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 | $620 | +5.3% | −2.8% | $566 | +14.8% |
| AdelaideSA | $696 | +4.0% | +1.2% | $555 | +5.9% |
| CanberraACT | $795 | +2.4% | −2.0% | $600 | +5.3% |
| DarwinNT | $816 | +6.4% | −1.7% | $665 | +16.1% |
| MelbourneVIC | $825 | +7.6% | +0.9% | $600 | +4.2% |
| BrisbaneQLD | $841 | +8.5% | −0.2% | $648 | +5.7% |
| PerthWA | $893 | +8.6% | −0.1% | $667 | +2.6% |
| SydneyNSW | $1,138 | +5.1% | +0.1% | $756 | +5.3% |
| CairnsQLD · Postcode 4870 only — not all of Cairns | $743 | +0.3% | +0.7% | $502 | +7.5% |
| GeelongVIC · Postcode 3220 only — not all of Geelong | $621 | +5.8% | −1.3% | $601 | +23.9% |
| Gold CoastQLD · Postcode 4217 only — not all of Gold Coast | $1,568 | +18.3% | −0.1% | $925 | +10.3% |
| NewcastleNSW · Postcode 2300 only — not all of Newcastle | $938 | +20.3% | +19.6% | $703 | +9.3% |
| Sunshine CoastQLD · Postcode 4551 only — not all of Sunshine Coast | $803 | +6.8% | −1.0% | $706 | +2.3% |
| WollongongNSW · Postcode 2500 only — not all of Wollongong | $853 | +2.8% | −0.7% | $676 | −2.3% |
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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