Is your rent fair?

Put in what you pay and see how it stacks up against new leases in the Brisbane council area

Every kind of home

June quarter 2026

Home	Median	New leases	1 year	5 years
All homes	$675	16,496	+3.9%	+58.8%
1-bedroom units	$575	2,861	+4.6%	+59.7%
2-bedroom units	$700	4,144	+4.5%	+62.8%
3-bedroom units	$850	707	+6.3%	+60.4%
2-bedroom houses	$640	336	+6.7%	+52.4%
3-bedroom houses	$720	1,979	+6.7%	+50.0%
Houses, 4 or more bedrooms	$850	1,648	+6.3%	+46.6%
2-bedroom townhouses	$660	256	+10.0%	+57.1%
3-bedroom townhouses	$725	1,137	+6.6%	+66.7%

How the median rent has moved

Sep 2016 to Jun 2026

All homes$6752-bedroom units$7003-bedroom houses$720

Show as a table

Quarter	All homes	2-bedroom units	3-bedroom houses
Jun 2026	$675	$700	$720
Mar 2026	$630	$715	$700
Dec 2025	$650	$690	$700
Sep 2025	$620	$680	$680
Jun 2025	$650	$670	$675
Mar 2025	$590	$675	$670
Dec 2024	$610	$650	$650
Sep 2024	$580	$630	$650
Jun 2024	$610	$630	$650
Mar 2024	$570	$640	$650
Dec 2023	$600	$600	$630
Sep 2023	$550	$600	$600
Jun 2023	$540	$580	$600
Mar 2023	$500	$550	$595
Dec 2022	$500	$520	$570
Sep 2022	$450	$500	$550
Jun 2022	$460	$480	$550
Mar 2022	$430	$460	$520
Dec 2021	$450	$450	$500
Sep 2021	$430	$450	$490
Jun 2021	$425	$430	$480
Mar 2021	$420	$435	$470
Dec 2020	$420	$425	$460
Sep 2020	$410	$420	$450
Jun 2020	$400	$410	$430
Mar 2020	$410	$440	$450
Dec 2019	$410	$420	$445
Sep 2019	$400	$430	$430
Jun 2019	$400	$420	$430
Mar 2019	$400	$430	$450
Dec 2018	$400	$420	$435
Sep 2018	$395	$420	$430
Jun 2018	$400	$409	$425
Mar 2018	$400	$420	$440
Dec 2017	$400	$400	$420
Sep 2017	$395	$400	$420
Jun 2017	$400	$400	$420
Mar 2017	$400	$420	$440
Dec 2016	$400	$420	$420
Sep 2016	$395	$400	$430

How it compares

June quarter 2026

Area	Median	1 year	New leases
the Brisbane council area	$675	+3.9%	16,496
Queensland	$650	+8.3%	53,770

Ranks 6 of 41 in Queensland from dearest to cheapest, among places with 30 or more new leases.
At the 2021 Census, renting households here paid a median of $408 a week, 20% of the median household income. That figure counts every renting household, old leases and new.
Since the Census (Sep 2021 to Jun 2026), rents on new leases here rose +57.0%. Wages in Queensland rose +18.6% over the same time (ABS Wage Price Index).

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When to signLeases signed in the June quarter have come in cheapest against the trend across Queensland. The report shows every quarter.
How often rentals change handsAbout 52 new leases a year for every 100 privately rented homes.
Growth against the official rents index 🔒Over 1, 3, 5 and 10 years, with the yearly rate, next to the ABS CPI for rents.
The price of more room, and who rents here 🔒What each extra bedroom costs, the full spread of rents, and who rents here according to the 2021 Census.

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Made for landlords setting a rent, buyers weighing up areas and agents who need to back up an appraisal. It covers new leases only, from state bond data.

Suburbs in this council area

June quarter 2026, all homes

Name	Median weekly rent	New leases	1 year
Fig Tree Pocket	$995*	19	n/a
Chelmer	$975*	15	n/a
Rochedale	$950	93	+2.2%
Stretton	$950*	21	n/a
Bridgeman Downs	$900	53	+12.5%
Carindale	$900	83	+7.1%
Hendra	$900	37	+13.9%
Chapel Hill	$880	42	+3.5%
Upper Kedron	$880*	19	n/a
Mackenzie (Brisbane)	$870*	12	n/a
McDowall	$870	75	+10.1%
Westlake	$855*	13	n/a
Belmont	$850*	12	n/a
Kenmore	$850	52	+6.3%
Newstead	$850	343	+13.3%
The Gap (Brisbane)	$850	69	+13.3%
Wakerley	$850	36	+7.6%
Bardon	$840	60	+17.5%
Hawthorne	$830	76	+18.6%
Bulimba	$800	95	+0.6%
Moggill	$800*	21	n/a
Nudgee	$800	43	+6.7%
Middle Park	$795*	16	n/a
Drewvale	$785*	22	n/a
Camp Hill	$780	100	+8.3%
Petrie Terrace	$780*	20	n/a
Sinnamon Park	$780*	26	n/a
Teneriffe	$780	157	+1.3%
West End (Brisbane)	$780	422	+20.0%
Carseldine	$775	72	+10.7%
Graceville	$775	30	n/a
Wavell Heights	$775	78	+10.7%
Carina	$770	112	+8.5%
Virginia	$760*	20	n/a
Balmoral	$750	43	+13.6%
Bellbowrie	$750*	15	n/a
Carina Heights	$750	68	+10.3%
Grange	$750	31	+33.9%
Mansfield	$750	55	+13.6%
Norman Park	$750	83	+19.1%
Paddington	$750	124	+10.3%
Pallara	$750	66	+7.1%
Parkinson	$750	56	+7.1%
Seven Hills	$750*	21	n/a
Ferny Grove	$740*	22	n/a
Heathwood	$740*	28	n/a
Milton	$730	109	+12.3%
Stafford Heights	$730	52	+2.8%
Tarragindi	$730	50	+12.3%
Bracken Ridge	$725	127	+9.9%
Calamvale	$720	148	+7.5%
Indooroopilly	$720	224	+5.9%
Jamboree Heights	$720*	17	n/a
Jindalee	$720*	21	n/a
South Brisbane	$720	690	+6.7%
Wishart	$720	81	+2.9%
Ascot (Brisbane)	$710	95	+2.9%
Hamilton	$710	227	+1.4%
Manly	$710	41	+9.2%
Manly West	$710	62	−5.3%
Cannon Hill	$700	73	+4.5%
Chermside West	$700	59	+9.4%
Enoggera	$700	48	+7.7%
Everton Park	$700	133	+2.2%
Gordon Park	$700	55	+8.5%
Hemmant	$700*	21	n/a
Holland Park	$700	62	+7.7%
Kangaroo Point	$700	386	+2.9%
Morningside	$700	207	+3.7%
Mount Gravatt	$700	48	+12.0%
New Farm	$700	266	+7.7%
Taigum	$700	66	+6.9%
Tingalpa	$700	62	+7.7%
Wynnum West	$700	125	+7.7%
Yeerongpilly	$700*	19	n/a
Alderley	$698	89	+16.3%
Ashgrove	$695	101	+2.2%
Albion (Brisbane)	$690	106	+10.4%
Mount Gravatt East	$690	116	+2.2%
Sunnybank Hills	$690	178	+6.2%
Auchenflower	$680	89	+13.3%
Brighton	$680	68	+9.7%
Keperra	$680	51	+7.9%
Kuraby	$680	56	+7.9%
Mitchelton	$680	64	+4.6%
Red Hill (Brisbane)	$680	82	+4.6%
Runcorn	$680	148	+7.1%
Sherwood	$680	48	+6.3%
Stones Corner	$680	53	−4.2%
Geebung	$675	32	+3.9%
Algester	$670	98	+8.1%
Boondall	$670	107	+6.4%
Holland Park West	$670	62	−0.7%
Lota	$670*	14	n/a
Macgregor	$670	67	+4.7%
Murarrie	$670	53	−0.7%
Windsor	$665	151	+10.8%
Eight Mile Plains	$660	129	+4.8%
Taringa	$660	143	+1.5%
Forest Lake	$655	108	+5.7%
Chermside	$650	236	+8.3%
Coorparoo	$650	295	+4.0%
Doolandella	$650	84	+8.3%
Fairfield	$650	50	+20.4%
Fitzgibbon	$650	52	+3.2%
Fortitude Valley	$650	559	+8.3%
Gaythorne	$650	50	+8.3%
Greenslopes	$650	149	+8.3%
Kedron	$650	114	+11.1%
Lutwyche	$650	100	+8.3%
Newmarket	$650	77	+4.8%
Richlands	$650	96	+6.6%
Riverhills	$650*	18	n/a
Stafford	$650	106	+4.0%
Toowong	$650	316	0.0%
Upper Mount Gravatt	$650	176	+8.3%
Wooloowin	$650	57	+12.1%
Wynnum	$650	125	0.0%
Moorooka	$630	100	+6.8%
Nundah	$630	240	+5.0%
Woolloongabba	$629	392	−1.7%
Bald Hills	$625	62	+7.8%
Clayfield	$625	179	+8.7%
Wilston	$625	50	0.0%
Bowen Hills	$620	166	−0.8%
Corinda	$620	38	−4.6%
Oxley	$620	91	+3.3%
Brisbane City	$610	874	−6.2%
East Brisbane	$610	141	+5.2%
Annerley	$600	248	+20.0%
Aspley	$600	120	−6.3%
Kalinga	$600*	13	n/a
Northgate	$600	59	+0.8%
Salisbury	$600	79	+9.1%
Zillmere	$600	137	+9.1%
Sandgate	$595	36	−5.6%
Spring Hill	$590	218	−1.7%
Durack	$580	47	+3.6%
St Lucia	$580	265	0.0%
Sunnybank	$580	112	−3.3%
Yeronga	$580	102	+10.5%
Highgate Hill	$575	129	+8.5%
Dutton Park	$570	52	+7.6%
Banyo	$550	79	−15.4%
Ellen Grove	$550	37	+1.8%
Inala	$550	61	+7.8%
Coopers Plains	$520	87	+13.0%
Wacol	$510*	12	n/a
Kelvin Grove	$469	257	+10.4%
Acacia Ridge	$450	147	+4.7%
Deagon	$440	73	−4.4%
Robertson	$440	56	+22.2%
Darra	$430	98	+1.2%
Rocklea	$430	31	+4.9%
Herston	$289	115	−9.4%
Nathan	Under 10 leases	6	n/a

* Small sample: 10 to 29 new leases.

Smaller places

Too few new leases for a figure of their own, but they're counted in this council's figures

Anstead, Archerfield, Brisbane Airport, Brookfield, Bulwer, Burbank, Chandler, Cowan Cowan, Eagle Farm, Enoggera Reservoir, Gumdale, Karana Downs, Karawatha, Kenmore Hills, Kholo, Kooringal, Larapinta, Lytton, Moreton Island, Mount Coot-tha, Mount Crosby, Mount Ommaney, Nudgee Beach, Pinjarra Hills, Pinkenba, Port Of Brisbane, Pullenvale, Ransome, Seventeen Mile Rocks, Shorncliffe, Sumner, Tennyson, Upper Brookfield and Willawong.

Rent in Brisbane council area