AUSTRALIAN RENT REPORT
Monthly average SQM Research asking rents for 14 Australian cities, compared with the month before and the same month a year earlier.
14 CITIES
Capitals ranked by house rent, lowest first, then regional cities. Weekly figures; Year and Month are percentage changes.
| City | House rent | Year | Month | Unit rent | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HobartTAS | $537 | +4.7% | +0.9% | $456 | +1.3% |
| AdelaideSA | $657 | +10.6% | −0.3% | $504 | +14.8% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $731 | +4.6% | +1.0% | $579 | +5.7% |
| DarwinNT | $731 | −2.4% | −3.2% | $487 | +2.1% |
| MelbourneVIC | $742 | +5.7% | −0.4% | $548 | +5.0% |
| CanberraACT | $748 | +1.8% | −2.2% | $557 | −0.5% |
| PerthWA | $790 | +9.3% | +0.6% | $619 | +14.0% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,042 | +4.3% | +0.7% | $695 | +3.1% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $677 | +4.2% | +4.5% | $447 | +4.2% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $557 | +9.4% | +0.5% | $505 | +7.0% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,265 | +2.1% | +4.5% | $765 | +5.5% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $783 | +11.5% | −2.5% | $655 | +26.9% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $721 | +6.3% | −0.1% | $635 | +4.4% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $775 | +8.7% | +3.6% | $584 | +7.2% |
Source: SQM Research weekly asking rents, averaged by month; capitals use city-region series and regional cities a single postcode. Asking rents are advertised prices, not signed leases. A dash means no observation.
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