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 | $572 | +6.7% | −0.5% | $495 | +5.1% |
| AdelaideSA | $671 | +3.1% | +1.2% | $525 | +7.1% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $763 | +3.8% | +0.8% | $604 | +5.0% |
| MelbourneVIC | $767 | +3.2% | +0.8% | $575 | +2.7% |
| CanberraACT | $775 | +1.6% | −2.3% | $587 | +4.8% |
| DarwinNT | $779 | +14.1% | +2.9% | $549 | +10.7% |
| PerthWA | $832 | +6.0% | +0.1% | $656 | +5.3% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,072 | +3.2% | 0.0% | $704 | +0.9% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $668 | −2.1% | −0.7% | $466 | +2.4% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $612 | +12.3% | +2.9% | $491 | +0.8% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,404 | +10.3% | −2.3% | $857 | +7.0% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $795 | −0.6% | +9.7% | $633 | −0.2% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $750 | +4.3% | −0.1% | $652 | +3.8% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $795 | +12.1% | +1.4% | $677 | +8.5% |
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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