Up to 136,000 houses are empty in Australia – find out where they are

According to data, there are 5,952 dwellings not in use across the Brisbane local government area. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

Up to 136,000 dwellings could be sitting unused across Australia, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The bureau’s new housing snapshot data, which provides an overview of the housing landscape during June 2021, debunks the widely reported idea that 1 million homes are empty across the country – a number that came from misinterpreted census data.