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 | $575 | +8.1% | +3.0% | $496 | +6.9% |
| AdelaideSA | $663 | +2.2% | −0.3% | $524 | +6.5% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $757 | +4.7% | +0.1% | $600 | +3.3% |
| DarwinNT | $757 | +9.4% | +2.6% | $550 | +16.0% |
| MelbourneVIC | $761 | +2.1% | −0.1% | $574 | +2.7% |
| CanberraACT | $793 | +5.9% | −2.6% | $583 | +3.7% |
| PerthWA | $831 | +5.2% | 0.0% | $655 | +7.0% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,072 | +2.6% | +0.2% | $705 | +0.7% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $673 | +2.3% | +2.6% | $458 | +1.8% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $595 | +5.5% | +1.0% | $464 | −4.7% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,437 | +10.5% | −6.6% | $843 | +5.1% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $725 | −17.6% | +2.7% | $645 | +4.4% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $751 | +3.2% | −0.7% | $661 | +4.3% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $784 | +2.0% | −0.5% | $680 | +5.4% |
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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