Renting in Victoria: Annual Snapshot

The Commissioner's Annual Snapshot aims to improve general knowledge about renting in Victoria and to correct some of the misconceptions that exist about the scale and nature of renting. This edition is the fourth annual publication.

The Snapshot provides summary data, using available data sets from:

• the Australian Census
• Residential Tenancies Bond Authority
• Consumer Affairs Victoria
• Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
• welfare agencies, and
• community legal services including Tenants Victoria.

Latest edition

The 2024 Snapshot shows that renters have continued to face difficult conditions, particularly rapidly increased rent. It delves more deeply into this and other issues from the renter’s perspective.