While the waiting lists are long in inner and northern Melbourne, they're also long in the city's south-east

Number of applicants on the housing waitlist for each Melbourne district as of June 2024.

A map of Melbourne divided by social housing boundaries, where the darker areas are more spread out across the city.
Housing district created according to list of suburbs from the Victorian government.
ABC News Source: Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Get the data