Census snapshot: One million homes left empty across Australia

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated July 17 2017 - 9:33pm, first published 9:21pm

Australia has 200,000 more homes sitting empty than it had a decade ago, new figures show, despite the country grappling with a housing supply shortage that is pushing the cost of a first home beyond many of its residents.

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