Australian rent guide

Housing Stress and Rent Explainer

Search suburbs, towns, localities, and local government areas, then compare which places are cheaper or more expensive within their state without opening government spreadsheets.

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DFFH means Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing. It is the Victorian government department behind the Victorian rental report used on this page. Other states use their named government or published national sources, and every result now shows its geography and confidence.
What this page can tell you. Search rent figures by place, or enter a four digit postcode for the national Rental Affordability Index. Rankings exclude older Census values, statewide figures, grouped areas, and samples below 20 records.
Official rent figures with clear confidence labels. Weekly rent comes from official government sources where available. TAS uses rental-bond medians, HousingVic adds a grouped Victorian fallback, South Australia uses quarterly suburb bond records, ACT and NT use older ABS Census fallback rows, and WA currently has a statewide row. Older, grouped, statewide, and small-sample figures remain searchable but cannot drive rent rankings. This is not financial, housing, or policy advice. Check the linked source before relying on it.

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How to read this

Weekly rent comes from several published sources with different dates and geographic detail. A price level is calculated only against ranking-ready records with the same state and geography type.

A rent share near or above 30 percent is a common warning sign that rent may be hard to manage. That affordability context is shown only when the source row has income data, and it is not an official government rating.

  • Lower rent: Among the cheaper rows for that state or territory.
  • Mid range: Near the middle of rows for that state or territory.
  • Higher rent: Above the middle of rows for that state or territory.
  • Top rent group: Among the most expensive rows for that state or territory.
  • Reference only: Useful source information that is too old, broad, grouped, or small-sample for ranking.
  • Postcode affordability: A separate national index relating rent to average regional rental-household income.