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Rental market insights

Official rental statistics with their source, licence, reference period and limits.

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CPI rents — Canberra

Australian Capital Territory — figures are for Canberra (capital city), not the whole territory. The ABS does not publish CPI rents for whole states, regional areas or suburbs.

The ABS Consumer Price Index for rents measures the rents paid by all renting households — existing leases as well as new ones. It is not advertised (asking) rent.

CPI rents index

101.34index points

Reference period: Aug 2026 · base Sep 2025 = 100.0

As published by the ABS.

The ABS Consumer Price Index for rents: how the rents paid by renting households have changed relative to a base period (Sep 2025 = 100.0).

Coverage: Australian Capital Territory — figures are for Canberra (capital city), not the whole territory.

Limitations

CPI rents covers every renting household — existing leases as well as new ones — so it moves more slowly than advertised rents and lags them. It is not the rent you would be asked to pay for a new lease today, and it is not a measure of advertised-rent growth.

Status: New figures due

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Australia · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · retrieved 11 Oct 2026 · Sources and licences

CPI rents — change over 12 months

+1.4%

Reference period: Aug 2026

As published by the ABS.

The percentage change in the CPI rents index from the same month a year earlier, as published by the ABS.

Coverage: Australian Capital Territory — figures are for Canberra (capital city), not the whole territory.

Limitations

CPI rents covers every renting household — existing leases as well as new ones — so it moves more slowly than advertised rents and lags them. It is not the rent you would be asked to pay for a new lease today, and it is not a measure of advertised-rent growth.

Status: New figures due

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Australia · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · retrieved 11 Oct 2026 · Sources and licences

CPI rents — change from the previous month

+0.1%

Reference period: Aug 2026

Derived by PlaceNest from the published index: month-on-month: (index[2026-08-01] / index[2026-07-01] − 1) × 100, 1 dp.

The percentage change in the CPI rents index from the previous month. Calculated by PlaceNest from the published index, not published by the ABS as a figure here.

Coverage: Australian Capital Territory — figures are for Canberra (capital city), not the whole territory.

Limitations

CPI rents covers every renting household — existing leases as well as new ones — so it moves more slowly than advertised rents and lags them. It is not the rent you would be asked to pay for a new lease today, and it is not a measure of advertised-rent growth. Month-to-month movements are small and can be noisy.

Status: New figures due

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Australia · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · retrieved 11 Oct 2026 · Sources and licences

CPI rents index, monthly — Canberra and Australia (eight capital cities)
CPI rents index, monthly — Canberra and Australia (eight capital cities)Index points, Sep 2025 = 100.0. Current ABS monthly series. The same figures are in the table below the chart.8090100110Jul 2022May 2023Mar 2024Jan 2025Nov 2025Jul 2022: Canberra 95, Australia (eight capital cities) 83.2Aug 2022: Canberra 95.4, Australia (eight capital cities) 83.6Sep 2022: Canberra 95.7, Australia (eight capital cities) 84Oct 2022: Canberra 96, Australia (eight capital cities) 84.5Nov 2022: Canberra 96.4, Australia (eight capital cities) 84.7Dec 2022: Canberra 96.7, Australia (eight capital cities) 85.1Jan 2023: Canberra 97.1, Australia (eight capital cities) 85.6Feb 2023: Canberra 97.4, Australia (eight capital cities) 86.2Mar 2023: Canberra 97.7, Australia (eight capital cities) 86.6Apr 2023: Canberra 97.9, Australia (eight capital cities) 87.3May 2023: Canberra 98.1, Australia (eight capital cities) 88Jun 2023: Canberra 98.6, Australia (eight capital cities) 88.8Jul 2023: Canberra 98.7, Australia (eight capital cities) 89.5Aug 2023: Canberra 98.8, Australia (eight capital cities) 90.2Sep 2023: Canberra 98.7, Australia (eight capital cities) 90.4Oct 2023: Canberra 98.2, Australia (eight capital cities) 90.1Nov 2023: Canberra 98.3, Australia (eight capital cities) 90.7Dec 2023: Canberra 98.8, Australia (eight capital cities) 91.4Jan 2024: Canberra 98.9, Australia (eight capital cities) 92Feb 2024: Canberra 99.1, Australia (eight capital cities) 92.7Mar 2024: Canberra 99, Australia (eight capital cities) 93.3Apr 2024: Canberra 99, Australia (eight capital cities) 93.8May 2024: Canberra 99.3, Australia (eight capital cities) 94.5Jun 2024: Canberra 99.4, Australia (eight capital cities) 95.1Jul 2024: Canberra 99.5, Australia (eight capital cities) 95.7Aug 2024: Canberra 99.5, Australia (eight capital cities) 96.2Sep 2024: Canberra 99.4, Australia (eight capital cities) 96.4Oct 2024: Canberra 99, Australia (eight capital cities) 96.1Nov 2024: Canberra 99.3, Australia (eight capital cities) 96.7Dec 2024: Canberra 99.4, Australia (eight capital cities) 97Jan 2025: Canberra 99.5, Australia (eight capital cities) 97.4Feb 2025: Canberra 99.6, Australia (eight capital cities) 97.8Mar 2025: Canberra 99.7, Australia (eight capital cities) 98.1Apr 2025: Canberra 99.7, Australia (eight capital cities) 98.5May 2025: Canberra 99.8, Australia (eight capital cities) 98.8Jun 2025: Canberra 99.8, Australia (eight capital cities) 99.1Jul 2025: Canberra 99.9, Australia (eight capital cities) 99.4Aug 2025: Canberra 100, Australia (eight capital cities) 99.8Sep 2025: Canberra 100, Australia (eight capital cities) 100Oct 2025: Canberra 100, Australia (eight capital cities) 100.2Nov 2025: Canberra 100.3, Australia (eight capital cities) 100.6Dec 2025: Canberra 100.4, Australia (eight capital cities) 100.8Jan 2026: Canberra 100.6, Australia (eight capital cities) 101.2Feb 2026: Canberra 100.7, Australia (eight capital cities) 101.5Mar 2026: Canberra 100.8, Australia (eight capital cities) 101.7Apr 2026: Canberra 100.8, Australia (eight capital cities) 101.9May 2026: Canberra 101.1, Australia (eight capital cities) 102.3Jun 2026: Canberra 101.2, Australia (eight capital cities) 102.6Jul 2026: Canberra 101.2, Australia (eight capital cities) 103Aug 2026: Canberra 101.3, Australia (eight capital cities) 103.3Index
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CPI rents index, monthly — Canberra and Australia (eight capital cities) (Index)
PeriodCanberraAustralia (eight capital cities)
Aug 2026101.3103.3
Jul 2026101.2103
Jun 2026101.2102.6
May 2026101.1102.3
Apr 2026100.8101.9
Mar 2026100.8101.7
Feb 2026100.7101.5
Jan 2026100.6101.2
Dec 2025100.4100.8
Nov 2025100.3100.6
Oct 2025100100.2
Sep 2025100100
Aug 202510099.8
Jul 202599.999.4
Jun 202599.899.1
May 202599.898.8
Apr 202599.798.5
Mar 202599.798.1
Feb 202599.697.8
Jan 202599.597.4
Dec 202499.497
Nov 202499.396.7
Oct 20249996.1
Sep 202499.496.4
Aug 202499.596.2
Jul 202499.595.7
Jun 202499.495.1
May 202499.394.5
Apr 20249993.8
Mar 20249993.3
Feb 202499.192.7
Jan 202498.992
Dec 202398.891.4
Nov 202398.390.7
Oct 202398.290.1
Sep 202398.790.4
Aug 202398.890.2
Jul 202398.789.5
Jun 202398.688.8
May 202398.188
Apr 202397.987.3
Mar 202397.786.6
Feb 202397.486.2
Jan 202397.185.6
Dec 202296.785.1
Nov 202296.484.7
Oct 20229684.5
Sep 202295.784
Aug 202295.483.6
Jul 20229583.2

Index points, Sep 2025 = 100.0. Current ABS monthly series. Unit: index points.

Coverage: Australian Capital Territory — figures are for Canberra (capital city), not the whole territory.

Compare two months (Canberra, same index series)

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Australia · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · Sources and licences

CPI rents, change over 12 months (quarterly) — Canberra
CPI rents, change over 12 months (quarterly) — CanberraPer cent change from the same quarter a year earlier, as published by the ABS. Historical series, ended Sep quarter 2025. The same figures are in the table below the chart.-10.0%0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%40.0%Sep quarter 1973Mar quarter 1984Sep quarter 1994Mar quarter 2005Sep quarter 2015Sep quarter 1973: Canberra 3.0%Dec quarter 1973: Canberra 3.9%Mar quarter 1974: Canberra 3.9%Jun quarter 1974: Canberra 3.9%Sep quarter 1974: Canberra 13.5%Dec quarter 1974: Canberra 12.3%Mar quarter 1975: Canberra 11.2%Jun quarter 1975: Canberra 13.1%Sep quarter 1975: Canberra 4.2%Dec quarter 1975: Canberra 18.5%Mar quarter 1976: Canberra 21.0%Jun quarter 1976: Canberra 29.8%Sep quarter 1976: Canberra 30.1%Dec quarter 1976: Canberra 23.4%Mar quarter 1977: Canberra 20.8%Jun quarter 1977: Canberra 12.1%Sep quarter 1977: Canberra 11.3%Dec quarter 1977: Canberra 10.9%Mar quarter 1978: Canberra 10.9%Jun quarter 1978: Canberra 10.8%Sep quarter 1978: Canberra 9.6%Dec quarter 1978: Canberra 1.0%Mar quarter 1979: Canberra 1.6%Jun quarter 1979: Canberra 0.5%Sep quarter 1979: Canberra 1.0%Dec quarter 1979: Canberra 1.0%Mar quarter 1980: Canberra 1.0%Jun quarter 1980: Canberra 1.0%Sep quarter 1980: Canberra 1.0%Dec quarter 1980: Canberra 1.5%Mar quarter 1981: Canberra 2.0%Jun quarter 1981: Canberra 7.6%Sep quarter 1981: Canberra 8.5%Dec quarter 1981: Canberra 9.5%Mar quarter 1982: Canberra 9.4%Jun quarter 1982: Canberra 13.1%Sep quarter 1982: Canberra 14.4%Dec quarter 1982: Canberra 13.2%Mar quarter 1983: Canberra 13.1%Jun quarter 1983: Canberra 5.4%Sep quarter 1983: Canberra 5.3%Dec quarter 1983: Canberra 8.5%Mar quarter 1984: Canberra 10.8%Jun quarter 1984: Canberra 12.2%Sep quarter 1984: Canberra 14.2%Dec quarter 1984: Canberra 12.6%Mar quarter 1985: Canberra 13.0%Jun quarter 1985: Canberra 14.7%Sep quarter 1985: Canberra 13.8%Dec quarter 1985: Canberra 13.5%Mar quarter 1986: Canberra 12.1%Jun quarter 1986: Canberra 15.3%Sep quarter 1986: Canberra 12.4%Dec quarter 1986: Canberra 11.0%Mar quarter 1987: Canberra 9.4%Jun quarter 1987: Canberra 2.7%Sep quarter 1987: Canberra 6.6%Dec quarter 1987: Canberra 6.8%Mar quarter 1988: Canberra 7.0%Jun quarter 1988: Canberra 7.2%Sep quarter 1988: Canberra 3.2%Dec quarter 1988: Canberra 7.6%Mar quarter 1989: Canberra 7.5%Jun quarter 1989: Canberra 7.0%Sep quarter 1989: Canberra 6.7%Dec quarter 1989: Canberra 6.6%Mar quarter 1990: Canberra 6.1%Jun quarter 1990: Canberra 6.5%Sep quarter 1990: Canberra 6.7%Dec quarter 1990: Canberra 6.0%Mar quarter 1991: Canberra 6.6%Jun quarter 1991: Canberra 7.0%Sep quarter 1991: Canberra 7.4%Dec quarter 1991: Canberra 5.4%Mar quarter 1992: Canberra 6.8%Jun quarter 1992: Canberra 6.9%Sep quarter 1992: Canberra 7.0%Dec quarter 1992: Canberra 6.7%Mar quarter 1993: Canberra 4.7%Jun quarter 1993: Canberra 3.5%Sep quarter 1993: Canberra 2.2%Dec quarter 1993: Canberra 1.3%Mar quarter 1994: Canberra 0.4%Jun quarter 1994: Canberra -0.2%Sep quarter 1994: Canberra -0.4%Dec quarter 1994: Canberra -1.8%Mar quarter 1995: Canberra -1.6%Jun quarter 1995: Canberra -1.6%Sep quarter 1995: Canberra -2.2%Dec quarter 1995: Canberra -2.5%Mar quarter 1996: Canberra -2.2%Jun quarter 1996: Canberra -1.8%Sep quarter 1996: Canberra -1.1%Dec quarter 1996: Canberra -0.6%Mar quarter 1997: Canberra -0.4%Jun quarter 1997: Canberra -0.7%Sep quarter 1997: Canberra -0.6%Dec quarter 1997: Canberra -1.7%Mar quarter 1998: Canberra -1.9%Jun quarter 1998: Canberra -1.7%Sep quarter 1998: Canberra -1.9%Dec quarter 1998: Canberra -0.6%Mar quarter 1999: Canberra 0.0%Jun quarter 1999: Canberra 0.4%Sep quarter 1999: Canberra 1.0%Dec quarter 1999: Canberra 1.7%Mar quarter 2000: Canberra 2.7%Jun quarter 2000: Canberra 4.9%Sep quarter 2000: Canberra 4.9%Dec quarter 2000: Canberra 5.0%Mar quarter 2001: Canberra 5.0%Jun quarter 2001: Canberra 4.1%Sep quarter 2001: Canberra 5.2%Dec quarter 2001: Canberra 6.4%Mar quarter 2002: Canberra 6.0%Jun quarter 2002: Canberra 5.7%Sep quarter 2002: Canberra 4.9%Dec quarter 2002: Canberra 4.2%Mar quarter 2003: Canberra 4.8%Jun quarter 2003: Canberra 4.9%Sep quarter 2003: Canberra 5.5%Dec quarter 2003: Canberra 6.3%Mar quarter 2004: Canberra 7.1%Jun quarter 2004: Canberra 7.3%Sep quarter 2004: Canberra 6.8%Dec quarter 2004: Canberra 5.3%Mar quarter 2005: Canberra 3.7%Jun quarter 2005: Canberra 3.1%Sep quarter 2005: Canberra 2.5%Dec quarter 2005: Canberra 2.6%Mar quarter 2006: Canberra 2.4%Jun quarter 2006: Canberra 3.0%Sep quarter 2006: Canberra 3.2%Dec quarter 2006: Canberra 3.6%Mar quarter 2007: Canberra 4.9%Jun quarter 2007: Canberra 5.3%Sep quarter 2007: Canberra 6.1%Dec quarter 2007: Canberra 6.9%Mar quarter 2008: Canberra 7.6%Jun quarter 2008: Canberra 7.4%Sep quarter 2008: Canberra 7.8%Dec quarter 2008: Canberra 8.6%Mar quarter 2009: Canberra 7.8%Jun quarter 2009: Canberra 6.7%Sep quarter 2009: Canberra 5.8%Dec quarter 2009: Canberra 4.2%Mar quarter 2010: Canberra 4.0%Jun quarter 2010: Canberra 4.1%Sep quarter 2010: Canberra 4.3%Dec quarter 2010: Canberra 4.8%Mar quarter 2011: Canberra 5.2%Jun quarter 2011: Canberra 5.0%Sep quarter 2011: Canberra 5.8%Dec quarter 2011: Canberra 6.3%Mar quarter 2012: Canberra 5.2%Jun quarter 2012: Canberra 5.5%Sep quarter 2012: Canberra 4.2%Dec quarter 2012: Canberra 3.1%Mar quarter 2013: Canberra 2.6%Jun quarter 2013: Canberra 2.3%Sep quarter 2013: Canberra 1.7%Dec quarter 2013: Canberra 0.4%Mar quarter 2014: Canberra -0.1%Jun quarter 2014: Canberra -0.8%Sep quarter 2014: Canberra -1.6%Dec quarter 2014: Canberra -1.8%Mar quarter 2015: Canberra -2.5%Jun quarter 2015: Canberra -2.7%Sep quarter 2015: Canberra -2.1%Dec quarter 2015: Canberra -1.5%Mar quarter 2016: Canberra -0.6%Jun quarter 2016: Canberra -0.5%Sep quarter 2016: Canberra -0.1%Dec quarter 2016: Canberra 0.2%Mar quarter 2017: Canberra 0.7%Jun quarter 2017: Canberra 1.5%Sep quarter 2017: Canberra 1.8%Dec quarter 2017: Canberra 2.3%Mar quarter 2018: Canberra 2.6%Jun quarter 2018: Canberra 2.7%Sep quarter 2018: Canberra 3.0%Dec quarter 2018: Canberra 3.0%Mar quarter 2019: Canberra 3.0%Jun quarter 2019: Canberra 3.2%Sep quarter 2019: Canberra 2.9%Dec quarter 2019: Canberra 2.7%Mar quarter 2020: Canberra 2.8%Jun quarter 2020: Canberra 1.7%Sep quarter 2020: Canberra 1.4%Dec quarter 2020: Canberra 1.4%Mar quarter 2021: Canberra 1.1%Jun quarter 2021: Canberra 2.4%Sep quarter 2021: Canberra 3.0%Dec quarter 2021: Canberra 3.0%Mar quarter 2022: Canberra 4.7%Jun quarter 2022: Canberra 5.1%Sep quarter 2022: Canberra 5.4%Dec quarter 2022: Canberra 6.0%Mar quarter 2023: Canberra 4.8%Jun quarter 2023: Canberra 4.3%Sep quarter 2023: Canberra 3.5%Dec quarter 2023: Canberra 2.4%Mar quarter 2024: Canberra 1.7%Jun quarter 2024: Canberra 0.9%Sep quarter 2024: Canberra 0.7%Dec quarter 2024: Canberra 0.6%Mar quarter 2025: Canberra 0.6%Jun quarter 2025: Canberra 0.5%Sep quarter 2025: Canberra 0.5%%
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CPI rents, change over 12 months (quarterly) — Canberra (%)
PeriodCanberra
Sep quarter 20250.5%
Jun quarter 20250.5%
Mar quarter 20250.6%
Dec quarter 20240.6%
Sep quarter 20240.7%
Jun quarter 20240.9%
Mar quarter 20241.7%
Dec quarter 20232.4%
Sep quarter 20233.5%
Jun quarter 20234.3%
Mar quarter 20234.8%
Dec quarter 20226.0%
Sep quarter 20225.4%
Jun quarter 20225.1%
Mar quarter 20224.7%
Dec quarter 20213.0%
Sep quarter 20213.0%
Jun quarter 20212.4%
Mar quarter 20211.1%
Dec quarter 20201.4%
Sep quarter 20201.4%
Jun quarter 20201.7%
Mar quarter 20202.8%
Dec quarter 20192.7%
Sep quarter 20192.9%
Jun quarter 20193.2%
Mar quarter 20193.0%
Dec quarter 20183.0%
Sep quarter 20183.0%
Jun quarter 20182.7%
Mar quarter 20182.6%
Dec quarter 20172.3%
Sep quarter 20171.8%
Jun quarter 20171.5%
Mar quarter 20170.7%
Dec quarter 20160.2%
Sep quarter 2016-0.1%
Jun quarter 2016-0.5%
Mar quarter 2016-0.6%
Dec quarter 2015-1.5%
Sep quarter 2015-2.1%
Jun quarter 2015-2.7%
Mar quarter 2015-2.5%
Dec quarter 2014-1.8%
Sep quarter 2014-1.6%
Jun quarter 2014-0.8%
Mar quarter 2014-0.1%
Dec quarter 20130.4%
Sep quarter 20131.7%
Jun quarter 20132.3%
Mar quarter 20132.6%
Dec quarter 20123.1%
Sep quarter 20124.2%
Jun quarter 20125.5%
Mar quarter 20125.2%
Dec quarter 20116.3%
Sep quarter 20115.8%
Jun quarter 20115.0%
Mar quarter 20115.2%
Dec quarter 20104.8%
Sep quarter 20104.3%
Jun quarter 20104.1%
Mar quarter 20104.0%
Dec quarter 20094.2%
Sep quarter 20095.8%
Jun quarter 20096.7%
Mar quarter 20097.8%
Dec quarter 20088.6%
Sep quarter 20087.8%
Jun quarter 20087.4%
Mar quarter 20087.6%
Dec quarter 20076.9%
Sep quarter 20076.1%
Jun quarter 20075.3%
Mar quarter 20074.9%
Dec quarter 20063.6%
Sep quarter 20063.2%
Jun quarter 20063.0%
Mar quarter 20062.4%
Dec quarter 20052.6%
Sep quarter 20052.5%
Jun quarter 20053.1%
Mar quarter 20053.7%
Dec quarter 20045.3%
Sep quarter 20046.8%
Jun quarter 20047.3%
Mar quarter 20047.1%
Dec quarter 20036.3%
Sep quarter 20035.5%
Jun quarter 20034.9%
Mar quarter 20034.8%
Dec quarter 20024.2%
Sep quarter 20024.9%
Jun quarter 20025.7%
Mar quarter 20026.0%
Dec quarter 20016.4%
Sep quarter 20015.2%
Jun quarter 20014.1%
Mar quarter 20015.0%
Dec quarter 20005.0%
Sep quarter 20004.9%
Jun quarter 20004.9%
Mar quarter 20002.7%
Dec quarter 19991.7%
Sep quarter 19991.0%
Jun quarter 19990.4%
Mar quarter 19990.0%
Dec quarter 1998-0.6%
Sep quarter 1998-1.9%
Jun quarter 1998-1.7%
Mar quarter 1998-1.9%
Dec quarter 1997-1.7%
Sep quarter 1997-0.6%
Jun quarter 1997-0.7%
Mar quarter 1997-0.4%
Dec quarter 1996-0.6%
Sep quarter 1996-1.1%
Jun quarter 1996-1.8%
Mar quarter 1996-2.2%
Dec quarter 1995-2.5%
Sep quarter 1995-2.2%
Jun quarter 1995-1.6%
Mar quarter 1995-1.6%
Dec quarter 1994-1.8%
Sep quarter 1994-0.4%
Jun quarter 1994-0.2%
Mar quarter 19940.4%
Dec quarter 19931.3%
Sep quarter 19932.2%
Jun quarter 19933.5%
Mar quarter 19934.7%
Dec quarter 19926.7%
Sep quarter 19927.0%
Jun quarter 19926.9%
Mar quarter 19926.8%
Dec quarter 19915.4%
Sep quarter 19917.4%
Jun quarter 19917.0%
Mar quarter 19916.6%
Dec quarter 19906.0%
Sep quarter 19906.7%
Jun quarter 19906.5%
Mar quarter 19906.1%
Dec quarter 19896.6%
Sep quarter 19896.7%
Jun quarter 19897.0%
Mar quarter 19897.5%
Dec quarter 19887.6%
Sep quarter 19883.2%
Jun quarter 19887.2%
Mar quarter 19887.0%
Dec quarter 19876.8%
Sep quarter 19876.6%
Jun quarter 19872.7%
Mar quarter 19879.4%
Dec quarter 198611.0%
Sep quarter 198612.4%
Jun quarter 198615.3%
Mar quarter 198612.1%
Dec quarter 198513.5%
Sep quarter 198513.8%
Jun quarter 198514.7%
Mar quarter 198513.0%
Dec quarter 198412.6%
Sep quarter 198414.2%
Jun quarter 198412.2%
Mar quarter 198410.8%
Dec quarter 19838.5%
Sep quarter 19835.3%
Jun quarter 19835.4%
Mar quarter 198313.1%
Dec quarter 198213.2%
Sep quarter 198214.4%
Jun quarter 198213.1%
Mar quarter 19829.4%
Dec quarter 19819.5%
Sep quarter 19818.5%
Jun quarter 19817.6%
Mar quarter 19812.0%
Dec quarter 19801.5%
Sep quarter 19801.0%
Jun quarter 19801.0%
Mar quarter 19801.0%
Dec quarter 19791.0%
Sep quarter 19791.0%
Jun quarter 19790.5%
Mar quarter 19791.6%
Dec quarter 19781.0%
Sep quarter 19789.6%
Jun quarter 197810.8%
Mar quarter 197810.9%
Dec quarter 197710.9%
Sep quarter 197711.3%
Jun quarter 197712.1%
Mar quarter 197720.8%
Dec quarter 197623.4%
Sep quarter 197630.1%
Jun quarter 197629.8%
Mar quarter 197621.0%
Dec quarter 197518.5%
Sep quarter 19754.2%
Jun quarter 197513.1%
Mar quarter 197511.2%
Dec quarter 197412.3%
Sep quarter 197413.5%
Jun quarter 19743.9%
Mar quarter 19743.9%
Dec quarter 19733.9%
Sep quarter 19733.0%

Per cent change from the same quarter a year earlier, as published by the ABS. Historical series, ended Sep quarter 2025. Unit: per cent.

Coverage: Australian Capital Territory — figures are for Canberra (capital city), not the whole territory.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Australia · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · Sources and licences

Measures explained

These five measures describe different things. They are not interchangeable: PlaceNest never substitutes one for another, never puts two of them on one chart, and never combines them into one figure.

Rental vacancy rate

Data not currently available
Definition:
The share of rental homes that are vacant and available to rent at a point in time.
Source:
Commercial providers only (for example SQM Research, REIA, PropTrack, Cotality, Domain). No government body publishes a rental vacancy rate in Australia.
Geographic coverage:
Depends on the provider (typically capital cities, regions or postcodes).
Reporting period:
Monthly or quarterly, depending on the provider.
Last verified:
11 Oct 2026
Limitations:
Each provider uses its own method, so published rates differ. PlaceNest never estimates a vacancy rate from its own advertisements, which are not a count of every rental home.

Advertised (asking) rental growth

Data not currently available
Definition:
How much the rents asked in rental advertisements for new leases have changed over a period.
Source:
Commercial providers only (for example Cotality, PropTrack, Domain, SQM Research).
Geographic coverage:
Depends on the provider (national, by city or suburb).
Reporting period:
Usually monthly, depending on the provider.
Last verified:
11 Oct 2026
Limitations:
Asking rents are not agreed rents, and the mix of advertised homes changes from month to month. It is not the same as the change in ABS CPI rents.

ABS CPI rents

Available — ABS
Definition:
The Australian Bureau of Statistics Consumer Price Index for rents: how the rents PAID by all renting households — existing leases as well as new ones — have changed. Published as an index and as the change over 12 months.
Source:
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Australia.
Geographic coverage:
Australia (the eight capital cities combined) and each capital city. Not published for whole states, regional areas or suburbs.
Reporting period:
Monthly, from July 2022 (released about four to five weeks after each month). A historical quarterly series ended with the September quarter 2025.
Last verified:
11 Oct 2026
Limitations:
Covers existing as well as new leases, so it moves more slowly than, and lags, advertised rents. It is not advertised rental growth and not the rent you would be asked for a new lease today.

Median advertised weekly rent

Data not currently available
Definition:
The middle weekly rent asked in rental advertisements during a period, in dollars a week.
Source:
Commercial providers only (for example Cotality, PropTrack, Domain, SQM Research).
Geographic coverage:
Depends on the provider (national, by city or suburb).
Reporting period:
Usually weekly or monthly, depending on the provider.
Last verified:
11 Oct 2026
Limitations:
An asking rent, not an agreed rent; the median moves with the mix of homes advertised in each period.

Rental bond statistics (agreed rent for new leases)

Data not currently available
Definition:
The weekly rent agreed in new leases, taken from the rental bonds lodged with a state or territory bond authority — usually reported as a median.
Source:
State and territory rental bond authorities. Open data exists for some states (planned for PlaceNest); there is no open dataset for the ACT.
Geographic coverage:
Each state separately (often by postcode, suburb or council area); none for the ACT, WA or NT as open data; no national figure.
Reporting period:
Monthly or quarterly, depending on the state.
Last verified:
11 Oct 2026
Limitations:
New leases with a lodged bond only — not existing tenancies and not advertised rents. Small areas are suppressed when too few bonds are lodged.

Not available — and why

Rental vacancy rate

Unavailable

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No government body publishes a rental vacancy rate. The rates you see quoted are commercial products, and PlaceNest does not hold a licence to show one. PlaceNest never estimates a vacancy rate from its own advertisements: the advertisements on PlaceNest are not a count of every rental home.

What would make it available: A commercial data licence that permits display on PlaceNest.

Median advertised rent

Unavailable

Licence required

Advertised (asking) rent medians and their growth are published only by commercial providers. PlaceNest does not hold a licence to show them, and does not substitute CPI rents for them.

What would make it available: A commercial data licence that permits display on PlaceNest.

Advertised rent growth

Unavailable

Licence required

Advertised (asking) rent medians and their growth are published only by commercial providers. PlaceNest does not hold a licence to show them, and does not substitute CPI rents for them.

What would make it available: A commercial data licence that permits display on PlaceNest.

Median weekly rent on new bonds

Unavailable

No open data source

The ACT does not publish bond-based median rents as open data (no dataset found on the ACT open data portal).

What would make it available: A formal data request to the ACT Revenue Office.

Planned

Median weekly rent on new bonds — Queanbeyan and Googong (postcode 2620)

Planned — not available yet

Planned — not sourced yet

Bond-based median rents for this area are published openly by the state but have not been added yet.

What would make it available: Owner approval of a scheduled (or admin-triggered) monthly fetch of the published file, then show Queanbeyan / Googong (postcode 2620) and Jerrabomberra medians with bond counts and suppression.

Census median weekly rent — Canberra

Planned — not available yet

Planned — not sourced yet

The 2021 Census median weekly rent (all tenancies on Census night) is openly licensed but has not been imported yet.

What would make it available: Import the Census G02 data once as a reviewed reference file.

More about these statistics

Census rent
Rent reported by every renting household on Census night — a five-yearly snapshot. Not yet shown here.
Why PlaceNest does not show a vacancy rate from its own advertisements
The advertisements on PlaceNest are not a count of every rental home, so any “vacancy rate” calculated from them would be wrong. No government body publishes a rental vacancy rate; the published ones are commercial.
ACT rent increases
In the ACT, the threshold above which a rent increase may be considered excessive is linked to Canberra CPI rents (110% of its growth). This is context only, not legal advice — check the ACT Government’s rent increase information.

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Sources and licences

Figures are shown from the copy of the ABS data bundled with PlaceNest. Nothing on this page is financial or legal advice.