Australian Rental Stress Predictor

If rent eats more than 30% of your household income, you're in rental stress — and you're not alone. This dashboard helps you:

Compare areas — find suburbs where rent is genuinely affordable relative to local incomes, not just cheap in dollar terms
Spot trends — see how rents have moved over the past 25 years to judge whether an area is stabilising or still climbing
Plan a move — weigh up rent, income, mortgage costs, and demographics side by side before committing to a new area

Built with real data from the ABS Census 2021 and Victorian government rental figures (updated Sep 2025). Covers 565 local government areas across Australia.

National Overview

- LGAs Analysed

- Severe Stress

- High Stress

- Low Stress