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Rental Market Trends

Figures for Australia (eight capital cities combined)

Official statistics for the area as a whole — not PlaceNest listing data, and not about any listing shown here.

Period:

5 years is not offered: the ABS monthly series starts in Jul 2022.

Rental Vacancy Rate (%)

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Rental Growth (%)

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Rents paid (ABS CPI) — change over 12 months (%)

A different measure: this is not advertised rental growth. ABS CPI rents covers the rents paid by all renting households — existing and new leases.

Rents paid (ABS CPI), change over 12 months (%) — Australia (eight capital cities)
Rents paid (ABS CPI), change over 12 months (%) — Australia (eight capital cities)Per cent change in the ABS CPI rents index from the same month a year earlier, Australia (eight capital cities), Aug 2025 to Aug 2026, as published by the ABS. Not advertised rental growth. The same figures are in the table below the chart.3.4%3.6%3.8%4.0%4.2%Aug 2025Nov 2025Feb 2026May 2026Aug 2026Aug 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.7%Sep 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.8%Oct 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.2%Nov 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 4.0%Dec 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.9%Jan 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.9%Feb 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.8%Mar 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.7%Apr 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.5%May 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.6%Jun 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.6%Jul 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.6%Aug 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 3.6%Change over 12 months (%)Month
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Rents paid (ABS CPI), change over 12 months (%) — Australia (eight capital cities) (%)
PeriodAustralia (eight capital cities)
Aug 20263.6%
Jul 20263.6%
Jun 20263.6%
May 20263.6%
Apr 20263.5%
Mar 20263.7%
Feb 20263.8%
Jan 20263.9%
Dec 20253.9%
Nov 20254.0%
Oct 20254.2%
Sep 20253.8%
Aug 20253.7%
ABS CPI rents index

Index points, base Sep 2025 = 100. Rents paid by all renting households; an index, not a dollar amount.

ABS CPI rents index — Australia (eight capital cities) (index points, Sep 2025 = 100)
ABS CPI rents index — Australia (eight capital cities) (index points, Sep 2025 = 100)The ABS monthly CPI rents index for Australia (eight capital cities), Aug 2025 to Aug 2026, base Sep 2025 = 100. The same figures are in the table below the chart.99100101102103104Aug 2025Nov 2025Feb 2026May 2026Aug 2026Aug 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 99.77Sep 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 100Oct 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 100.18Nov 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 100.58Dec 2025: Australia (eight capital cities) 100.83Jan 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 101.15Feb 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 101.52Mar 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 101.73Apr 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 101.9May 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 102.33Jun 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 102.64Jul 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 103Aug 2026: Australia (eight capital cities) 103.34Index points (Sep 2025 = 100)Month
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ABS CPI rents index — Australia (eight capital cities) (index points, Sep 2025 = 100) (Index)
PeriodAustralia (eight capital cities)
Aug 2026103.34
Jul 2026103
Jun 2026102.64
May 2026102.33
Apr 2026101.9
Mar 2026101.73
Feb 2026101.52
Jan 2026101.15
Dec 2025100.83
Nov 2025100.58
Oct 2025100.18
Sep 2025100
Aug 202599.77
About these figures
Definition:
ABS CPI rents measures how the rents paid by all renting households — existing leases as well as new ones — have changed.
Coverage:
Figures for Australia (eight capital cities combined). The ABS publishes CPI rents for the eight capital cities and Australia only.
Reporting period:
Monthly, Jul 2022 to Aug 2026.
Limitations:
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.
Last verified:
11 Oct 2026

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Australia. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 11 Oct 2026, 12:05 am (Canberra time). Source last verified: 11 Oct 2026.

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