01/08/2025
"In the Byron shire, 17.7 per cent of all homes were listed on the Airbnb platform in December 2024, based on InsideAirbnb data analysed in a report by the University of Sydney for the Australian Coastal Councils Association and released on Thursday.
This compares to about 1.6 per cent of housing stock nationally that is listed on Airbnb"
Some of Australia’s most sought-after coastal towns have twice as many Airbnbs as average, and one beach hotspot has 10 times as many.