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 | $560 | +3.7% | −0.7% | $496 | +7.8% |
| AdelaideSA | $669 | +5.9% | −1.0% | $526 | +11.9% |
| DarwinNT | $732 | +4.6% | +0.3% | $539 | +5.1% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $757 | +5.7% | +1.2% | $596 | +3.3% |
| MelbourneVIC | $759 | +2.2% | 0.0% | $569 | +1.8% |
| CanberraACT | $811 | +5.5% | −0.2% | $582 | +2.1% |
| PerthWA | $835 | +6.2% | −0.5% | $645 | +8.6% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,059 | +0.3% | +0.8% | $713 | +0.4% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $669 | −3.2% | −1.9% | $460 | +5.7% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $612 | +14.4% | −0.3% | $508 | −0.2% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,551 | +21.5% | +2.1% | $800 | −5.9% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $859 | +4.2% | −15.5% | $656 | +10.3% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $753 | +3.9% | +0.8% | $659 | +2.8% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $760 | +0.1% | +7.3% | $667 | +9.5% |
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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