Housing

• 122,494 people were estimated to be experiencing homelessness on Census night in 2021.
• Males made up 55.9% of people experiencing homelessness; females made up 44.1%.
• 23.0% of all people experiencing homelessness were aged from 12 to 24 years.

• About 94% of houses across Australia were recorded in government administrative data sources during the last 5 years.
• At the time of the snapshot, 89% of these were in use as a primary residence, 9.7% were in use but not as a primary residence and 1.3% showed no sign of recent use. About 1.3% of houses with electricity data also showed no sign of recent use.
• Average daily electricity use was lower for dwellings where the main source of income was age pension compared with disability support pension or wages/salary.

In 2019–20:

• More than 40% of Australian households reported moving within the last five years.
• 11% of households reported major structural problems in their current dwelling.
• 86% of home-owners and 76% of renters were satisfied with their current dwelling.
• Solar power use increased from 5% in 2007–08 to 22%.

• There were 10,852,208 private dwellings counted in the 2021 Census.
• 70 per cent were separate houses, 13 per cent were townhouses and 16 per cent were apartments.
• There were 1,043,776 unoccupied dwellings on Census Night.

In 2019–20

• 66% of Australian households owned their own home with or without a mortgage.
• 31% of households rented their home.
• Average weekly housing costs were: $493 for owners with a mortgage; $54 for owners without a mortgage; and $379 for renters.

The Index of Household Advantage and Disadvantage (IHAD) is an index providing a measure of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage