How is rent stress calculated?

QuickProperty divides the latest available weekly rent by local weekly personal income from Census data. It is a screening ratio, not a full household budget model.

Does a high stress ranking mean avoid the suburb?

No. It means tenant affordability deserves attention. Check income, prices, vacancy assumptions, services, and the suburb page freshness panel before treating the signal as decisive.

Which states are included?

NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, and TAS are included where rent coverage is strong enough for ranking. ACT and NT are not included in this rent-specific scope yet.

What should I do after opening this ranking?

Use the ranking as a screening step for Australia. Save realistic suburbs to your shortlist, compare the strongest two or three, then use suburb detail pages or the calculator to test the final candidate.

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Ranking · Australia · 50 suburbs

Highest Rent Stress

Name: Highest Rent Stress — Australia ranked dataset
Creator: QuickProperty

Top 50 suburbs by weekly rent as a share of local weekly personal income.

Leading suburb

ChinderahNSW

Leading value

211%

Runner-up

ExmouthWA

Updated

12 July 2026

Ranking

Highest Rent Stress

Top 50 suburbs by weekly rent as a share of local weekly personal income — Australia

50 results

All NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS

How to read this ranking

Use rent stress rankings as an affordability-risk screen.

BEST FOR

Finding places where rent is stretched against local income.

This list is useful when tenant affordability and pressure matter to your research.

READ IT AS

A local income stress signal.

The ratio uses weekly rent against local weekly personal income. It is not a household budget model, but it highlights markets that deserve caution.

NEXT STEP

Compare against income-supported alternatives.

Use compare to test whether a high-stress suburb is still attractive once price, income, and local evidence are visible.

Intent pathway · INCOME-FIRST

I want rent and yield candidates first.

Start with rent-led investor strength, save the strongest suburbs, then compare before sending a lead into the AU calculator.

Model the deal only after rent and price evidence are strong enough.

COMPARE SAVED LEADS Reset to intent start

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.

AFFORDABILITY STRESS

Top candidates show stretched rent against local income.

Use this as a risk and pressure screen, then compare against areas with better income support or lower rent burden.

Shortlist flow

Use #1 Chinderah and #2 Exmouth 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.

This uses local personal income as a screen, not a household budget or loan-serviceability model.

Compare top 2Open #1 detail Open #2 detail

Distribution

50 suburbs · midpoint ≈ 145%

Leader: Chinderah · 211%

# ▲	SUBURB	STATE	RENT / INCOME	WEEKLY	POP
1	Chinderah	NSW	211%	$1100/wk	1,639
2	Exmouth	WA	191%	$1850/wk	2,806
3	Kemps Creek	NSW	178%	$1125/wk	2,121
4	Ravenhall	VIC	177%	$1500/wk	2,295
5	Daceyville	NSW	167%	$750/wk	1,146
6	Hastings Point	NSW	165%	$860/wk	661
7	Belrose	NSW	165%	$1488/wk	8,726
8	Tallebudgera	QLD	165%	$1300/wk	3,826
9	Greenacre	NSW	164%	$810/wk	26,314
10	Forestville	NSW	160%	$1498/wk	8,659
11	Bonogin	QLD	160%	$1350/wk	4,896
12	Tweed Heads South	NSW	155%	$870/wk	7,941
13	Eastlakes	NSW	154%	$970/wk	6,347
14	Claymore	NSW	152%	$735/wk	2,579
15	Clemton Park	NSW	150%	$950/wk	1,676
16	Greenfield Park	NSW	149%	$690/wk	5,394
17	Jurien Bay	WA	148%	$935/wk	1,985
18	Cartwright	NSW	148%	$630/wk	2,616
19	South Granville	NSW	147%	$650/wk	5,829
20	Cecil Park	NSW	147%	$1125/wk	815
21	Smithfield	NSW	146%	$700/wk	13,160
22	Bass Hill	NSW	146%	$780/wk	10,230
23	Halls Creek	WA	146%	$659/wk	1,572
24	Kingsgrove	NSW	145%	$1040/wk	12,881
25	Haymarket	NSW	145%	$1100/wk	8,305
26	Yennora	NSW	145%	$650/wk	1,675
27	Miller	NSW	145%	$630/wk	3,374
28	Annangrove	NSW	145%	$1300/wk	1,472
29	Burringbar	NSW	145%	$950/wk	878
30	Karawara	WA	144%	$847/wk	1,842
31	Jacobs Well	QLD	144%	$1300/wk	2,882
32	Fairfield Heights	NSW	144%	$620/wk	8,269
33	Crawley	WA	143%	$620/wk	3,975
34	St Johns Park	NSW	142%	$690/wk	6,302
35	Davidson	NSW	142%	$1488/wk	2,725
36	Pelican Waters	QLD	142%	$950/wk	7,393
37	West Ballina	NSW	141%	$850/wk	3,230
38	Kingscliff	NSW	141%	$1100/wk	8,355
39	Sadleir	NSW	141%	$630/wk	3,243
40	Killarney Heights	NSW	141%	$1498/wk	4,502
41	Kincumber South	NSW	140%	$780/wk	721
42	Malabar	NSW	140%	$1150/wk	4,714
43	Koondoola	WA	140%	$675/wk	3,919
44	Prairiewood	NSW	139%	$690/wk	3,457
45	Old Guildford	NSW	139%	$650/wk	2,857
46	Bossley Park	NSW	139%	$690/wk	15,492
47	Fingal Head	NSW	139%	$1100/wk	615
48	Georges Hall	NSW	138%	$900/wk	9,739
49	Broadwater	WA	138%	$875/wk	4,269
50	Banora Point	NSW	138%	$870/wk	16,460

FAQ

Australian highest rent stress FAQ

How is rent stress calculated?

QuickProperty divides the latest available weekly rent by local weekly personal income from Census data. It is a screening ratio, not a full household budget model.
Does a high stress ranking mean avoid the suburb?

No. It means tenant affordability deserves attention. Check income, prices, vacancy assumptions, services, and the suburb page freshness panel before treating the signal as decisive.
Which states are included?

NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, and TAS are included where rent coverage is strong enough for ranking. ACT and NT are not included in this rent-specific scope yet.
What should I do after opening this ranking?

Use the ranking as a screening step for Australia. Save realistic suburbs to your shortlist, compare the strongest two or three, then use suburb detail pages or the calculator to test the final candidate.