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Australia student housing:187 sites, 42,205 beds.
As of 22 October 2026, Real Assets tracks 187 Australia student housing sites, 185 of them placed on a map. Beds are reported for 93 of 187 sites, adding up to 42,205 beds. Victoria has the most sites (90, 48% of those tracked).
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- Student Housing Australia
- Scape
- UniLodge
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Where the sites are, and who runs them
Victoria leads with 90 sites, and Student Housing Australia runs the most (50). Top rankings are shown below; unlock the workspace for the full site-by-site table.
States
- Victoria90 · 48%
- New South Wales58 · 31%
- Queensland18 · 10%
- Western Australia12 · 6%
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Unlock all 187 Australia student housing sites and 276 sourced figures
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Recent deals
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Wee Hur secures an option to acquire a site for student accommodation in Wollstonecraft, Sydney
How this data is built
Real Assets reads company pages, filings, news and listings, and records figures with a link to the page that published them.
187 of 187 student housing sites here have a source link; the rest are listed without one until we find it. Counts are sites we have recorded, not a full census, so they grow as coverage grows. Data updated 22 October 2026.
Questions
How many Australia student housing sites does Real Assets track?
187 sites as of 22 October 2026, with 185 placed on a map and 276 sourced figures and 7 recorded deals. Coverage: 187 of 187 sites carry a source link and 185 of 187 are on a map. This counts the sites we have recorded, not every student housing site in Australia, and it grows as coverage grows.
Which state has the most student housing sites?
Victoria, with 90 of the 187 sites tracked (48%). Next: New South Wales (58), Queensland (18), Western Australia (12), South Australia (8). Coverage: counts are sites tracked, not a census; states that rank lower are in the workspace.
Are student housing sites concentrated in a few states?
The three states with the most sites, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, hold 166 of the 187 sites tracked (89%). Coverage: this is the spread of the sites we track, which may differ from the spread of all student housing sites in Australia.
Who has the most student housing sites in Australia?
By sites tracked: Student Housing Australia (50), Scape (42), UniLodge (19), Iglu (15), Campus Living Villages (12). This ranks by sites tracked, not by beds, so a ranking by capacity or area can put the same names in a different order. Coverage: the 5 named hold 138 of 187 sites tracked; a site is listed under the operator its source names, and where none is named it is not attributed.
How many beds do these sites hold?
Operating: 26,145 beds. Planned or under construction: 16,060 beds. Operating means a site that is open; planned means announced, planned or under construction. The two are different statuses and are never added together. Coverage: beds is reported for 93 of 187 sites; a site with no reported figure adds nothing.
How many beds is in Victoria?
In Victoria, beds is 6,904 beds operating and 3,379 beds planned or under construction. The split by site is as of 20 October 2026. Coverage: reported for 22 of 90 sites in Victoria; the rest add nothing.
Which operators have the most student housing sites in Victoria?
By sites tracked in Victoria: Student Housing Australia (50), Scape (17), UniLodge (7), Iglu (4). The split by site is as of 20 October 2026. Coverage: sites in Victoria whose source names no operator are not attributed to anyone here.
Where are Student Housing Australia's student housing sites?
Student Housing Australia has 50 sites tracked: 50 operating and 0 planned or under construction. Largest states: Victoria (50). The split by site is as of 20 October 2026. Coverage: Student Housing Australia is the largest operator by sites tracked, and these are the sites we have recorded under its name, not necessarily everything it runs.
How many student housing deals has Real Assets recorded?
7 deals in Australia, each with its date and a link to the page that reported it. The full list is in the workspace after sign-in. Coverage: these are deals reported by the pages we read, not every transaction in the market.
Where does the data come from?
Figures link to the page that published them; 187 of 187 sites here carry a source link. Publishers behind this market's data include Property Council of Australia, Amber, Australian PBSA Registry, Iglu, UniLodge. How a source line reads, and what is left out, is on the methods page. Coverage: a site without a source link is listed as recorded and its figures are not shown as sourced.
When was this student housing data last updated?
The public figures on this page are as of 22 October 2026. They change as sites, sources and deals are added. Coverage: this is the date of the latest public export of counts, not of every record in the workspace.
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