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Perth house painter Glen Pendlebury sits in the back of his work ute, with his arms folded
Perth house painter Glen Pendlebury says all he wants "is a fair suck of the sauce bottle" when it comes to finding a home.(Supplied)

Eleven maps show the areas of Sydney where different households can afford to rent

Shai and Harley Elward sit on a bench outside with the son Zavier sitting between them.
Shai and Harley Elward have little choice but to pay skyrocketing rent so their disabled son Zavier can stay close to Perth Children's Hospital.(Supplied)

Perth City and Claisebrook Cove
Rental unaffordability in Perth is at the highest levels in Australia.(ABC News: Nicholas Martyr)

  • Data excludes postcodes with fewer than 10 rental bond lodgements in the given year and quarter
  • Average rental household income in a given year and quarter is calculated using census and average weekly earnings data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Northern Territory bond lodgement data was not made available, so is excluded from SGS' dataset
  • The index calculates affordability for 10 different household profiles (such as dual-income couple, hospitality worker, student sharehouse, and so on) based on estimated income and the number of bedrooms that would suit that household.
  • Household profiles could not be calculated for Western Australia, as the rental bond lodgement data does not include enough detail
  • This analysis measures rental unaffordability/stress as a share of income. This is a different but consistent representation of the Rental Affordability Index
  • More information about the Rental Affordability Index and its methodology can be found on the SGS Economics and Planning website.
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