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 | $558 | +5.5% | −0.4% | $480 | +3.7% |
| AdelaideSA | $665 | +3.7% | −0.6% | $514 | +6.4% |
| DarwinNT | $738 | +6.0% | +0.8% | $529 | +0.4% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $756 | +5.3% | −0.1% | $597 | +2.8% |
| MelbourneVIC | $762 | +2.4% | +0.4% | $567 | +1.8% |
| CanberraACT | $814 | +6.1% | +0.4% | $586 | +3.4% |
| PerthWA | $831 | +5.5% | −0.5% | $651 | +6.9% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,070 | +1.0% | +1.0% | $710 | +0.3% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $656 | −4.8% | −1.9% | $468 | +5.4% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $589 | +7.9% | −3.8% | $480 | −5.7% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,538 | +14.0% | −0.8% | $797 | −3.7% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $706 | −18.0% | −17.8% | $648 | +11.3% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $756 | +4.6% | +0.4% | $661 | +2.3% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $788 | +1.2% | +3.7% | $680 | +5.6% |
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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