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 | +2.5% | 0.0% | $462 | +1.3% |
| AdelaideSA | $664 | +9.8% | +1.1% | $498 | +12.7% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $725 | +2.7% | −0.8% | $580 | +5.5% |
| DarwinNT | $735 | +0.3% | +0.5% | $525 | +13.1% |
| MelbourneVIC | $746 | +5.8% | +0.5% | $544 | +4.6% |
| CanberraACT | $769 | +6.2% | +2.8% | $559 | −1.6% |
| PerthWA | $787 | +6.9% | −0.4% | $621 | +12.5% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,049 | +3.2% | +0.7% | $693 | +2.1% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $685 | +10.8% | +1.2% | $475 | +6.7% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $541 | +5.0% | −2.9% | $512 | +6.9% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,402 | +20.8% | +10.8% | $785 | +4.4% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $815 | +12.0% | +4.1% | $631 | +3.4% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $733 | +7.0% | +1.7% | $662 | +9.1% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $752 | +11.6% | −3.0% | $603 | +9.6% |
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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