How is YoY rent change calculated for Fastest Rising Rents?

For QLD and VIC, we compare the latest quarterly suburb median rent against the same quarter one year earlier. For WA, we compare the latest monthly suburb median rent against the same month one year earlier. For NSW, we compare the latest monthly postcode-derived median rent against the same month one year earlier.

Which suburbs are included?

NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, and TAS suburbs are included when population is over 500 and enough trend history exists. NSW rows use postcode-derived rent, so multiple suburbs can share the same rent signal.

QuickProperty currently has enough processed rent trend coverage for NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, and TAS. ACT and NT are kept out of rent-specific ranking scopes until source coverage is strong enough for a comparable screen.

Should rising rent change my investment decision?

Rising rents tighten yields when prices keep pace and can signal demand pressure, but they can also reflect supply shocks or sample noise. Verify with the suburb page before acting.

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Ranking · Australia · 50 suburbs

Fastest Rising Rents

Name: Fastest Rising Rents — Australia ranked dataset
Creator: QuickProperty

Top 50 suburbs by year-on-year rent growth.

Leading suburb

Tom PriceWA

Leading value

+250.0%

Runner-up

WaterfordWA

Updated

18 May 2026

Ranking

Fastest Rising Rents

Top 50 suburbs by year-on-year rent growth — Australia

50 results

All NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS

How to read this ranking

Use rising rents to spot rental-market pressure, then verify why it is moving.

BEST FOR

Surfacing suburbs where weekly rent is moving fastest year-on-year.

This list works best when you want to find where rental demand is intensifyingAustralia.

READ IT AS

A rent-pressure signal, not a buy signal.

High YoY rent growth often reflects supply tightness, returning workers, or migration. NSW rows are postcode-derived, so treat shared postcode signals as directional.

NEXT STEP

Check yield, price, and population context.

Open the suburb pages to confirm the rise is durable rather than a thin-sample bounce, and to weigh affordability and yield context.

VERIFY evidence

Rent-source screen

Rent rankings use state rent feeds with different grains and cadences. Use them to find pressure, then open suburb detail before treating the signal as final.

SHORTLIST SCREEN

Top candidates are research leads.

Save a small working set, then use compare and evidence depth before treating any row as a decision.

Shortlist flow

Use #1 Tom Price and #2 Waterford as the first compare pair.

Rankings are strongest when they hand you a shortlist quickly. Compare the top two first, then open suburb detail if the head-to-head result still feels narrow.

Compare top 2Open #1 detail Open #2 detail

# ▲	SUBURB	STATE	YoY%	WEEKLY	POP
1	Tom Price	WA	+250.0%	2,910	$1750
2	Waterford	WA	+216.7%	2,460	$760
3	Churchill	QLD	+125.0%	1,842	$450
4	Derby	WA	+114.0%	3,222	$550
5	Peppermint Grove	WA	+112.9%	1,597	$1895
6	Finley	NSW	+107.9%	2,455	$395
7	Yandina	QLD	+105.3%	3,073	$780
8	Darling Heights	QLD	+90.5%	5,157	$400
9	Innisfail	QLD	+80.0%	1,091	$360
10	Bringelly	NSW	+79.1%	2,433	$1325
11	Denmark	WA	+70.5%	2,691	$665
12	Wagin	WA	+70.5%	1,448	$375
13	Meadowbrook	QLD	+70.4%	3,069	$460
14	Bentley	WA	+70.1%	9,051	$570
15	Maida Vale	WA	+70.0%	4,499	$850
16	Lockhart	NSW	+64.3%	1,019	$575
17	Chambers Flat	QLD	+62.2%	2,718	$730
18	Dover Heights	NSW	+61.9%	4,044	$1700
19	Vaucluse	NSW	+61.9%	9,510	$1700
20	Watsons Bay	NSW	+61.9%	883	$1700
21	Mapleton	QLD	+61.8%	1,661	$550
22	Beaconsfield	WA	+61.5%	5,315	$872
23	Forestville	NSW	+60.0%	8,659	$1200
24	Killarney Heights	NSW	+60.0%	4,502	$1200
25	North Turramurra	NSW	+55.2%	4,194	$1125
26	South Turramurra	NSW	+55.2%	3,208	$1125
27	Turramurra	NSW	+55.2%	12,850	$1125
28	Warrawee	NSW	+55.2%	3,170	$1125
29	Broadmeadow	NSW	+53.3%	1,688	$690
30	Hamilton North	NSW	+53.3%	934	$690
31	Pegs Creek	WA	+53.1%	2,050	$1225
32	York	WA	+51.3%	2,393	$590
33	Gerringong	NSW	+50.9%	4,165	$800
34	Gerroa	NSW	+50.9%	571	$800
35	Werri Beach	NSW	+50.9%	510	$800
36	Cottesloe	WA	+50.0%	7,750	$1200
37	Warialda	NSW	+48.8%	1,480	$375
38	West Pennant Hills	NSW	+47.4%	16,620	$1400
39	Nedlands	WA	+45.0%	10,561	$1022
40	Annangrove	NSW	+44.4%	1,472	$650
41	Glenhaven	NSW	+44.4%	6,619	$650
42	Kenthurst	NSW	+44.4%	5,313	$650
43	East Fremantle	WA	+44.1%	7,819	$860
44	Kendall	NSW	+43.8%	1,153	$690
45	Kew	NSW	+43.8%	1,761	$690
46	Northbridge	NSW	+43.7%	6,493	$1272
47	Newman	WA	+43.0%	6,456	$715
48	Bargo	NSW	+42.9%	4,516	$800
49	Pheasants Nest	NSW	+42.9%	716	$800
50	Yanderra	NSW	+42.9%	702	$800

FAQ

Australian fastest rising rents FAQ

How is YoY rent change calculated for Fastest Rising Rents?

For QLD and VIC, we compare the latest quarterly suburb median rent against the same quarter one year earlier. For WA, we compare the latest monthly suburb median rent against the same month one year earlier. For NSW, we compare the latest monthly postcode-derived median rent against the same month one year earlier.
Which suburbs are included?

NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, and TAS suburbs are included when population is over 500 and enough trend history exists. NSW rows use postcode-derived rent, so multiple suburbs can share the same rent signal.
Why not ACT or NT?

QuickProperty currently has enough processed rent trend coverage for NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, and TAS. ACT and NT are kept out of rent-specific ranking scopes until source coverage is strong enough for a comparable screen.
Should rising rent change my investment decision?

Rising rents tighten yields when prices keep pace and can signal demand pressure, but they can also reflect supply shocks or sample noise. Verify with the suburb page before acting.