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 | $554 | +1.3% | +1.5% | $474 | +1.5% |
| AdelaideSA | $669 | +4.4% | −0.1% | $506 | +11.2% |
| DarwinNT | $734 | +1.4% | −0.4% | $508 | +1.4% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $744 | +3.5% | +1.1% | $587 | +3.5% |
| MelbourneVIC | $757 | +2.7% | 0.0% | $559 | +3.1% |
| CanberraACT | $820 | +8.9% | +1.1% | $574 | +0.5% |
| PerthWA | $831 | +6.4% | +1.1% | $638 | +11.7% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,055 | +1.0% | +1.9% | $704 | +1.1% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $675 | +4.7% | −1.3% | $468 | +4.9% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $597 | +7.2% | −1.3% | $476 | −3.3% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,363 | +11.1% | +2.4% | $822 | +1.2% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $912 | +24.8% | +15.7% | $668 | +12.3% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $732 | +2.2% | −0.4% | $635 | +1.1% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $705 | −4.2% | −5.4% | $641 | +6.7% |
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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