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 | $605 | +9.2% | +2.0% | $546 | +15.2% |
| AdelaideSA | $690 | +3.1% | +0.1% | $538 | +6.3% |
| DarwinNT | $776 | +5.7% | +1.3% | $581 | +14.4% |
| CanberraACT | $792 | −3.4% | +1.5% | $583 | +1.6% |
| MelbourneVIC | $794 | +4.9% | +0.4% | $588 | +5.2% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $808 | +8.6% | +2.0% | $631 | +7.5% |
| PerthWA | $877 | +5.5% | +1.5% | $669 | +4.9% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,139 | +8.0% | +1.5% | $744 | +5.7% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $763 | +13.0% | −1.9% | $504 | +7.7% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $641 | +7.4% | −2.1% | $498 | +4.6% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,415 | +3.8% | −1.7% | $953 | +15.9% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $990 | +8.6% | +90.8% | $716 | +7.2% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $791 | +8.1% | +1.5% | $694 | +9.3% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $811 | +15.0% | +0.2% | $667 | +4.1% |
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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