The coastal towns with the most homes listed on Airbnb
In the Byron shire, 17.7 per cent of all homes were listed on the Airbnb platform in December 2024, based on InsideAirbnb data analysed in a report by the University of Sydney for the Australian Coastal Councils Association and released on Thursday.
This compares to about 1.6 per cent of housing stock nationally that is listed on Airbnb, found the report, titled Short term rentals in Australia's coastal regions: Recent impacts and policy responses, which analysed the letting market in popular coastal communities.
It was followed by Busselton, south of Perth (8.8 per cent), and the Bass Coast in Victoria (7.8 per cent).
Even the regions with the lowest prevalence of Airbnb listings – the Sunshine Coast at 3.2 per cent and East Gippsland in Victoria – had double the national average.
Lead author of the report Nicole Gurran said a significant proportion of the housing stock in these areas was being used for short-term letting.
But she said it was not possible to conclude there was a jump in the number of holiday homes as the data on holiday homes available was inadequate even before the platforms began, and there have always been secondary homes in beach towns.
'It also shows you need to think more carefully about how you use your existing housing stock if you've got a growing population, because it's not able to cater to that,' she said.
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