People who live in Western Australia: rent, losses and capital gains, 2023-24
In 2023-24, 212,178 people living in Western Australia declared rent, and 52% of them made a loss on it, a lower share than the 55% across Australia.
What did landlords in Western Australia declare?
| Western Australia | |
|---|---|
| People who declared rent | Western Australia 212,178 |
| Share of taxpayers who declared rent | Western Australia 12% |
| Average rent declared | Western Australia $23,400 |
| Average interest claimed | Western Australia $10,500 |
| Average capital works claimed | Western Australia $1,800 |
| Average other rental costs claimed | Western Australia $10,400 |
| Share who made a loss | Western Australia 52% |
| Average loss, among them | Western Australia $8,800 |
| Average net rent | Western Australia $700 |
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 Western Australia?
In 2023-24, people lodged 320,205 rental property schedules for properties in Western Australia, and claimed $5.2 billion of costs on them. Interest on loans was the largest, 47% of it.
| Cost | Schedules claiming it | Share of all costs claimed |
|---|---|---|
| Interest on loans | Schedules claiming it 225,952 | Share of all costs claimed 47% |
| Property agent fees | Schedules claiming it 207,325 | Share of all costs claimed 8% |
| Council rates | Schedules claiming it 294,072 | Share of all costs claimed 8% |
| Capital works | Schedules claiming it 155,661 | Share of all costs claimed 7% |
| Repairs and maintenance | Schedules claiming it 242,389 | Share of all costs claimed 6% |
| Water charges | Schedules claiming it 290,209 | Share of all costs claimed 5% |
| Insurance | Schedules claiming it 247,056 | Share of all costs claimed 4% |
| Body corporate fees | Schedules claiming it 80,853 | 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 Western 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 Western Australia have an interest in?
In 2023-24, of the people living in Western Australia who lodged a rental property schedule, 75% had an interest in one property, 17% in two and 8% in three or more.
| Rental property interests | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 interest | People 160,509 | Share 75% |
| 2 interests | People 35,671 | Share 17% |
| 3 interests | People 10,260 | Share 5% |
| 4 interests | People 3,613 | Share 2% |
| 5 interests | People 1,434 | Share 1% |
| 6 or more interests | People 1,439 | 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 Western Australia declared a capital gain?
In 2023-24, 138,892 people living in Western Australia declared a net capital gain, 8% of its 1,829,504 taxpayers, against 8% across Australia. Their average net capital gain was $25,600, 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 Western 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 Western Australia show?
| Region | People who declared rent | Share who made a loss |
|---|---|---|
| Bunbury | People who declared rent 14,767 | Share who made a loss 43% |
| Mandurah | People who declared rent 6,494 | Share who made a loss 51% |
| Perth - Inner | People who declared rent 20,675 | Share who made a loss 46% |
| Perth - North East | People who declared rent 21,109 | Share who made a loss 55% |
| Perth - North West | People who declared rent 44,729 | Share who made a loss 54% |
| Perth - South East | People who declared rent 40,268 | Share who made a loss 55% |
| Perth - South West | People who declared rent 35,351 | Share who made a loss 52% |
| Western Australia - Outback (North) | People who declared rent 8,882 | Share who made a loss 58% |
| Western Australia - Outback (South) | People who declared rent 8,787 | Share who made a loss 50% |
| Western Australia - Wheat Belt | People who declared rent 10,537 | Share who made a loss 39% |