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 | $638 | +10.0% | +2.2% | $569 | +12.9% |
| AdelaideSA | $688 | +2.8% | +0.3% | $552 | +4.7% |
| CanberraACT | $811 | +4.4% | −3.3% | $604 | +4.1% |
| MelbourneVIC | $818 | +6.6% | +0.2% | $606 | +5.2% |
| DarwinNT | $830 | +7.7% | −1.2% | $664 | +17.1% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $843 | +9.2% | +1.2% | $646 | +5.6% |
| PerthWA | $894 | +8.1% | +0.6% | $664 | +2.3% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,137 | +5.2% | −1.3% | $758 | +6.5% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $738 | +2.2% | −0.8% | $497 | +9.2% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $629 | −0.9% | +6.1% | $549 | +14.9% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,570 | +16.8% | +4.0% | $949 | +13.2% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $784 | +6.8% | −3.4% | $769 | +19.0% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $811 | +8.9% | +0.1% | $707 | +7.6% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $859 | +5.9% | +3.5% | $695 | +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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