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Australia’s Housing Supply Crunch FY25/26
Australia is experiencing a chronic supply crunch. This is the FY25/26 edition of our popular supply crunch whitepaper series. In this edition, the InvestorKit research team presents 25 Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) regions that suffer the most from the supply crunch.
What You Could Learn
A clearer view of the market.
- How has Australia’s housing supply trended in the past 4 years.
- What caused the current housing supply crunch.
- 25 regions’ Supply Shortage Scores and analysis of their housing supply in both the short and the long term
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35 pages of data-backed analysis. Zero fillers.
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National Housing Supply Overview
How Australia's housing supply has trended and the macro factors driving the crunch.
What Caused the Supply Crunch
The structural and policy drivers behind Australia's chronic housing undersupply.
Supply Shortage Methodology
How we score each region's supply risk — established supply, future pipeline, population flow, and availability.
Region Deep Dives
Detailed analysis of each undersupplied region's sales pressure, rental pressure, and price trends.
A closer look
A taste of what this report reveals
25 regions
Most undersupplied SA3 regions identified and scored
7 factors
Supply and demand indicators analysed per region
NSW & QLD
Highest concentration of undersupplied regions in regional NSW and Queensland
Housing supply across Australia continues to tighten despite slower migration and modest relief since 2024.
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