Expert insights Investing Renters paying 50% more a week in rent since 2006 with increase in proportion of households experiencing rental stress: ABS census 2011
Renters paying 50% more a week in rent since 2006 with increase in proportion of households experiencing rental stress: ABS census 2011
Larry SchlesingerDecember 8, 2020
Median rental payments have risen by $95 per week between 2006 and 2011, according to 2011 census data released today by the ABS.
The represents a 50% increase over the five-year period.
Median national weekly rent is now $285 per week, compared with $190 in 2006.
The 2011 census also found that the proportion of households with rent payments greater than 30% of household income – the common definition of rental stress – rose slightly from 9.3% to 10.4%.
Australia | % | 2006 | % | |
285 | -- | 190 | -- | |
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Households with rent payments less than 30% of household income | -- | 89.6 | -- | 90.7 |
Households with rent payments greater than 30% of household income | -- | 10.4 | -- | 9.3 |
Larry Schlesinger
Larry Schlesinger was a property writer at Property Observer