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 | $624 | +8.5% | −1.3% | $580 | +16.9% |
| AdelaideSA | $685 | +3.3% | +0.3% | $556 | +6.1% |
| MelbourneVIC | $818 | +7.5% | +0.4% | $604 | +5.2% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $832 | +9.9% | +1.0% | $642 | +7.0% |
| DarwinNT | $836 | +10.4% | +1.6% | $631 | +14.7% |
| CanberraACT | $837 | +5.5% | −0.1% | $600 | +2.9% |
| PerthWA | $898 | +8.1% | +1.0% | $677 | +3.4% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,158 | +8.0% | −0.1% | $760 | +7.8% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $749 | +11.3% | −1.4% | $504 | +10.0% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $616 | +3.5% | +2.5% | $519 | +11.9% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,450 | +0.9% | −7.4% | $950 | +12.7% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $855 | +17.9% | −12.0% | $730 | +13.2% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $826 | +10.0% | +0.1% | $718 | +8.6% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $818 | +4.3% | −4.2% | $692 | +1.8% |
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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