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Priced Out - An Index of Affordable Rentals for Australian Voters

Maiy Azize

Priced Out - An Index of Affordable Rentals for Australian Voters - First Edition - ACT Everybody's Home March 2025 - 32 pages

KEYWORDS: affordable housing, income, housing finance, policy, financial stress, renting stress, pension, middle-income, low-income, housing crisis, rental crisis

The third issue of Priced Out examines the incomes of people earning between $40,000 through to $130,000 to see how much of their income they would need to spend to rent a typical unit across regional areas and capital cities.

It finds rental stress is no longer confined to those on lower incomes – it’s affecting professionals, essential workers, and middle-income families who simply can’t keep up with soaring rents.

Even renters earning $100,000 per year – well above the median income of $72,592 – are struggling in locations across Australia.


Housing Affordability