The Australian Housing Conditions Dataset 2024

The Australian housing system is rapidly evolving. Renting is now the fastest growing tenure in Australia, with more than one third of Australians now renting their homes. Although it was once expected that renting was a transitionary tenure that preceded home ownership, Australians are now more likely than ever to be long-term renters or rent for the whole of their adult lives. Housing quality and conditions are also highly variable, with issues such as cold, mould, and damp contributing to poor health outcomes for many Australians.
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The 2024 release of the Australian Housing Conditions Dataset builds on the three existing projects in this series, including the Australian Housing Conditions Dataset (2016), the Australian Rental Housing Conditions Dataset (2020), and the Australian Housing Conditions Dataset (2022). The 2024 Survey did not oversample rental responses and is therefore broadly representative of Australia's current tenure landscape according to the 2021 Census. The Survey collected responses from 20,049 households, including 12,968 homeowners, 6,344 private renters, and 738 social renters.
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This dataset will provide the knowledge base for national and international research and allow better urban, economic and social policy development. The project is funded by the Australian Research Council through the Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) grant program, in partnership with The University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia, the University of Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology, Curtin University, and Torrens University Australia and is led by Professor Emma Baker at the University of Adelaide.