The 2016 Census painted a dire picture for Sydney’s growing army of renters.
The Census showed that the share of Sydney’s households in rented accommodation hit an all-time high 34.1%, up from 29.0 at the 2001 Census:
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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.
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