A quarter of the country lives alone

Single-person households now make up around 25% of all Australian households, and the trend is still rising. People are marrying later, living longer, and increasingly choosing to live on their own. This is not a blip. It is a structural shift inhow the country is housed, and it changes what kind of housing the market actually needs.

Why the private market is not filling the gap

Most new housing is still built for couples and families, with the two, three, and four-bedroom homes that developers have always built. That leaves a growing group of single renters competing for stock that was never designed for them, often paying for space they do not use. The mismatch between who is renting and what is being built keeps widening.

What renters actually want

A single personrenting today wants somewhere affordable, well located, and genuinely comfortable. Purpose-built co-living answers that directly, offering a private, fully appointed room alongside shared spaces that are properly designed rather than left over. It delivers quality at a price point the standard rental market struggles to match.

Why this matters for investors

Demand that is structural, growing, and underserved is exactly the backdrop an investor wants behind an asset. Co-living is positioned squarely in the path of that demand. It is not chasing a trend so much as meeting a shift that is already well underway, which is what gives the yields their durability.

Where to from here. If you want to see how this demand translates intoreal numbers on a Dominion project, we are happy to show you.

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