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Consumer Pulse Report 2024
December, 2024
Canstar’s eighth annual Consumer Pulse Report identifies Australians’ financial pain points, debt levels, savings goals and the impact of cost-of-living pressures now and into 2025.
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What’s in this report?
This report includes findings based on the opinions of over 2,000 Australian adults, with insights into consumers’ views, attitudes, and expectations on:
- Pain points: Financial concerns and the impact of the cost of living
- Paying debts: Managing debt levels and their effects
- Piggy bank balances: How Australians save and their financial goals
- Property market prospects: Coping with high interest rates and plans for buying or selling property
- Paying the rent: The impact of rising rents and support from the “Bank of Mum and Dad”
Fewer than one-third of Aussies optimistic about finances as housing costs top 2025 money worriers
The outlook for cost-of-living relief in 2025 is cautious, a likely result of the fact that Aussies felt little relief in 2024. Read more
Aussie borrowers unprepared if rates remain high in 2025
Interest rates may be tipped to drop before the middle of next year, but a recent survey of home loan borrowers found that many are not prepared to hold out for that long. Read more
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For further information:
Belinda Williamson
Group Manager, Corporate Affairs
Ph: 0418 641 637