Article continues after this ad
Advertisement
New property data has revealed that renting in the Campaspe shire, which covers Echuca and Rochester, has nearly doubled in five years.
The average rent is currently sitting at $420 dollars per week, a major jump from $288 in late 2017.
The figures compare very unreasonably to Melbourne markets, where some inner city rents only increased by $30 to $50 over the same five year period.
Article continues after this ad
Advertisement
For example, in Fitzroy North rents have only increased by just 7 percent.
Anglicare Australia have previously stated that only one in 10 Australians on JobSeeker, or student support, are eligible for federal support under current requirements.
Article continues after this ad
Advertisement
Image: Bernardmorey, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
