Half of young Australian adults now live with their parents – and it’s not hard to see why

The share of renters in regional Australia who are in housing stress is substantially higher than those in the cities, according to the latest Hilda survey, which has tracked the same households since 2001. Photograph: Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images

Every year, thousands of Australians answer a series of questions as part of the long-running Hilda survey.

This questionnaire – more expansively known as the household, income and labour dynamics in Australia survey – has been tracking the same households since 2001.