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 | +9.1% | 0.0% | $579 | +17.0% |
| AdelaideSA | $686 | +2.2% | +0.1% | $557 | +6.1% |
| MelbourneVIC | $816 | +6.4% | −0.2% | $606 | +5.4% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $833 | +9.2% | +0.1% | $645 | +6.8% |
| CanberraACT | $839 | +8.3% | +0.2% | $606 | +3.2% |
| DarwinNT | $840 | +7.8% | +0.5% | $654 | +19.1% |
| PerthWA | $889 | +6.9% | −1.0% | $672 | +2.4% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,152 | +7.5% | −0.5% | $758 | +7.7% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $744 | +11.4% | −0.7% | $482 | +3.4% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $593 | −3.1% | −3.7% | $510 | +3.9% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,510 | +7.5% | +4.1% | $939 | +9.6% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $812 | +2.1% | −5.0% | $779 | +23.1% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $810 | +8.0% | −1.9% | $716 | +9.8% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $830 | +4.4% | +1.5% | $688 | +1.6% |
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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