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 | $580 | +8.4% | +1.4% | $504 | +9.3% |
| AdelaideSA | $669 | +1.5% | −0.3% | $527 | +5.6% |
| MelbourneVIC | $767 | +3.5% | 0.0% | $576 | +3.2% |
| DarwinNT | $771 | +9.5% | −1.0% | $567 | +8.6% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $772 | +5.9% | +1.2% | $612 | +6.8% |
| CanberraACT | $777 | −0.1% | +0.3% | $580 | +3.9% |
| PerthWA | $827 | +6.0% | −0.6% | $649 | +5.0% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,081 | +5.2% | +0.8% | $712 | +2.7% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $722 | +9.1% | +8.1% | $455 | −1.1% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $635 | +14.4% | +3.8% | $478 | −3.2% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,344 | +8.0% | −4.3% | $838 | +4.1% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $734 | −8.1% | −7.7% | $646 | +3.0% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $745 | +1.8% | −0.7% | $657 | +4.0% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $811 | +11.9% | +2.0% | $684 | +9.1% |
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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