ghost towns, page-11

"I believe in WA it is 8% that are directly in mining, but it would take some googling to find where I read that."

so if even 25% of the workforce lost jobs, the net effect would still be just 2% and hardly are reason to relate that to housing.

Other factors come into play with low IR rates, like construction pick up, a huge employer and trickle down effect for trades.

So DinP, what are the current vacancy rates in Perth?