AUD per week - Source frequency: quarterly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's median weekly rent was $724 as of January 2026. National median weekly rent paid by renter households across all dwelling types. Rent levels are a key component of cost of living for the approximately 30% of Australians who rent. Rising rents reduce disposable income and can force housing trade-offs. Data is sourced from ABS Housing Occupancy & Costs (Cat. 4130.0); Domain Median Rent Reports and updated quarterly.
National median weekly rent paid by renter households across all dwelling types.
Rent levels are a key component of cost of living for the approximately 30% of Australians who rent. Rising rents reduce disposable income and can force housing trade-offs.
Lower is better
Source: ABS Housing Occupancy & Costs (Cat. 4130.0); Domain Median Rent Reports
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Housing Occupancy & Costs (Cat. 4130.0); Domain Median Rent Reports), updated quarterly. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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