People who live in the Australian Capital Territory: rent, losses and capital gains, 2023-24
In 2023-24, 50,991 people living in the Australian Capital Territory declared rent, and 64% of them made a loss on it, a higher share than the 55% across Australia.
What did landlords in the Australian Capital Territory declare?
| Australian Capital Territory | |
|---|---|
| People who declared rent | Australian Capital Territory 50,991 |
| Share of taxpayers who declared rent | Australian Capital Territory 16% |
| Average rent declared | Australian Capital Territory $27,600 |
| Average interest claimed | Australian Capital Territory $15,400 |
| Average capital works claimed | Australian Capital Territory $2,800 |
| Average other rental costs claimed | Australian Capital Territory $14,700 |
| Share who made a loss | Australian Capital Territory 64% |
| Average loss, among them | Australian Capital Territory $13,900 |
| Average net rent | Australian Capital Territory a loss of $5,300 |
Worked out from ATO, Taxation Statistics 2023-24, under CC BY 2.5 AU. How we work these out.
What did people claim for rental properties in the Australian Capital Territory?
In 2023-24, people lodged 67,472 rental property schedules for properties in the Australian Capital Territory, and claimed $1.5 billion of costs on them. Interest on loans was the largest, 44% of it.
| Cost | Schedules claiming it | Share of all costs claimed |
|---|---|---|
| Interest on loans | Schedules claiming it 51,315 | Share of all costs claimed 44% |
| Land tax | Schedules claiming it 58,958 | Share of all costs claimed 9% |
| Capital works | Schedules claiming it 41,044 | Share of all costs claimed 8% |
| Council rates | Schedules claiming it 63,297 | Share of all costs claimed 7% |
| Body corporate fees | Schedules claiming it 37,285 | Share of all costs claimed 7% |
| Property agent fees | Schedules claiming it 48,797 | Share of all costs claimed 6% |
| Sundry rental costs | Schedules claiming it 33,863 | Share of all costs claimed 4% |
| Depreciation on plant | Schedules claiming it 39,973 | Share of all costs claimed 4% |
| The other 11 kinds | Schedules claiming it | Share of all costs claimed 10% |
Each person lodges a schedule for each rental property they have an interest in, so a home owned by two people has two. These count schedules for properties in the Australian Capital Territory, wherever their owners live, not properties or people. The ATO counted 2024 schedules processed by 31 October 2025, so these may not be complete.
From ATO, Taxation Statistics 2023-24, Individuals Tables 26 and 27, read 13 Nov 2026, under CC BY 2.5 AU. How we read these.
How many rental properties do people living in the Australian Capital Territory have an interest in?
In 2023-24, of the people living in the Australian Capital Territory who lodged a rental property schedule, 69% had an interest in one property, 20% in two and 11% in three or more.
| Rental property interests | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 interest | People 35,261 | Share 69% |
| 2 interests | People 10,055 | Share 20% |
| 3 interests | People 3,347 | Share 7% |
| 4 interests | People 1,236 | Share 2% |
| 5 interests | People 538 | Share 1% |
| 6 or more interests | People 508 | Share 1% |
The same property can have more than one person with an interest in a year, as joint owners, or a seller and a buyer, and one person can have an interest in more than one. These come from the rental property schedules people lodged, not their tax returns, so they count slightly different people from the figures above.
From ATO, Taxation Statistics 2023-24, Individuals Tables 26 and 27, read 13 Nov 2026, under CC BY 2.5 AU. How we read these.
How many people living in the Australian Capital Territory declared a capital gain?
In 2023-24, 31,726 people living in the Australian Capital Territory declared a net capital gain, 10% of its 313,700 taxpayers, against 8% across Australia. Their average net capital gain was $18,500, against $30,000 across Australia.
These are gains of every kind, such as on shares, a business or property anywhere, counted where each person lives, not gains on property sold in the Australian Capital Territory.
Worked out from ATO, Taxation Statistics 2023-24, under CC BY 2.5 AU. How we work these out.
What does each region of the Australian Capital Territory show?
| Region | People who declared rent | Share who made a loss |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | People who declared rent 50,960 | Share who made a loss 64% |