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Did you read the article? > The study, published recently in The Australian Educational Researcher analyzed quarterly house sales and rental reports in New Sou

Did you read the article? > The study, published recently in The Australian Educational Researcher analyzed quarterly house sales and rental reports in New South Wales (NSW) and found more than 90% of teaching positions across the state—around 50,000 full-time roles—are located in Local Government Areas (LGAs) where housing is unaffordable on a teacher's salary. Literally second or third paragraph.

dmurray 3y ago
I did read the article. It and you did not answer my questions. I'd like to get a little more context for this cherry picked stat. For example, what percentage of all NSW residents live in these "unaffordable" areas, or what percentage of people are currently paying "unaffordable" amounts for housing. Another methodology issue (not as bad as conflating NSW and Australia) is they look at the median rent for an area, and compare it to a just-graduated teacher's salary. There's nothing wrong with a fresh college grad not being able to afford the 50th percentile house. How about the 80th percentile? When they go on to talk about "senior educators at the top of the pay scale" the number of roles in unaffordable areas appears to drop from 90% to 4%.
- tuyguntn 3y ago
  current situation in isolation doesn't mean anything for the future. Statistics based on history and current conditions are given to predict the future. Current population of teachers might have bought house long ago or they might have inherited the house. Fact remains, 90% of teachers can't afford buying a house with their current salary and market conditions.
  - dmurray 3y ago
    That's not at all a correct conclusion from the article, but the headline wants you to reach it.
  - thr-nrg 3y ago
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  - Vvector 3y ago
    > Fact remains, 90% of teachers can't afford buying a house with their current salary and market conditions. Is that any different than general population today? Most people cannot afford to buy a house in today's market.

dmurray 3y ago

I did read the article. It and you did not answer my questions. I'd like to get a little more context for this cherry picked stat. For example, what percentage of all NSW residents live in these "unaffordable" areas, or what percentage of people are currently paying "unaffordable" amounts for housing. Another methodology issue (not as bad as conflating NSW and Australia) is they look at the median rent for an area, and compare it to a just-graduated teacher's salary. There's nothing wrong with a fresh college grad not being able to afford the 50th percentile house. How about the 80th percentile? When they go on to talk about "senior educators at the top of the pay scale" the number of roles in unaffordable areas appears to drop from 90% to 4%.

tuyguntn 3y ago
current situation in isolation doesn't mean anything for the future. Statistics based on history and current conditions are given to predict the future. Current population of teachers might have bought house long ago or they might have inherited the house. Fact remains, 90% of teachers can't afford buying a house with their current salary and market conditions.
- dmurray 3y ago
  That's not at all a correct conclusion from the article, but the headline wants you to reach it.
- thr-nrg 3y ago
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- Vvector 3y ago
  > Fact remains, 90% of teachers can't afford buying a house with their current salary and market conditions. Is that any different than general population today? Most people cannot afford to buy a house in today's market.