A new university campus opening in Perth’s CBD has driven renewed interest from developers, with figures revealing more student-specific accommodation is in the pipeline to cater for an incoming spike in demand.

According to figures from the Property Council, 2514 student beds will soon become available based on developments currently under construction, with a further 721 beds included in approved developments and 3265 more beds under application – a total of 6500 in the pipeline.

At the beginning of 2025, that number was 5354 – meaning 1146 beds have been added to the pipeline over the year.

Back in mid-2023, there were just 4200 student beds available across the state. Now the number of beds under application is the highest nationally, just ahead of NSW, which recorded 3123 under app

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