what the census tells us about housing
- Written by Rachel Ong ViforJ, ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University
On the surface, the latest census tells us home ownership has changed little over the past five years. Between the 2016 census and this census in 2021, the share of Australians owning their homes remained steady at about 66%.
The proportion renting also changed little, climbing from 30% to 30.6%.
But a closer look reveals bigger long-term changes....
