Ipswich locals now need to earn around $110,000 a year to comfortably afford the average rental .
It follows the release of the 2025 Priced Out report by national housing campaigner Everybody’s Home.
The report, which analyses rental affordability for people earning between $40,000 and $130,000 per year, found rental stress has extended well beyond low-income earners.
Middle-to-high income earners are increasingly struggling to find affordable homes. People earning $70,000 per year would have to spend more than half of their income on the national median unit rent.
Even renters earning $100,000 per year – well above the median income of $72,592 – are struggling in areas such as Ipswich and the southeast.
Everybody’s Home spokesperson Maiy Azize said this report exposes the stark reality facing people who rent everyday.
“Rental stress is no longer confined to those on lower incomes – it’s affecting professionals, essential workers, and middle-income families who simply can’t keep up with soaring rents.
Ms Azize said that they’ve found that rental issues are now not only confined to Metro areas.
“For a long time there’s been misconceptions that regional areas provide a bit of a reprieve from the rental crisis in the big cities and what we can see is the housing crisis is everywhere.
“Affordability in regional areas is a bit of an illusion because incomes aren’t quite as high as they are in the cities.
“The Federal Government need to step up and do a big investment in social housing,” she said.
“Back when we had affordable rentals about one in three used to rent from the government and that was all kinds of different people including public servants, construction workers and teachers and now that system has become a safety net for people at the margins and it is not even working for them,” Ms Azize said.
For more on Everyone’s Home 2025 Priced Out report click the following link: https://everybodyshome.com.au/resources/priced-out-priced-out-an-index-of-affordable-rentals-for-australian-voters/
