Over the recent years, the amount spent on Investment property in Australia has been rising in most years.
The following chart shows the amount financed for Investment property in pure $ terms.
Financed Spending on Investment Housing for the 12 months ended:
| Month-Year | Total | Change |
| Apr-1985 | $173,538,000 | |
| Apr-1986 | $134,570,000 | -22.46% |
| Apr-1987 | $156,813,000 | 16.53% |
| Apr-1988 | $356,752,000 | 127.50% |
| Apr-1989 | $778,840,000 | 118.31% |
| Apr-1990 | $521,822,000 | -33.00% |
| Apr-1991 | $315,145,000 | -39.61% |
| Apr-1992 | $507,579,000 | 61.06% |
| Apr-1993 | $643,095,000 | 26.70% |
| Apr-1994 | $1,062,908,000 | 65.28% |
| Apr-1995 | $941,188,000 | -11.45% |
| Apr-1996 | $1,157,270,000 | 22.96% |
| Apr-1997 | $2,077,413,000 | 79.51% |
| Apr-1998 | $1,912,848,000 | -7.92% |
| Apr-1999 | $2,099,633,000 | 9.76% |
| Apr-2000 | $2,391,365,000 | 13.89% |
| Apr-2001 | $2,784,205,000 | 16.43% |
| Apr-2002 | $4,328,983,000 | 55.48% |
| Apr-2003 | $5,717,588,000 | 32.08% |
| Apr-2004 | $5,774,976,000 | 1.00% |
| Apr-2005 | $5,956,741,000 | 3.15% |
| Apr-2006 | $5,604,144,000 | -5.92% |
| Apr-2007 | $6,498,904,000 | 15.97% |
| Apr-2008 | $6,754,019,000 | 3.93% |
| Apr-2009 | $6,193,500,000 | -8.30% |
| Apr-2010 | $7,643,396,000 | 23.41% |
The following table shows the difference between Owner Occupied and Investment properties being financed in each 12 month period.
The 12 months ended April 1986 had the lowest Investment housing portion of just 12.7% whilst April 2004 was the highest at 38.3%.
| Month-Year | Owner Occupation | % of Total | Investment housing | % of Total |
| Apr-1985 | ||||
| Apr-1986 | $11,984,817,000 | 86.1% | $1,930,272,000 | 13.9% |
| Apr-1987 | $12,507,769,000 | 87.3% | $1,811,921,000 | 12.7% |
| Apr-1988 | $17,753,147,000 | 84.8% | $3,180,162,000 | 15.2% |
| Apr-1989 | $23,861,743,000 | 74.5% | $8,161,402,000 | 25.5% |
| Apr-1990 | $19,003,663,000 | 73.4% | $6,875,600,000 | 26.6% |
| Apr-1991 | $19,825,311,000 | 79.6% | $5,080,336,000 | 20.4% |
| Apr-1992 | $27,365,753,000 | 83.9% | $5,259,830,000 | 16.1% |
| Apr-1993 | $35,259,357,000 | 83.2% | $7,101,643,000 | 16.8% |
| Apr-1994 | $45,764,822,000 | 79.4% | $11,882,397,000 | 20.6% |
| Apr-1995 | $44,051,573,000 | 75.5% | $14,313,501,000 | 24.5% |
| Apr-1996 | $43,371,481,000 | 74.8% | $14,582,066,000 | 25.2% |
| Apr-1997 | $48,263,858,000 | 72.4% | $18,375,316,000 | 27.6% |
| Apr-1998 | $53,377,430,000 | 67.6% | $25,530,832,000 | 32.4% |
| Apr-1999 | $58,460,311,000 | 70.2% | $24,795,824,000 | 29.8% |
| Apr-2000 | $74,231,778,000 | 70.1% | $31,651,099,000 | 29.9% |
| Apr-2001 | $70,389,818,000 | 70.3% | $29,793,497,000 | 29.7% |
| Apr-2002 | $95,076,390,000 | 67.9% | $45,011,181,000 | 32.1% |
| Apr-2003 | $104,694,826,000 | 62.6% | $62,577,352,000 | 37.4% |
| Apr-2004 | $127,516,672,000 | 61.7% | $79,177,563,000 | 38.3% |
| Apr-2005 | $131,157,533,000 | 65.0% | $70,730,142,000 | 35.0% |
| Apr-2006 | $152,208,760,000 | 67.6% | $72,845,975,000 | 32.4% |
| Apr-2007 | $170,829,772,000 | 68.3% | $79,129,036,000 | 31.7% |
| Apr-2008 | $182,223,041,000 | 66.6% | $91,516,354,000 | 33.4% |
| Apr-2009 | $165,377,124,000 | 69.6% | $72,266,641,000 | 30.4% |
| Apr-2010 | $189,763,789,000 | 69.2% | $84,534,496,000 | 30.8% |
These figures are calculated from original source figures at: ABS 5609.0 – Housing Finance, Australia, Apr 2010 issued June 2010.