New research has highlighted the disparity between property investor genders with only 27% of women indicating they own investment property.
The 2022 Property Investment Professionals of Australia Annual Investor Sentiment Survey asked survey respondents for their gender for the first time in its eight-year history which produced the telling statistic.
Co-author of award-winning book The Female Investor: Creating Wealth, Security & Freedom Through Property, Kate Hill, says the result was just one financial headwind women face, along with the gender pay gap, much lower superannuation balances, and poorer financial outcomes post-divorce – all of which will mean they will have inferior financial outcomes throughout their lives and in retirement.
She also says the fact that women only represent a smidge over a quarter of all property investors is another factor that shows women are just not on the same financial footing as men in Australia. Get it first, get it fast, get it on Grafa.