SA leads the nation in Housing Scoreboard
Published Friday, 7 February 2025
The South Australian Government’s efforts to address the housing crisis have been recognised by a leading national industry body, with South Australia ranked number one in HIA’s Housing Policy Scoreboard.
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) Scoreboard benchmarks each state and territory according to ten critical housing supply policies and mechanisms that are advantageous to the promotion of housing supply, with SA topping the nation.
| State | Score |
|---|---|
| South Australia | 9/10 |
| Western Australia | 8/10 |
| Victoria | 6/10 |
| Tasmania | 6/10 |
| New South Wales | 6/10 |
| Queensland | 5/10 |
| Northern Territory | 5/10 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 4/10 |
This report recognised the Housing Roadmap which features more than 100 initiatives to help the industry build more homes faster.
- South Australia emerges with the most praise-worthy housing roadmap… The state has employed an advantageous blend of planning innovation, skills investment and housing affordability policies.
HIA Housing Policy Scoreboard 2025
In the months since the Housing Roadmap was unveiled, the South Australian Government has already implemented dozens of initiatives such as introducing a nation first infrastructure scheme, created a builders panel for small government led projects, streamlined planning efficiencies to cut assessment timeframes and already laid 2000 metres of new water mains as part of the record $1.5 billion expansion to the water and sewer network.
This latest accolade follows similar results with SA leading the nation in the last two HIA Housing Scorecards, while the Property Council of Australia recognised confidence in our property sector is the highest in the country.
It comes after the Business Council of Australia described South Australia as the best place to do business and ranked SA’s planning system the best in the nation.
