The average price of Australian residential property has risen over the past ten years, and in June 2025, it reached over one million Australian dollars. Nonetheless, property experts in Australia have indicated that the country has been in a property bubble over the past decade, with some believing the market will collapse sometime in the near future. Property prices started declining in 2022; however, a gradual upward trend was witnessed throughout 2023, with minor fluctuations in 2024. Australian capital city price differences While the national average residential property price has exhibited growth, individual capital cities display diverse trends, highlighting the complexity of Australia’s property market. Sydney maintains its position as the most expensive residential property market across Australia's capital cities, with a median property value of approximately 1.19 million Australian dollars as of April 2025. Brisbane has emerged as an increasingly pricey capital city for residential property, surpassing both Canberra and Melbourne in median housing values. Notably, Perth experienced the most significant annual increase in its average residential property value, with a 10 percent increase from April 2024, despite being a comparably more affordable market. Hobart and Darwin remain the most affordable capital cities for residential properties in the country. Is the homeownership dream out of reach? The rise in property values coincides with the expansion of Australia's housing stock. In the June quarter of 2025, the number of residential dwellings reached around 11.37 million, representing an increase of about 53,600 dwellings from the previous quarter. However, this growth in housing supply does not necessarily translate to increased affordability or accessibility for many Australians. The country’s house prices remain largely disproportional to income, leaving the majority of low- and middle-income earners priced out of the market. Alongside this, elevated mortgage interest rates in recent years have made taking out a loan increasingly unappealing for many potential property owners, and the share of mortgage holders at risk of mortgage repayment stress has continued to climb.

The average price of Australian residential property has risen over the past ten years, and in December 2024, it reached 976,800 Australian dollars. Nonetheless, property experts in Australia have indicated that the country has been in a property bubble over the past decade, with some believing the market will collapse sometime in the near future. Property prices started declining in 2022; however, a gradual upward trend was witnessed throughout 2023, with minor fluctuations in 2024. Australian capital city price differences While the national average residential property price has exhibited growth, individual capital cities display diverse trends, highlighting the complexity of Australia’s property market. Sydney maintains its position as the most expensive residential property market across Australia's capital cities, with a median property value of approximately 1.19 million Australian dollars as of April 2025. Brisbane has emerged as an increasingly pricey capital city for residential property, surpassing both Canberra and Melbourne in median housing values. Notably, Perth experienced the most significant annual increase in its average residential property value, with a 10 percent increase from April 2024, despite being a comparably more affordable market. Hobart and Darwin remain the most affordable capital cities for residential properties in the country. Is the homeownership dream out of reach? The rise in property values coincides with the expansion of Australia's housing stock. In the December quarter of 2024, the number of residential dwellings reached around 11.29 million, representing an increase of about 53,200 dwellings from the previous quarter. However, this growth in housing supply does not necessarily translate to increased affordability or accessibility for many Australians. The country’s house prices remain largely disproportional to income, leaving the majority of low- and middle-income earners priced out of the market. Alongside this, elevated mortgage interest rates in recent years have made taking out a loan increasingly unappealing for many potential property owners, and the share of mortgage holders at risk of mortgage repayment stress has continued to climb.

In the June quarter of 2024, the average residential property price in Queensland exceeded 885 thousand Australian dollars. This marked the highest quarterly mean dwelling price in Queensland during the reported period.

In the June quarter of 2025, the number of residential dwellings in Australia reached a peak of around 11.37 million, rising by around 53,600 dwellings from the previous quarter. During the examined period, Australia's residential dwelling stock increased uniformly.

This project examines how social impact investment may be used to expand housing options for vulnerable seniors, those with disabilities and homeless people and improve outcomes for homeless people through social enterprises. The four impact investment vehicles examined are mutual funds, social impact investments, private capital and loans.

Australian Property Market Insights Dataset: Historical affordability metrics, cash rate impact on lending, supply vs demand analysis, property metrics, first home buyer trends, and lending risk assessment. Official data from ABS, APRA, and RBA (2014-present).

Australia Building Work Started: Value: Chain Volume: 2013-2014: Residential: Private Sector: New: Houses data was reported at 8,260,493.000 AUD th in Jun 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 7,075,302.000 AUD th for Mar 2016. Australia Building Work Started: Value: Chain Volume: 2013-2014: Residential: Private Sector: New: Houses data is updated quarterly, averaging 5,103,721.000 AUD th from Sep 1969 (Median) to Jun 2016, with 188 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8,507,723.000 AUD th in Dec 2014 and a record low of 2,751,695.000 AUD th in Dec 1974. Australia Building Work Started: Value: Chain Volume: 2013-2014: Residential: Private Sector: New: Houses data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.EA013: Building Construction Started: Value: Residential: Chain Volume.

Australia Building Work Started: Value: Chain Volume: 2014-15: Residential: Private Sector: New: Houses data was reported at 7,939,047.000 AUD th in Jun 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 7,032,533.000 AUD th for Mar 2017. Australia Building Work Started: Value: Chain Volume: 2014-15: Residential: Private Sector: New: Houses data is updated quarterly, averaging 5,359,957.000 AUD th from Sep 1969 (Median) to Jun 2017, with 192 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8,943,936.000 AUD th in Dec 2016 and a record low of 2,864,923.000 AUD th in Dec 1974. Australia Building Work Started: Value: Chain Volume: 2014-15: Residential: Private Sector: New: Houses data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.EA013: Building Construction Started: Value: Residential: Chain Volume.

In the June quarter of 2024, the average residential property price in Western Australia exceeded 816 thousand Australian dollars. This marked the highest quarterly mean dwelling price in Western Australia during the reported period.

In the June quarter of 2024, the average residential property price in Victoria exceeded 900 thousand Australian dollars. The highest quarterly mean dwelling price in Victoria during the reported period was recorded in the March quarter of 2022 at 942.2 thousand Australian dollars.

Australia GVA: 2014-15p: sa: QoQ: Rental, Hiring & Real Estate Services data was reported at -0.100 % in Jun 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.600 % for Mar 2017. Australia GVA: 2014-15p: sa: QoQ: Rental, Hiring & Real Estate Services data is updated quarterly, averaging 0.800 % from Dec 1974 (Median) to Jun 2017, with 171 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.900 % in Jun 2005 and a record low of -6.400 % in Mar 2008. Australia GVA: 2014-15p: sa: QoQ: Rental, Hiring & Real Estate Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.A230: SNA08: Gross Value Added: by Industry: Chain Linked: 2014-15 Price: Seasonally Adjusted: QoQ Percentage.

Building Construction Done: sa: Value: During the Qtr: Chain Volume: 2014-15: Private: Residential: New: Houses data was reported at 7,936,354.000 AUD th in Jun 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8,156,916.000 AUD th for Mar 2017. Building Construction Done: sa: Value: During the Qtr: Chain Volume: 2014-15: Private: Residential: New: Houses data is updated quarterly, averaging 6,025,650.000 AUD th from Sep 1980 (Median) to Jun 2017, with 148 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8,658,038.000 AUD th in Mar 2015 and a record low of 3,320,062.000 AUD th in Mar 1983. Building Construction Done: sa: Value: During the Qtr: Chain Volume: 2014-15: Private: Residential: New: Houses data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.EA020: Building Construction Done: During the Quarter: Value: Residential: Chain Volume.

Depreciation-and-Amortization-Expense Time Series for Arena REIT. Arena REIT is an ASX200 listed property group that develops, owns and manages social infrastructure properties across Australia. Our current portfolio of social infrastructure properties is leased to a diversified tenant base in the growing early learning and healthcare sectors.

Abstract: The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network Soil Properties data package for Royal National Park contains soil properties data obtained from samples taken within 10 cm of each of the floristics plots (see Keith, D (2017): Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Vegetation Floristics, Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia, 1990-2014. Long Term Ecological Research Network, http://doi.org/10.25911/5c36e061dc7da).

A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/upland-health-swamps.

**This data package is associated with the following publications:

[1] Letten, A. D., Keith, D. A., Tozer, M. G., Hui, F. K.C. (2015), Fine-scale hydrological niche differentiation through the lens of multi-species co-occurrence models. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12428 [2] Keith, D. A. and Bradstock, R. A. (1994). Fire and competition in Australian heath: a conceptual model and field investigations. Journal of Vegetation Science 5, 347-354. [3] Keith, D. A. (1995a). Mosaics in Sydney heathland vegetation: the roles of fire, competition and soils. CALMScience Supplement 4, 199-206 and [4] Keith, D. A., Lindenmayer, D. B., Lowe, A.,Russell-Smith, J.,Barrett, S.,Enright N. J., Fox, B. J.,Guerin, G.,Paton, D. C., Tozer, M. G. and Yates, C. J. (2014). Heathlands. In: Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, Challenges and Direction. Lindenmayer, D., Burns, E., Thurgate, N., and Lowe, A. Editors, pp. 215-285. CSIRO, Melbourne.

Project funding: Between 2012 and 2018 this project has been part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN). This work was supported by the Australian Government’s Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Network (www.tern.org.au) – an Australian research infrastructure facility established under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and Education Infrastructure Fund–Super Science Initiative through the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.

Australia Building Work Started: Value: Chain Volume: 2014-15: Trend: Residential: Private Sector: New: Houses data was reported at 7,905,642.000 AUD th in Jun 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8,067,389.000 AUD th for Mar 2017. Australia Building Work Started: Value: Chain Volume: 2014-15: Trend: Residential: Private Sector: New: Houses data is updated quarterly, averaging 6,130,732.000 AUD th from Sep 1980 (Median) to Jun 2017, with 148 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8,526,031.000 AUD th in Mar 2010 and a record low of 3,333,100.000 AUD th in Dec 1982. Australia Building Work Started: Value: Chain Volume: 2014-15: Trend: Residential: Private Sector: New: Houses data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.EA013: Building Construction Started: Value: Residential: Chain Volume.

Minority-Interest-Expense Time Series for Dexus Industria REIT. Dexus Industria REIT (ASX code: DXI) is a listed Australian real estate investment trust which is primarily invested in high-quality industrial warehouses. At 31 December 2024, the fund's investment property portfolio is valued at $1.4 billion and is located across the major Australian cities, providing sustainable income and capital growth prospects for security holders over the long term. The fund has a target gearing range of 30"40%. Dexus Industria REIT is governed by a majority Independent Board and managed by Dexus (ASX code: DXS), a leading Australasian fully integrated real asset group, with four decades of expertise in real estate and infrastructure investment, funds management, asset management and development.

Australia Building Work Started: Value: Chain Volume: 2013-2014: Residential: New: Houses data was reported at 8,361,860.000 AUD th in Jun 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 7,156,875.000 AUD th for Mar 2016. Australia Building Work Started: Value: Chain Volume: 2013-2014: Residential: New: Houses data is updated quarterly, averaging 5,341,983.500 AUD th from Sep 1969 (Median) to Jun 2016, with 188 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8,679,899.000 AUD th in Dec 2009 and a record low of 3,168,838.000 AUD th in Mar 1983. Australia Building Work Started: Value: Chain Volume: 2013-2014: Residential: New: Houses data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.EA013: Building Construction Started: Value: Residential: Chain Volume.

In the June quarter of 2024, the average residential property price in New South Wales exceeded 1.22 million Australian dollars. Of all Australian states and territories, the mean price of residential dwellings was the highest in New South Wales.

Change-In-Cash Time Series for Dexus Industria REIT. Dexus Industria REIT (ASX code: DXI) is a listed Australian real estate investment trust which is primarily invested in high-quality industrial warehouses. At 31 December 2024, the fund's investment property portfolio is valued at $1.4 billion and is located across the major Australian cities, providing sustainable income and capital growth prospects for security holders over the long term. The fund has a target gearing range of 30"40%. Dexus Industria REIT is governed by a majority Independent Board and managed by Dexus (ASX code: DXS), a leading Australasian fully integrated real asset group, with four decades of expertise in real estate and infrastructure investment, funds management, asset management and development.

The value of building and contents insurance claims related to fire events for households in Australia totaled nearly *** million Australian dollars in financial year 2023. In financial year 2020, there were over *** billion Australian dollars worth of building and contents insurance claims related to fire events.