SINGLE PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA

Majority of mortgage holders who live alone or as single parents experience mortgage stress

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 29-Oct-25

Roy Morgan’s Single Source research shows that 52.3% of owner-occupier mortgage holders who live alone or are single parents are ‘At Risk’ of mortgage stress, while 36.0% are ‘Extremely at Risk’. Many more women than men are impacted; an estimated 205,000 ‘single female’ mortgage holders were ‘At Risk’ of mortgage stress in the 12 months to June 2025 compared with 108,000 ‘single male’ mortgage holders. More single women were also ‘Extremely at Risk’ of mortgage stress (137,000), compared with 74,000 single male mortgage holders. The substantially higher number of single female mortgage holders at risk of mortgage stress is not only due to single women being more likely to be at risk of mortgage stress, but also due to there being more single women than single men among mortgage holders; nearly twice as many mortgage holders are single women (6.8%) as single men (4.1%). While single women are more likely to be at ‘Extreme Risk’ of mortgage stress than ‘single men’, the gap is greatest among those aged under 34, where the income gap between men and women is greater.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Solo buyers a growing force in the housing market

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Original article by Nila Sweeney
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 24-Jun-21

Solo first home buyers accounted for 38 per cent of ME Bank’s home loan applications in 2020, up three per cent on the previous year. Single women accounted for 49 per cent of all solo home loan applications, down one per cent on the previous year. ME Bank also reported that single men made their first home loan application at the average of 32 in 2020, down from an average age of 35 in 2018. Single woman took out their first home loan application at the average age of 34 in 2020, also down from an average age of 35 in 2018.

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ME BANK

Nearly 1 in 10 young Aussie singles use Tinder

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Dec-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that an estimated 5.1 per cent of Australian singles aged 14+ used dating app Tinder on a mobile phone or tablet in an average four weeks in the six months to September 2015. The survey also shows that 8.8 per cent of singles aged 18-24 used the Tinder app in the last four weeks, compared with 6.4 per cent of singles in the 25-34 age group. However, just 1.5 per cent of singles aged 35+ and 1.6 per cent of those aged 14-17 reported using the app in the last four weeks.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, TINDER, SNAPCHAT INCORPORATED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED

Married bliss more than a myth

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 24-Mar-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey, which was carried out in the year to December 2014, has found that married people are much less likely to experience anxiety, depression and panic attacks than those who are single, separated, divorced, widowed, engaged or in a de facto relationship. Their stress levels are also dramatically lower, second only to widowed people

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED