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Single mum Melanie Misuraca and her daughters Jazlyn and Nahla smile at the camera
Melanie Misuraca and daughters Jazlyn and Nahla spend nearly 60 per cent of their household income on rent.(Supplied)

Perth renter Phoebe Dean standing in a garden. She has long red hair and is wearing a blue top.
The rent for Phoebe Dean's house in north east Perth jumped from $390 to $750 within three years.(Supplied)

A mother and her two daughters.
Melanie (back right) says she knows of a number of women who have recently become homeless.(ABC News: Chris Gillette)

  • 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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