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 | $545 | +2.1% | +1.5% | $478 | +4.4% |
| AdelaideSA | $666 | +8.5% | +0.3% | $502 | +14.1% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $729 | +3.7% | +0.6% | $585 | +4.7% |
| MelbourneVIC | $751 | +4.9% | +0.7% | $541 | +4.4% |
| DarwinNT | $753 | +6.4% | +2.4% | $525 | +12.2% |
| CanberraACT | $785 | +6.8% | +2.1% | $565 | 0.0% |
| PerthWA | $806 | +8.2% | +2.4% | $623 | +9.7% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,037 | +2.1% | −1.1% | $689 | +1.2% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $695 | +8.9% | +1.5% | $477 | +6.7% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $549 | +4.4% | +1.5% | $488 | +2.3% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,399 | +17.4% | −0.2% | $819 | +8.5% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $791 | +9.6% | −2.9% | $667 | +11.4% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $738 | +7.0% | +0.7% | $630 | +4.5% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $750 | +3.3% | −0.3% | $619 | +3.7% |
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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