People who live in South Australia: rent, losses and capital gains, 2023-24
In 2023-24, 135,266 people living in South Australia declared rent, and 51% of them made a loss on it, a lower share than the 55% across Australia.
What did landlords in South Australia declare?
| South Australia | |
|---|---|
| People who declared rent | South Australia 135,266 |
| Share of taxpayers who declared rent | South Australia 12% |
| Average rent declared | South Australia $20,700 |
| Average interest claimed | South Australia $10,100 |
| Average capital works claimed | South Australia $1,300 |
| Average other rental costs claimed | South Australia $8,700 |
| Share who made a loss | South Australia 51% |
| Average loss, among them | South Australia $8,100 |
| Average net rent | South Australia $500 |
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 South Australia?
In 2023-24, people lodged 203,515 rental property schedules for properties in South Australia, and claimed $2.8 billion of costs on them. Interest on loans was the largest, 51% of it.
| Cost | Schedules claiming it | Share of all costs claimed |
|---|---|---|
| Interest on loans | Schedules claiming it 145,415 | Share of all costs claimed 51% |
| Council rates | Schedules claiming it 188,988 | Share of all costs claimed 7% |
| Property agent fees | Schedules claiming it 131,767 | Share of all costs claimed 7% |
| Capital works | Schedules claiming it 88,164 | Share of all costs claimed 6% |
| Repairs and maintenance | Schedules claiming it 151,353 | Share of all costs claimed 6% |
| Insurance | Schedules claiming it 166,431 | Share of all costs claimed 5% |
| Depreciation on plant | Schedules claiming it 114,593 | Share of all costs claimed 4% |
| Water charges | Schedules claiming it 177,904 | 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 South Australia, 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 South Australia have an interest in?
In 2023-24, of the people living in South Australia who lodged a rental property schedule, 75% had an interest in one property, 18% in two and 8% in three or more.
| Rental property interests | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 interest | People 101,189 | Share 75% |
| 2 interests | People 23,817 | Share 18% |
| 3 interests | People 6,648 | Share 5% |
| 4 interests | People 2,254 | Share 2% |
| 5 interests | People 906 | Share 1% |
| 6 or more interests | People 887 | 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 South Australia declared a capital gain?
In 2023-24, 84,138 people living in South Australia declared a net capital gain, 8% of its 1,120,060 taxpayers, against 8% across Australia. Their average net capital gain was $30,400, 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 South Australia.
Worked out from ATO, Taxation Statistics 2023-24, under CC BY 2.5 AU. How we work these out.
What does each region of South Australia show?
| Region | People who declared rent | Share who made a loss |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide - Central and Hills | People who declared rent 33,447 | Share who made a loss 49% |
| Adelaide - North | People who declared rent 27,113 | Share who made a loss 57% |
| Adelaide - South | People who declared rent 27,362 | Share who made a loss 52% |
| Adelaide - West | People who declared rent 21,525 | Share who made a loss 51% |
| Barossa - Yorke - Mid North | People who declared rent 7,948 | Share who made a loss 44% |
| South Australia - Outback | People who declared rent 5,257 | Share who made a loss 51% |
| South Australia - South East | People who declared rent 12,579 | Share who made a loss 42% |