The release also showed close to 200 currently waiting for housing in Griffith, with 191 on the general admissions list and six on the priority list. Across NSW, there are 51,395 people on the NSW housing register.

The NSW Department of Communities and Justice's report of wait times for social housing in Griffith can hit up to a decade, with the lowest estimate being 2 years for a three bedroom unit.

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A vacancy rate of three per cent is regarded as representing a balance between supply and demand. Two per cent is considered to be concerningly high, giving power to landlords to artificially increase rental prices and push prospective tenants out of the market.

Last year, the Real Estate Institute showed that the Riverina has a 0.9 per cent vacancy rate, out of 67,062 houses.

The rate remains similar across NSW, with Albury recording the lowest vacancy rate with just 0.4 per cent of homes remaining unoccupied. The only areas to have a vacancy rate over two per cent are in Sydney, rising well above four per cent.

This comes at the same time as the federal government and Regional Australia Institute begin their "Move to More" campaign, encouraging more Australians to relocate to regional areas.

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