Census 2016: Rise and rise of generation rent

Tuesday 27 June 2017

As a teaser to next week’s Member’s Special Report examining the Census data as it pertains to the housing market, below are some interesting summary charts showing the change in the composition of home ownership and renting over the past 20-years at the national level.

First, the overall home ownership rate in Australia has declined only marginally, from 66.4% in 1996 to 65.5% in 2016:

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.