Australians are facing a rental market that has never been less affordable.
Anglicare Australia released a special edition of the 2023 Rental Affordability Snapshot focusing on rental affordability for essential workers. It found that, out of 45,895 rental listings:
- 1087 rentals (2.4%) were affordable for an ambulance worker
- 666 rentals (1.5%) were affordable for a nurse
- 582 rentals (1.3%) were affordable for a construction worker
- 507 rentals (1.1%) were affordable for an aged care worker
- 428 rentals (0.9%) were affordable for an early childhood educator
- 424 rentals (0.9%) were affordable for a hospitality worker.
In response to the findings, Anglicare Australia is calling for more social housing to end our shortfall of 640,000 homes. We are also calling for better protections for renters, including an end to no-cause evictions and limits on unfair rent increases, and tax reform to make housing more affordable.