Renting a house or a unit has become increasingly expensive in many areas across Australia. How does your local government area compare?
By Ken Macleod
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Renting has become increasingly expensive across Australia, especially in Sydney.
For example, median prices for renting a house in North Sydney, Bondi Beach or Ashfield have risen between 45 and 57 per cent in the last five years.
Steep rises were also seen outside Australia’s capital cities, with the Narrabri and Moree Plains areas recording rises of 68 and 89 per cent between 2010 and June 2015
Explore how house and unit rent prices have changed across Australia
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LEGEND: RENTAL PRICE CHANGE 2010 TO JUNE 2015
SOURCE: RP Data Pty Ltd
Data on home and unit estimates supplied by CoreLogic RP Data research analyst Tim Lawless. Local government areas with fewer than 10 rental observations over the 12 month reporting period have been excluded.
House and unit data for each Australian state and territory
| Houses | Units | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median Rental Price (2010) | Median Rental Price (June 2015) | Change (5 years) | Median Rental Price (2010) | Median Rental Price (June 2015) | Change (5 years) | |
| Australia | $350 | $395 | 12.9% | $345 | $390 | 13.0% |
| ACT | $460 | $475 | 3.3% | $395 | $390 | -1.3% |
| NSW | $370 | $430 | 16.2% | $385 | $470 | 22.1% |
| NT | $500 | $600 | 20% | $420 | $470 | 11.9% |
| QLD | $360 | $390 | 8.3% | $340 | $365 | 7.4% |
| SA | $300 | $330 | 10.0% | $265 | $295 | 11.3% |
| TAS | $270 | $290 | 7.4% | $250 | $260 | 4.0% |
| VIC | $330 | $360 | 9.1% | $320 | $360 | 12.5% |
| WA | $360 | $440 | 22.2% | $345 | $410 | 18.8% |