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 | $564 | +4.6% | +1.8% | $482 | +3.4% |
| AdelaideSA | $676 | +6.1% | +1.0% | $522 | +13.2% |
| DarwinNT | $730 | +2.1% | −0.5% | $521 | +4.8% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $748 | +4.5% | +0.5% | $593 | +4.0% |
| MelbourneVIC | $759 | +2.4% | +0.3% | $569 | +2.7% |
| CanberraACT | $813 | +6.7% | −0.9% | $576 | +0.2% |
| PerthWA | $839 | +7.6% | +1.0% | $638 | +10.6% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,051 | −0.1% | −0.4% | $708 | +0.9% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $682 | −1.2% | +1.0% | $466 | +5.7% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $614 | +11.0% | +2.8% | $499 | +2.9% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,519 | +32.1% | +11.4% | $822 | 0.0% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $1,016 | +44.5% | +11.4% | $660 | +17.0% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $747 | +5.7% | +2.0% | $641 | +1.4% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $708 | −6.6% | +0.4% | $680 | +13.3% |
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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