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 | $632 | +13.3% | +1.6% | $579 | +20.6% |
| AdelaideSA | $683 | +2.7% | −1.4% | $558 | +8.6% |
| MelbourneVIC | $815 | +7.0% | +0.9% | $599 | +5.6% |
| DarwinNT | $823 | +11.5% | +1.9% | $613 | +15.9% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $824 | +9.0% | +1.0% | $640 | +7.2% |
| CanberraACT | $838 | +2.9% | +3.2% | $594 | +1.4% |
| PerthWA | $889 | +7.0% | 0.0% | $681 | +4.6% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,159 | +8.3% | +0.6% | $757 | +6.6% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $760 | +15.9% | +3.0% | $516 | +10.3% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $601 | +2.0% | −2.4% | $533 | +11.0% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,566 | +1.8% | −1.8% | $955 | +19.8% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $972 | +37.7% | +2.6% | $686 | +5.9% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $825 | +9.1% | +2.7% | $723 | +9.4% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $854 | +8.4% | +0.4% | $698 | +2.6% |
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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