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 | $597 | +11.2% | +0.3% | $502 | +8.7% |
| AdelaideSA | $681 | +2.6% | +0.7% | $521 | +4.6% |
| DarwinNT | $758 | +3.1% | +1.1% | $575 | +9.5% |
| MelbourneVIC | $770 | +3.2% | −0.1% | $564 | +3.7% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $778 | +7.3% | +0.1% | $615 | +6.0% |
| CanberraACT | $793 | +3.1% | +3.4% | $576 | +3.0% |
| PerthWA | $837 | +6.4% | +0.6% | $651 | +4.8% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,120 | +6.8% | +1.4% | $729 | +5.2% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $741 | +8.2% | +1.1% | $487 | +2.5% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $680 | +25.7% | +13.7% | $481 | −6.1% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,386 | −1.1% | +0.1% | $855 | +8.9% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $823 | +1.0% | +7.3% | $673 | +6.7% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $756 | +3.1% | +1.2% | $685 | +3.5% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $780 | +3.7% | −1.1% | $659 | +9.3% |
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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