<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Anglicare Australia has released new heat maps revealing how deeply unaffordable large parts of the country have become for renters.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A single person working full-time on minimum wage has been priced out of all but 0.6 per cent of rental properties in Australia, the charity's </span><a href="http://www.anglicare.asn.au/heat-maps" rel="" target="" title="Rental Affordability Snapshot shows"><span>Rental Affordability Snapshot shows</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meanwhile, a person out of work and relying on JobSeeker could afford just three of the 45,115 properties surveyed across the country and someone on Youth Allowance wouldn't be able to afford any.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-flooding-likely-to-cause-meat-prices-rise/d1b550cd-d271-4348-9dbe-145528964b8e" rel="" target="" title="Jump in meat prices likely due to livestock losses in floods"><strong><span>Jump in meat prices likely due to livestock losses in floods</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Eight out of the 10 most expensive electorates are located in Sydney, according to the report. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The electorate of Kingsford Smith, which takes in suburbs in Sydney's east and south-east, such as Maroubra, Botany and Coogee, was named as the least affordable electorate for renters. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A couple on the aged pension would not be able to afford any rentals in the Kingsford Smith electorate, while a couple on minimum wage with two children would only be able to afford to rent 2.8 percent.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/heat-maps-show-the-least-affordable-electorates-for-renters-in-australia/1139cebd-b1e5-434b-a53f-1f4066635b54" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three other Sydney electorates rounded out the top four; Bradfield, on Sydney's lower north shore, Sydney, in the Inner City and Inner West, and Warringah, which takes in North Sydney, Mosman and the Northern Beaches. In all of these electorates, a couple on a pension would not be able to afford to rent any properties.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two Queensland electorates were included in the top 10 - Fadden, on the Gold Coast, and Cook, in far north Queensland.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In Fadden, a couple on the aged pension would be able to afford just 0.2 percent of rental properties, while a couple on minimum wage with two children would only be able to afford to rent 4.7 percent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Anglicare Australia executive director Kasy Chambers said more social housing was desperately needed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Australia's housing crisis has never been worse. No part of the country has been spared. These maps show that rents are shooting up in towns and regions, and that our cities have never been more expensive," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Voters going into the federal election were crying out for action from Australia's leaders, Chambers said, adding around 640,000 new social homes across Australia were needed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We keep hearing that this election is about living costs, but housing is the biggest cost facing Australians. People on low incomes don't stand a chance," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're calling on the next parliament to raise JobSeeker and other payments above the poverty line. If we don't, people out of work will be pushed deeper into housing stress and even homelessness.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Anglicare Australia snapshot echoes findings from a Money.com.au survey, which found housing affordability and rental stress have emerged as key concerns for younger Australians under 40, overtaking traditional election issues such as jobs, superannuation, and energy policy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>About 17 per cent of Gen Z and Millennials responding to the survey said access to home ownership was their top issue after the cost of living, while a further 11 per cent of Gen Z and 8 per cent of Millennials cited rental affordability as their next biggest concern.</span></div></div>