The distribution of housing costs as a proportion of income are presented in findings from The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey.

Started in 2001, the HILDA Survey is a nationally-representative household-based panel study that collects valuable information about economic and personal well-being, labour market dynamics and family life from participants annually. It aims to tell the stories of the same group of Australians over the course of their lives. The Melbourne Institute is responsible for the design and management of the Survey. Data presented here are sourced from the HILDA General Release 22 unit record files.

The 90^th percentile are those whose housing costs as a proportion of income is higher than 90% of households and lower than 10% of households, and the 75^th percentile are those whose housing costs as a proportion of income is higher than 75% of households and lower than 25% of households.

HILDA Survey data are also used in the following dashboard menu options: Low income households in housing stress and Persistence of housing stress - low income households.

See the Australian Data Archive, HILDA Statistical reports and the HILDA Survey User Manual for further information, including in-depth commentary and analysis, in particular source data quality information. For access to the HILDA unit record data, contact the National Centre for Longitudinal Data Dataverse.