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Rental market insights

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

These are official statistics, not PlaceNest marketplace data. They describe the rental market as a whole, not any advertisement on PlaceNest.

CPI rents — Australia (eight capital cities)

Australia — figures are for the eight capital cities combined (an ABS weighted average), not regional areas. 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

103.34index 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: Australia — figures are for the eight capital cities combined (an ABS weighted average), not regional areas.

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

+3.6%

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: Australia — figures are for the eight capital cities combined (an ABS weighted average), not regional areas.

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

+0.3%

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: Australia — figures are for the eight capital cities combined (an ABS weighted average), not regional areas.

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 — Australia (eight capital cities)
CPI rents index, monthly — 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: Australia (eight capital cities) 83.2Aug 2022: Australia (eight capital cities) 83.6Sep 2022: Australia (eight capital cities) 84Oct 2022: Australia (eight capital cities) 84.5Nov 2022: Australia (eight capital cities) 84.7Dec 2022: Australia (eight capital cities) 85.1Jan 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 85.6Feb 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 86.2Mar 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 86.6Apr 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 87.3May 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 88Jun 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 88.8Jul 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 89.5Aug 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 90.2Sep 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 90.4Oct 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 90.1Nov 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 90.7Dec 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 91.4Jan 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 92Feb 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 92.7Mar 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 93.3Apr 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 93.8May 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 94.5Jun 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 95.1Jul 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 95.7Aug 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 96.2Sep 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 96.4Oct 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 96.1Nov 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 96.7Dec 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 97Jan 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 97.4Feb 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 97.8Mar 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 98.1Apr 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 98.5May 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 98.8Jun 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 99.1Jul 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 99.4Aug 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 99.8Sep 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 100Oct 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 100.2Nov 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 100.6Dec 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 100.8Jan 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 101.2Feb 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 101.5Mar 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 101.7Apr 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 101.9May 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 102.3Jun 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 102.6Jul 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 103Aug 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 103.3Index
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CPI rents index, monthly — Australia (eight capital cities) (Index)
PeriodAustralia (eight capital cities)
Aug 2026103.3
Jul 2026103
Jun 2026102.6
May 2026102.3
Apr 2026101.9
Mar 2026101.7
Feb 2026101.5
Jan 2026101.2
Dec 2025100.8
Nov 2025100.6
Oct 2025100.2
Sep 2025100
Aug 202599.8
Jul 202599.4
Jun 202599.1
May 202598.8
Apr 202598.5
Mar 202598.1
Feb 202597.8
Jan 202597.4
Dec 202497
Nov 202496.7
Oct 202496.1
Sep 202496.4
Aug 202496.2
Jul 202495.7
Jun 202495.1
May 202494.5
Apr 202493.8
Mar 202493.3
Feb 202492.7
Jan 202492
Dec 202391.4
Nov 202390.7
Oct 202390.1
Sep 202390.4
Aug 202390.2
Jul 202389.5
Jun 202388.8
May 202388
Apr 202387.3
Mar 202386.6
Feb 202386.2
Jan 202385.6
Dec 202285.1
Nov 202284.7
Oct 202284.5
Sep 202284
Aug 202283.6
Jul 202283.2

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

Coverage: Australia — figures are for the eight capital cities combined (an ABS weighted average), not regional areas.

Compare two months (Australia (eight capital cities), 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) — Australia (eight capital cities)
CPI rents, change over 12 months (quarterly) — Australia (eight capital cities)Per 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.-5.0%0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%Sep quarter 1973Mar quarter 1984Sep quarter 1994Mar quarter 2005Sep quarter 2015Sep quarter 1973: Australia (eight capital cities) 6.2%Dec quarter 1973: Australia (eight capital cities) 9.2%Mar quarter 1974: Australia (eight capital cities) 8.0%Jun quarter 1974: Australia (eight capital cities) 10.9%Sep quarter 1974: Australia (eight capital cities) 12.6%Dec quarter 1974: Australia (eight capital cities) 13.1%Mar quarter 1975: Australia (eight capital cities) 15.7%Jun quarter 1975: Australia (eight capital cities) 16.1%Sep quarter 1975: Australia (eight capital cities) 17.2%Dec quarter 1975: Australia (eight capital cities) 16.5%Mar quarter 1976: Australia (eight capital cities) 16.0%Jun quarter 1976: Australia (eight capital cities) 14.6%Sep quarter 1976: Australia (eight capital cities) 14.7%Dec quarter 1976: Australia (eight capital cities) 13.5%Mar quarter 1977: Australia (eight capital cities) 13.1%Jun quarter 1977: Australia (eight capital cities) 12.1%Sep quarter 1977: Australia (eight capital cities) 9.6%Dec quarter 1977: Australia (eight capital cities) 9.4%Mar quarter 1978: Australia (eight capital cities) 8.5%Jun quarter 1978: Australia (eight capital cities) 8.4%Sep quarter 1978: Australia (eight capital cities) 8.2%Dec quarter 1978: Australia (eight capital cities) 8.0%Mar quarter 1979: Australia (eight capital cities) 8.4%Jun quarter 1979: Australia (eight capital cities) 8.8%Sep quarter 1979: Australia (eight capital cities) 8.6%Dec quarter 1979: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.9%Mar quarter 1980: Australia (eight capital cities) 6.7%Jun quarter 1980: Australia (eight capital cities) 6.6%Sep quarter 1980: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.0%Dec quarter 1980: Australia (eight capital cities) 6.9%Mar quarter 1981: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.8%Jun quarter 1981: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.6%Sep quarter 1981: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.9%Dec quarter 1981: Australia (eight capital cities) 9.2%Mar quarter 1982: Australia (eight capital cities) 9.9%Jun quarter 1982: Australia (eight capital cities) 11.5%Sep quarter 1982: Australia (eight capital cities) 12.9%Dec quarter 1982: Australia (eight capital cities) 12.6%Mar quarter 1983: Australia (eight capital cities) 11.5%Jun quarter 1983: Australia (eight capital cities) 9.9%Sep quarter 1983: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.6%Dec quarter 1983: Australia (eight capital cities) 6.7%Mar quarter 1984: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.0%Jun quarter 1984: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.2%Sep quarter 1984: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.4%Dec quarter 1984: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.7%Mar quarter 1985: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.9%Jun quarter 1985: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.7%Sep quarter 1985: Australia (eight capital cities) 8.9%Dec quarter 1985: Australia (eight capital cities) 9.4%Mar quarter 1986: Australia (eight capital cities) 9.9%Jun quarter 1986: Australia (eight capital cities) 10.6%Sep quarter 1986: Australia (eight capital cities) 10.3%Dec quarter 1986: Australia (eight capital cities) 10.4%Mar quarter 1987: Australia (eight capital cities) 10.1%Jun quarter 1987: Australia (eight capital cities) 9.9%Sep quarter 1987: Australia (eight capital cities) 10.4%Dec quarter 1987: Australia (eight capital cities) 10.8%Mar quarter 1988: Australia (eight capital cities) 11.6%Jun quarter 1988: Australia (eight capital cities) 11.6%Sep quarter 1988: Australia (eight capital cities) 11.4%Dec quarter 1988: Australia (eight capital cities) 11.2%Mar quarter 1989: Australia (eight capital cities) 10.6%Jun quarter 1989: Australia (eight capital cities) 10.1%Sep quarter 1989: Australia (eight capital cities) 8.9%Dec quarter 1989: Australia (eight capital cities) 8.3%Mar quarter 1990: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.0%Jun quarter 1990: Australia (eight capital cities) 6.3%Sep quarter 1990: Australia (eight capital cities) 5.5%Dec quarter 1990: Australia (eight capital cities) 5.0%Mar quarter 1991: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.4%Jun quarter 1991: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.9%Sep quarter 1991: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.9%Dec quarter 1991: Australia (eight capital cities) 1.9%Mar quarter 1992: Australia (eight capital cities) 1.5%Jun quarter 1992: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.9%Sep quarter 1992: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.8%Dec quarter 1992: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.6%Mar quarter 1993: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.4%Jun quarter 1993: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.4%Sep quarter 1993: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.4%Dec quarter 1993: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.7%Mar quarter 1994: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.7%Jun quarter 1994: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.7%Sep quarter 1994: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.7%Dec quarter 1994: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.6%Mar quarter 1995: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.9%Jun quarter 1995: Australia (eight capital cities) 1.5%Sep quarter 1995: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.0%Dec quarter 1995: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.4%Mar quarter 1996: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.9%Jun quarter 1996: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.9%Sep quarter 1996: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.1%Dec quarter 1996: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.2%Mar quarter 1997: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.9%Jun quarter 1997: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.0%Sep quarter 1997: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.8%Dec quarter 1997: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.0%Mar quarter 1998: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.0%Jun quarter 1998: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.1%Sep quarter 1998: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.3%Dec quarter 1998: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.9%Mar quarter 1999: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.0%Jun quarter 1999: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.7%Sep quarter 1999: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.3%Dec quarter 1999: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.6%Mar quarter 2000: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.8%Jun quarter 2000: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.1%Sep quarter 2000: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.4%Dec quarter 2000: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.1%Mar quarter 2001: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.2%Jun quarter 2001: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.2%Sep quarter 2001: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.0%Dec quarter 2001: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.1%Mar quarter 2002: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.8%Jun quarter 2002: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.6%Sep quarter 2002: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.4%Dec quarter 2002: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.1%Mar quarter 2003: Australia (eight capital cities) 1.8%Jun quarter 2003: Australia (eight capital cities) 1.6%Sep quarter 2003: Australia (eight capital cities) 1.8%Dec quarter 2003: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.2%Mar quarter 2004: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.5%Jun quarter 2004: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.6%Sep quarter 2004: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.6%Dec quarter 2004: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.3%Mar quarter 2005: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.2%Jun quarter 2005: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.1%Sep quarter 2005: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.1%Dec quarter 2005: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.4%Mar quarter 2006: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.8%Jun quarter 2006: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.9%Sep quarter 2006: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.5%Dec quarter 2006: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.7%Mar quarter 2007: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.4%Jun quarter 2007: Australia (eight capital cities) 5.2%Sep quarter 2007: Australia (eight capital cities) 5.8%Dec quarter 2007: Australia (eight capital cities) 6.5%Mar quarter 2008: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.0%Jun quarter 2008: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.8%Sep quarter 2008: Australia (eight capital cities) 8.1%Dec quarter 2008: Australia (eight capital cities) 8.4%Mar quarter 2009: Australia (eight capital cities) 8.1%Jun quarter 2009: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.2%Sep quarter 2009: Australia (eight capital cities) 6.2%Dec quarter 2009: Australia (eight capital cities) 5.2%Mar quarter 2010: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.7%Jun quarter 2010: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.3%Sep quarter 2010: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.2%Dec quarter 2010: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.3%Mar quarter 2011: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.5%Jun quarter 2011: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.5%Sep quarter 2011: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.7%Dec quarter 2011: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.7%Mar quarter 2012: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.5%Jun quarter 2012: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.4%Sep quarter 2012: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.0%Dec quarter 2012: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.7%Mar quarter 2013: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.5%Jun quarter 2013: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.4%Sep quarter 2013: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.2%Dec quarter 2013: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.0%Mar quarter 2014: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.9%Jun quarter 2014: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.4%Sep quarter 2014: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.5%Dec quarter 2014: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.4%Mar quarter 2015: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.1%Jun quarter 2015: Australia (eight capital cities) 1.9%Sep quarter 2015: Australia (eight capital cities) 1.5%Dec quarter 2015: Australia (eight capital cities) 1.2%Mar quarter 2016: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.9%Jun quarter 2016: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.7%Sep quarter 2016: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.7%Dec quarter 2016: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.6%Mar quarter 2017: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.6%Jun quarter 2017: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.6%Sep quarter 2017: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.5%Dec quarter 2017: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.7%Mar quarter 2018: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.8%Jun quarter 2018: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.6%Sep quarter 2018: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.6%Dec quarter 2018: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.5%Mar quarter 2019: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.4%Jun quarter 2019: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.4%Sep quarter 2019: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.4%Dec quarter 2019: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.2%Mar quarter 2020: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.2%Jun quarter 2020: Australia (eight capital cities) -1.2%Sep quarter 2020: Australia (eight capital cities) -1.4%Dec quarter 2020: Australia (eight capital cities) -1.3%Mar quarter 2021: Australia (eight capital cities) -1.4%Jun quarter 2021: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.0%Sep quarter 2021: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.4%Dec quarter 2021: Australia (eight capital cities) 0.4%Mar quarter 2022: Australia (eight capital cities) 1.0%Jun quarter 2022: Australia (eight capital cities) 1.6%Sep quarter 2022: Australia (eight capital cities) 2.8%Dec quarter 2022: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.0%Mar quarter 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.9%Jun quarter 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 6.7%Sep quarter 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.6%Dec quarter 2023: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.3%Mar quarter 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.8%Jun quarter 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 7.3%Sep quarter 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 6.7%Dec quarter 2024: Australia (eight capital cities) 6.4%Mar quarter 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 5.5%Jun quarter 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.5%Sep quarter 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.8%%
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CPI rents, change over 12 months (quarterly) — Australia (eight capital cities) (%)
PeriodAustralia (eight capital cities)
Sep quarter 20253.8%
Jun quarter 20254.5%
Mar quarter 20255.5%
Dec quarter 20246.4%
Sep quarter 20246.7%
Jun quarter 20247.3%
Mar quarter 20247.8%
Dec quarter 20237.3%
Sep quarter 20237.6%
Jun quarter 20236.7%
Mar quarter 20234.9%
Dec quarter 20224.0%
Sep quarter 20222.8%
Jun quarter 20221.6%
Mar quarter 20221.0%
Dec quarter 20210.4%
Sep quarter 20210.4%
Jun quarter 20210.0%
Mar quarter 2021-1.4%
Dec quarter 2020-1.3%
Sep quarter 2020-1.4%
Jun quarter 2020-1.2%
Mar quarter 20200.2%
Dec quarter 20190.2%
Sep quarter 20190.4%
Jun quarter 20190.4%
Mar quarter 20190.4%
Dec quarter 20180.5%
Sep quarter 20180.6%
Jun quarter 20180.6%
Mar quarter 20180.8%
Dec quarter 20170.7%
Sep quarter 20170.5%
Jun quarter 20170.6%
Mar quarter 20170.6%
Dec quarter 20160.6%
Sep quarter 20160.7%
Jun quarter 20160.7%
Mar quarter 20160.9%
Dec quarter 20151.2%
Sep quarter 20151.5%
Jun quarter 20151.9%
Mar quarter 20152.1%
Dec quarter 20142.4%
Sep quarter 20142.5%
Jun quarter 20142.4%
Mar quarter 20142.9%
Dec quarter 20133.0%
Sep quarter 20133.2%
Jun quarter 20133.4%
Mar quarter 20133.5%
Dec quarter 20123.7%
Sep quarter 20124.0%
Jun quarter 20124.4%
Mar quarter 20124.5%
Dec quarter 20114.7%
Sep quarter 20114.7%
Jun quarter 20114.5%
Mar quarter 20114.5%
Dec quarter 20104.3%
Sep quarter 20104.2%
Jun quarter 20104.3%
Mar quarter 20104.7%
Dec quarter 20095.2%
Sep quarter 20096.2%
Jun quarter 20097.2%
Mar quarter 20098.1%
Dec quarter 20088.4%
Sep quarter 20088.1%
Jun quarter 20087.8%
Mar quarter 20087.0%
Dec quarter 20076.5%
Sep quarter 20075.8%
Jun quarter 20075.2%
Mar quarter 20074.4%
Dec quarter 20063.7%
Sep quarter 20063.5%
Jun quarter 20062.9%
Mar quarter 20062.8%
Dec quarter 20052.4%
Sep quarter 20052.1%
Jun quarter 20052.1%
Mar quarter 20052.2%
Dec quarter 20042.3%
Sep quarter 20042.6%
Jun quarter 20042.6%
Mar quarter 20042.5%
Dec quarter 20032.2%
Sep quarter 20031.8%
Jun quarter 20031.6%
Mar quarter 20031.8%
Dec quarter 20022.1%
Sep quarter 20022.4%
Jun quarter 20022.6%
Mar quarter 20022.8%
Dec quarter 20013.1%
Sep quarter 20013.0%
Jun quarter 20013.2%
Mar quarter 20013.2%
Dec quarter 20003.1%
Sep quarter 20003.4%
Jun quarter 20003.1%
Mar quarter 20002.8%
Dec quarter 19992.6%
Sep quarter 19992.3%
Jun quarter 19992.7%
Mar quarter 19993.0%
Dec quarter 19982.9%
Sep quarter 19983.3%
Jun quarter 19983.1%
Mar quarter 19983.0%
Dec quarter 19973.0%
Sep quarter 19972.8%
Jun quarter 19973.0%
Mar quarter 19972.9%
Dec quarter 19963.2%
Sep quarter 19963.1%
Jun quarter 19962.9%
Mar quarter 19962.9%
Dec quarter 19952.4%
Sep quarter 19952.0%
Jun quarter 19951.5%
Mar quarter 19950.9%
Dec quarter 19940.6%
Sep quarter 19940.7%
Jun quarter 19940.7%
Mar quarter 19940.7%
Dec quarter 19930.7%
Sep quarter 19930.4%
Jun quarter 19930.4%
Mar quarter 19930.4%
Dec quarter 19920.6%
Sep quarter 19920.8%
Jun quarter 19920.9%
Mar quarter 19921.5%
Dec quarter 19911.9%
Sep quarter 19912.9%
Jun quarter 19913.9%
Mar quarter 19914.4%
Dec quarter 19905.0%
Sep quarter 19905.5%
Jun quarter 19906.3%
Mar quarter 19907.0%
Dec quarter 19898.3%
Sep quarter 19898.9%
Jun quarter 198910.1%
Mar quarter 198910.6%
Dec quarter 198811.2%
Sep quarter 198811.4%
Jun quarter 198811.6%
Mar quarter 198811.6%
Dec quarter 198710.8%
Sep quarter 198710.4%
Jun quarter 19879.9%
Mar quarter 198710.1%
Dec quarter 198610.4%
Sep quarter 198610.3%
Jun quarter 198610.6%
Mar quarter 19869.9%
Dec quarter 19859.4%
Sep quarter 19858.9%
Jun quarter 19857.7%
Mar quarter 19857.9%
Dec quarter 19847.7%
Sep quarter 19847.4%
Jun quarter 19847.2%
Mar quarter 19847.0%
Dec quarter 19836.7%
Sep quarter 19837.6%
Jun quarter 19839.9%
Mar quarter 198311.5%
Dec quarter 198212.6%
Sep quarter 198212.9%
Jun quarter 198211.5%
Mar quarter 19829.9%
Dec quarter 19819.2%
Sep quarter 19817.9%
Jun quarter 19817.6%
Mar quarter 19817.8%
Dec quarter 19806.9%
Sep quarter 19807.0%
Jun quarter 19806.6%
Mar quarter 19806.7%
Dec quarter 19797.9%
Sep quarter 19798.6%
Jun quarter 19798.8%
Mar quarter 19798.4%
Dec quarter 19788.0%
Sep quarter 19788.2%
Jun quarter 19788.4%
Mar quarter 19788.5%
Dec quarter 19779.4%
Sep quarter 19779.6%
Jun quarter 197712.1%
Mar quarter 197713.1%
Dec quarter 197613.5%
Sep quarter 197614.7%
Jun quarter 197614.6%
Mar quarter 197616.0%
Dec quarter 197516.5%
Sep quarter 197517.2%
Jun quarter 197516.1%
Mar quarter 197515.7%
Dec quarter 197413.1%
Sep quarter 197412.6%
Jun quarter 197410.9%
Mar quarter 19748.0%
Dec quarter 19739.2%
Sep quarter 19736.2%

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: Australia — figures are for the eight capital cities combined (an ABS weighted average), not regional areas.

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

Licence required

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

Not published for this area

Bond data is published separately by each state and territory; there is no national bond-based median.

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 — Australia (eight capital cities)

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.

What these rental statistics mean (opens in a new tab)

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.