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 | $593 | +8.6% | −0.2% | $541 | +11.8% |
| AdelaideSA | $689 | +2.8% | +0.6% | $530 | +2.9% |
| DarwinNT | $766 | +3.9% | +0.7% | $580 | +16.7% |
| CanberraACT | $780 | −3.8% | −0.9% | $590 | +2.8% |
| MelbourneVIC | $791 | +4.5% | +2.3% | $575 | +4.9% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $792 | +7.6% | +1.4% | $628 | +6.6% |
| PerthWA | $864 | +5.1% | +1.3% | $657 | +2.3% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,122 | +8.4% | +1.2% | $734 | +5.2% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $778 | +13.7% | +3.6% | $498 | +6.6% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $655 | +8.3% | −0.9% | $525 | +9.6% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,440 | +8.2% | +4.2% | $918 | +7.0% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $519 | −34.1% | −28.5% | $696 | +0.4% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $779 | +6.0% | +1.4% | $690 | +8.0% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $809 | +8.6% | +1.1% | $637 | +2.2% |
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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