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 | $546 | −1.3% | +0.2% | $484 | +3.9% |
| AdelaideSA | $670 | +5.7% | +0.6% | $515 | +13.9% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $736 | +4.0% | +1.0% | $589 | +4.2% |
| DarwinNT | $737 | +1.9% | −2.1% | $497 | 0.0% |
| MelbourneVIC | $757 | +4.0% | +0.8% | $548 | +4.4% |
| CanberraACT | $811 | +9.0% | +3.3% | $574 | +2.3% |
| PerthWA | $822 | +7.2% | +2.0% | $642 | +12.6% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,035 | +0.2% | −0.2% | $698 | +1.0% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $684 | +6.5% | −1.6% | $467 | +4.2% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $605 | +2.4% | +10.2% | $479 | +1.9% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,331 | +7.1% | −4.9% | $858 | +7.9% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $788 | +12.9% | −0.4% | $693 | +12.9% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $735 | +5.2% | −0.4% | $639 | +3.1% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $745 | +2.5% | −0.7% | $623 | +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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