Based on those disclosures, here’s what we know about property ownership in parliament.

What is property ownership like in the ranks of parliament?

Comparing 2006 data (where there was 70 per cent property ownership across Australia) to the most recent figures, fewer Australians own a home. This is especially true for young people, with 50 per cent of 30 to 34-year-olds owning property.

Federal politicians who own multiple properties by party. Credit: SBS The Feed

Liberal and Labor MPs both have an average of about two properties per person, Nationals are closer to three — although they’re more likely to have agricultural land — and Greens politicians are closer to an average of one.

About 30 per cent of politicians only own one residential property, with many MPs also owning a second property in Canberra, where they sit in parliament for 20 weeks of the year.

The property owners of parliament

Three of Ananda-Rajah’s properties are owned by her partner and Andrews’ six investment properties are jointly owned with her partner.

Several senators have disclosed multiple properties which are self-owned, but because there is no obligation to disclose spouse ownership, we cannot be sure this is an exhaustive list.

Which politicians don’t own property?

There are 12 MPs who do not have any property on their records, and one senator (noting senators’ spouses’ properties don’t need to be disclosed).

Queensland MP Bob Katter (back) is one of small number of politicians who does not own property. He does, however, own 100 cows. Credit: Bob Katter

Greens housing spokesperson MP Max Chandler-Mather — who often uses his status as one of parliament’s only renters to advocate for renters’ rights and housing affordability — is on the list.

Liberal party members who don’t own property are Andrew McLachlan, Jacinta Price, James Stevens and Jane Hume. Labor’s Jana Stewart, Josh Burns, Matt Burnell and the Greens’ Stephen Bates have not disclosed property.

Are politicians investing more than others?

When compared with wider Australia, the percentage of politicians with at least one investment property (48.25 per cent) is higher than the 15 per cent of Australians who own an investment dwelling.

Hal Pawson, a professor of Housing Research and Policy and associate director of the City Futures Research Centre at UNSW said: “If you looked at the people in that echelon of above average incomes across Australia, you would find that rental property ownership was quite high amongst that group.”

Are their property portfolios likely to shape policy?

Dutton said he had invested in property according to the laws, when he was questioned by Nine about whether he was a critic of changes to family trusts and negative gearing because he was on the market for a 27th property.

MPs can update the register at any time, but the data gathered by SBS is accurate as of 30 April, 2025.