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 | $589 | +10.7% | +1.6% | $493 | +8.8% |
| AdelaideSA | $669 | +1.5% | 0.0% | $524 | +2.9% |
| MelbourneVIC | $767 | +3.0% | 0.0% | $576 | +3.6% |
| DarwinNT | $767 | +1.6% | −0.5% | $573 | +15.3% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $775 | +7.0% | +0.4% | $613 | +7.2% |
| CanberraACT | $776 | +1.4% | −0.1% | $570 | +2.2% |
| PerthWA | $822 | +4.7% | −0.6% | $650 | +6.2% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,083 | +4.6% | +0.2% | $718 | +3.5% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $741 | +14.4% | +2.6% | $467 | +2.6% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $587 | +6.0% | −7.6% | $485 | −2.0% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,325 | +9.5% | −1.4% | $839 | +6.1% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $780 | −2.9% | +6.3% | $643 | +2.7% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $752 | +4.2% | +0.9% | $690 | +7.3% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $830 | +11.0% | +2.3% | $692 | +18.7% |
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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