9,275,217 front doors.
Nearly every Australian adult has a bank account. Yet one household in five could not find $2,000 in a week, and whether you own, owe or rent now sorts wealth, stress and retirement.
Come inThe deal at thirty
Turn the dial to a birth year and read what a home, a mortgage and owning looked like at thirty.
Twelve doors. Eight drives.
Eight lives found in every edition, and four that belong to Australia: the HECS debt, the farm, the NDIS and Centrelink.
Spin the year.
From the Cup and Black Friday to tax time: when money moves, November 2026 to October 2027.
Twelve moves worth making.
Each sized from a published figure, and each written with the regulator in mind. Some are table stakes, already required or widely shipped; the rest go beyond the mandate, and those lead.
Three home truths.
The pulse right now.
Australia, side by side.
The same measure, on the same definition where one exists, in six rich countries. Australia is the filled dot. Each line runs from the lowest of the six to the highest, or from zero for shares. Tap a row for the figures and the source.
Honest numbers argue.
Where good sources disagree, we show both and say why.
Sources and method.
All sources
Built 14 November 2026. Every number carries its source and a confidence grade: H high, M medium, L low, U unverified. Lives are overlapping archetypes, not a census. Quotes are from published reporting and link to the original.
© 2026 Ben Yamin. All rights reserved.
Home Truths is an independent analysis for information only. It is not financial, investment or legal advice, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by any bank, government body or the organisations cited. Source data, map boundaries and quoted words remain the property of their owners and are used under their licences or as attributed quotation.