While housing affordability has been a perennial issue in newspaper articles and policy debates for decades, recent trends have catapulted the topic into the forefront of many peoples’ minds. Volatile house prices, dramatic changes in rents and availability of rental properties, rapid shifts in interest rates and seismic changes to location and dwelling type preferences have defined much of the public conversation since the COVID pandemic reached Australia in early 2020.
The Australian Housing Monitor is a new annual survey of public attitudes toward, and experiences of, housing. It is one of the largest surveys of its kind and provides a rich set of data to understand how people living in Australia feel about their homes, and about the impact of ever-rising property prices.
This report provides some of the headline results from the inaugural survey. Future reports will go into greater detail, and more complex analysis, of specific topics and issues.
The Housing Monitor data will also be available for the public, policy makers and researchers through an online data tool at housingmonitor.org.au. This will allow anyone to explore the public’s views of housing affordability and security, examine attitudes to specific policies or market developments, and understand the views of different demographic groups.
Fundamentally, the survey shows that a large proportion of Australians are deeply uncomfortable with the current housing system.
While housing affordability has been a perennial issue in newspaper articles and policy debates for decades, recent trends have catapulted the topic into the forefront of many peoples’ minds. Volatile house prices, dramatic changes in rents and availability of rental properties, rapid shifts in interest rates and seismic changes to location and dwelling type preferences have defined much of the public conversation since the COVID pandemic reached Australia in early 2020.
The Australian Housing Monitor is a new annual survey of public attitudes toward, and experiences of, housing. It is one of the largest surveys of its kind and provides a rich set of data to understand how people living in Australia feel about their homes, and about the impact of ever-rising property prices.
This report provides some of the headline results from the inaugural survey. Future reports will go into greater detail, and more complex analysis, of specific topics and issues.
The Housing Monitor data will also be available for the public, policy makers and researchers through an online data tool at housingmonitor.org.au. This will allow anyone to explore the public’s views of housing affordability and security, examine attitudes to specific policies or market developments, and understand the views of different demographic groups.
Fundamentally, the survey shows that a large proportion of Australians are deeply uncomfortable with the current housing system.
