Housing costs and financial stress grow as Australians struggle, Hilda survey finds
The Hilda survey shows housing costs rising for renters and financial stress growing across Australia.
The Hilda survey has tracked about 17,000 Australians across 9,000 households each year since 2001. This week, the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research released its latest annual snapshot.
It offers a two-decade picture of how Australian life has shifted. Housing costs are rising fastest for renters.
Financial stress is growing across the board. The survey is the largest long-running household study of its type.
- About 17,000 people
- Participants tracked annually
- 9,000 households
- Households tracked
- 2001
- Survey start year
Why it mattersIt shows how housing and financial pressures are changing Australian life over the past two decades.
AustraliaAffects millions of young Australians' ability to move out, start families, or save for their own home.
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