506 rows - [Toowoomba Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/toowoomba-regional-council/): 1,006 rows - [Torres Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/torres-shire-council/): 58 rows - [Torres Strait Island Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/torres-strait-island-regional-council/): 8 rows - [Townsville City Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/townsville-city-council/): 1,991 rows - [Western Downs Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/western-downs-regional-council/): 204 rows - [Whitsunday Regional Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/whitsunday-regional-council/): 154 rows - [Winton Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/winton-shire-council/): 1 rows - [Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/woorabinda-aboriginal-shire-council/): 52 rows - [Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/in/wujal-wujal-aboriginal-shire-council/): 8 rows ## 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. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: 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. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/v/2026-09-02/ Harvard: Department of Housing and Public Works (2026) Social housing register, Queensland, version 2026-09-02 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/v/2026-09-02/ Markdown: Data: [Social housing data from Queensland](https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/social-housing-register), Department of Housing and Public Works, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/v/2026-09-02/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Social housing register as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/v/2026-09-02/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Social housing register in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/v/2026-09-02/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 26,961 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/v/2026-09-02/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Social housing register cover? The current version covers 1998 to 2025. Each release from Housing and Public Works becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Social housing register updated? Housing and Public Works releases it quarterly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Social housing register commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Social housing register? No. The publisher is Department of Housing and Public Works, and its page is https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/social-housing-register. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### How do I get only the rows for one local govt authority? Every version has one JSON file per value of local_govt_authority, 71 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/v/2026-09-02/by/local_govt_authority/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-register/v/2026-09-02/by/local_govt_authority/brisbane-city-council.json holds the 5,552 rows where local_govt_authority is Brisbane City Council. ### What is in each row? One application on the social housing register at the date of the release. It gives the level of assessed housing need, the housing service centre, the council area and state electorate of the first preferred location, the bedrooms needed, the housing programs applied for, when the application was approved, months on the register, the family type, the number of people and up to six preferred letting areas. ### What does a suppressed value mean? The publisher writes n.a. where a value is unavailable or withheld for confidentiality. Every n.a. in this file is in a text column, such as the interview language, the letting areas and the yes or no flags, and it is kept there as the text n.a. ### Does each release replace the last? Yes. The publisher adds a new file every quarter, and this entry follows the newest. Each quarter is kept here as its own version. The row_id numbers each release and does not follow an application from one release to the next. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/qld-social-housing-register.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/qld-social-housing-register.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.