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NSW "Eviction Heat Map" Released! These are the areas where tenants are most likely to be evicted!

A heat map of deportation applications submitted to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) revealed significant differences in the rate of eviction applications between regions, as reported by Domain on 1 October.

The data shows that in the majority of cases of applying to the court to vacate the property, the majority of the applications are initiated by the landlord.

NSW "Eviction Heat Map" Released! These are the areas where tenants are most likely to be evicted!

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This heat map, created by the NSW Tenants Alliance based on NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal data, shows that tenants in Bourke Shire, Central Darling and Walcha face the highest percentage of eviction petitions, at 3 out of every 100 tenant households.

In Sydney, the highest rates of eviction applications are in the two major government jurisdictions of Campbelltown and Liverpool, with 2 out of every 100 tenant households. In contrast, jurisdictions in Sydney's affluent areas, including Willoughby Shire, Ku-ring-gai, Mosman and Woollhara, have zero eviction rates per 100 tenants.

NSW "Eviction Heat Map" Released! These are the areas where tenants are most likely to be evicted!

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The highest total number of evictions is in Blacktown, with a total of 801 evictions in 2024 and a total of 47,792 tenant households in the area.

The actual number of evictions in NSW is likely to be much higher than the map shows, as the map only counts eviction requests submitted to NCAT.

Of the rental termination applications submitted to NCAT, 76% were made by landlords, while tenants accounted for only 21%.

The gap in social housing applications is even more pronounced, with 93 per cent initiated by landlords and only 6 per cent by tenants.

NSW "Eviction Heat Map" Released! These are the areas where tenants are most likely to be evicted!

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The remaining applications are made by other parties who are neither landlords nor tenants. The main reasons landlords applied to NCAT for eviction were unpaid rent (48%), evictions for other reasons (17%), and general orders such as breach of tenancy (15%).

At the same time, the main reasons for tenants to apply to the court relate to security deposits (43%), general orders (16%) and rent issues (16%).