Cody Nesbit dreams of owning a home but the Gold Coast barista is struggling to save and says it's hard to see light at the end of the tunnel.

He's not alone, a new report from Anglicare has revealed less than 1 per cent of rentals in Queensland were affordable for the average hospitality worker.

According to the annual Rental Affordability Snapshot, a bartender who wanted to live alone could not afford a single property in the ACT, only five in the Northern Territory and just 80 across the whole of Victoria.

The situation is not much better for paramedics, aged care professionals, nurses, delivery drivers and early childhood educators who are being priced out of the rental market across the country.

Mr Nesbit manages a popular cafe in Mermaid Beach and pays $400 per week for a room i

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