Rental, Hiring and Real Estate
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate is made up of property developers, real estate agents, plant hire, household equipment and furniture leasing, vehicle and transport hire and video hire.
The sector includes 286,317 businesses and employs 187,621 people.
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate is a small employing industry. There was strong employment growth over the past five years, although growth was more subdued over the last year.
Most services in the sector can be disintermediated by technology.
The Real Estate industry was an early adopter of digital technology, quick to adopt websites, mobile devices, digital cameras and property and rental management systems.
VR allows virtual property tours for buyers for existing property and for property still at the design stage.
AI, digital identity and blockchain will enable customers to manage many services themselves, without the need for brokerage and agency. Blockchain based smart contracts will streamline property transactions, by eliminating the need for 3rd parties in the sales process.
Video hire has already been disintermediated by technology.
Any “middleperson” service can be replaced eg real estate agency and will be.
Fairfax and News Ltd currently protect the real estate industry because of their investment in Realestate.com and domain.com. Real estate agents supply content for the sites.
Employment: 286,317
Organisations: 187,621
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Employing:
56%
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Non-employing:
44%
Remuneration
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Avg Salary:
$56,973
Categories
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Property Operators
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Real Estate Agents
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Motor Vehicle and Transport Hire
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Other Goods & Equipment Hire
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Video Hire
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Property Operators
Activities: Apartment, Flat, House, Caravan park leasing, Agricultural land, Factory, Commercial property leasing-
Technology
BIM, IoT, Digital ID -
Other issues
Digital ID
Drones
Annandale a dairy farm in Tasmania by drone DJI phantom 4 proArtificial Intelligence (AI)
Hovermap Building mapping and façade inspectionAugmented & Virtual Reality
Using Virtual Reality to Buy Multimillion Dollar Real Estate -
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Real Estate Agents
Activities: Real estate sales and rental agency, Valuing service-
Technology
VR, IoT, AI, Blockchain -
Other issues
Disintermediation, Real Estate.com and Domain.com protect agents
Drones
Annandale a dairy farm in Tasmania by drone DJI phantom 4 proAugmented & Virtual Reality
Using Virtual Reality to Buy Multimillion Dollar Real Estate -
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Motor Vehicle and Transport Hire
Activities: Aeroplane, Boat, Bus, Caravan, Railway, Ship, Truck rental, Car rental-
Technology
AI, Facial recognition, Digital ID, Blockchain, IoT -
Other issues
Facial recognition, Digital ID, EV
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Other Goods & Equipment Hire
Activities: Art work, Camping equipment, Costume, Furniture, Suit hire, Construction, Agricultural, Mining machinery, Scaffolding rental-
Technology
IoT, Digital ID -
Other issues
Digital ID
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Video Hire
Activities: Computer game, Video, Electronic media rental-
Technology
Digital ID, IoT -
Other issues
Digital ID, IP
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Skills options
Australian Apprenticeships
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Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching
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MYSKILLS
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training.gov.au
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National Centre for Vocational Education Research
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myfuture
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