Sources and licences

Figures exactly as the publisher released them. Last checked for new data on 10 Oct 2026.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Source: www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026/access-and-downloads/allocation-files

Credit: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data

Figures exactly as the publisher released them. Last checked for new data on 10 Oct 2026.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Source: www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/datapacks

Credit: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data

One record for every rental bond. We work out the medians ourselves. We hold the March quarter 2021 to the June quarter 2026. Last checked for new data on 10 Oct 2026.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Source: www.nsw.gov.au/housing-and-construction/rental-forms-surveys-and-data/rental-bond-data

Credit: © State of New South Wales. For current information go to www.nsw.gov.au.

Figures exactly as the publisher released them. We hold the September quarter 2017 to the June quarter 2026. Last checked for new data on 10 Oct 2026.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Source: dcj.nsw.gov.au/about-us/families-and-communities-statistics/housing-rent-and-sales/rent-and-sales-report.html

Credit: © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice)

Figures exactly as the publisher released them. We hold the March quarter 2012 to the June quarter 2026. Last checked for new data on 11 Oct 2026.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Source: www.rta.qld.gov.au/forms-resources/rta-data-releases/median-rents-quarterly-data

Credit: © The State of Queensland (Residential Tenancies Authority)

Figures exactly as the publisher released them. We hold the June quarter 2008 to the June quarter 2026. Last checked for new data on 10 Oct 2026.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Source: data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/private-rent-report

Credit: South Australian Housing Trust, South Australia, Private Rent Report

One record for every rental bond. We work out the medians ourselves. We hold the June quarter 2016 to the June quarter 2026. Last checked for new data on 10 Oct 2026.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Source: data.gov.au/data/organization/department-of-justice-tasmania

Credit: © State of Tasmania (Department of Justice)

Figures exactly as the publisher released them. Last checked for new data on 11 Oct 2026.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Source: www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/price-indexes-and-inflation/wage-price-index-australia

Credit: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data

Victoria publishes its rental report about a year late, under terms that aren't yet clear for a commercial site like this one. We've asked Homes Victoria. Western Australia, the ACT and the Northern Territory don't publish rental bond figures. For those places we show the 2021 Census median instead, with its year on it.

We don't use commercial rental listings or asking rents.