Overseas Students Occupy Just 4 Percent of Australian Rental Market: Council

The Student Accommodation Council has said blaming students for housing affordability problems is unfair.

People study at the University of Technology Sydney campus in Sydney, Australia, on April 6, 2016. Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

The Student Accommodation Council said overseas students occupied just 4 percent of the private rental market, in data presented to a Senate inquiry on Aug. 26.

This equated to about 120,000 rental properties, and nearly 500,000 rooms across the country.