Australian rent signals
Three decision screens from staged public rental datasets: elevated rent pressure, rent-led investor strength, and income-stretched affordability.
Five readings across the dataset.
Suburbs where rent screens high against the state benchmark
Use this to find markets where bond-rent levels look elevated relative to other areas in the same state.
Method: Computed as the area’s median weekly bond rent divided by the state-wide median weekly bond rent in the same release. A pressure ratio above 1.15 (rent at least 15% above the state median) is flagged.
Palm Beach rents screen above the local benchmark.
Postcode-derived rent for 2108. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Forestville rents screen above the local benchmark.
Postcode-derived rent for 2087. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Killarney Heights rents screen above the local benchmark.
Postcode-derived rent for 2087. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Belrose rents screen above the local benchmark.
Postcode-derived rent for 2085. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Davidson rents screen above the local benchmark.
Postcode-derived rent for 2085. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Seaforth rents screen above the local benchmark.
Postcode-derived rent for 2092. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Baynton rents screen above the local benchmark.
Annangrove rents screen above the local benchmark.
Postcode-derived rent for 2156. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Glenhaven rents screen above the local benchmark.
Postcode-derived rent for 2156. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Kenthurst rents screen above the local benchmark.
Postcode-derived rent for 2156. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Church Point rents screen above the local benchmark.
Postcode-derived rent for 2105. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Scotland Island rents screen above the local benchmark.
Postcode-derived rent for 2105. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Rent-led candidates where yield screens stronger
Use this as a first pass for investor research before modelling costs, finance, vacancy, and tax.
Method: Gross rental yield = (median weekly rent × 52) ÷ median entry house price, using the cheaper of state-published median price and locally available suburb price. Costs, vacancy, financing, and tax are not included — model those in the calculator.
Gross rent yield screens at about 56.7%.
Postcode-derived rent for 2324. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Gross rent yield screens at about 46.0%.
Gross rent yield screens at about 26.7%.
Gross rent yield screens at about 20.2%.
Postcode-derived rent for 2820. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Gross rent yield screens at about 17.9%.
Postcode-derived rent for 2480. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Gross rent yield screens at about 17.9%.
Postcode-derived rent for 2325. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Gross rent yield screens at about 16.4%.
Postcode-derived rent for 2560. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Gross rent yield screens at about 16.3%.
Gross rent yield screens at about 16.1%.
Postcode-derived rent for 2099. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Gross rent yield screens at about 15.4%.
Postcode-derived rent for 2540. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Gross rent yield screens at about 15.3%.
Postcode-derived rent for 2879. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Gross rent yield screens at about 15.3%.
Postcode-derived rent for 2086. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Suburbs where rent looks stretched against income
Use this when tenant affordability and social context matter more than yield.
Method: Rent-to-income = median weekly rent ÷ median weekly personal income from ABS Census 2021. The 30% threshold is the long-standing housing-stress benchmark used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and most state housing reports.
Weekly rent screens at about 229% of annual income.
Weekly rent screens at about 211% of annual income.
Postcode-derived rent for 2487. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Weekly rent screens at about 178% of annual income.
Postcode-derived rent for 2178. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Weekly rent screens at about 167% of annual income.
Postcode-derived rent for 2032. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Weekly rent screens at about 165% of annual income.
Postcode-derived rent for 2489. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Weekly rent screens at about 165% of annual income.
Weekly rent screens at about 160% of annual income.
Weekly rent screens at about 154% of annual income.
Postcode-derived rent for 2000. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Weekly rent screens at about 151% of annual income.
Postcode-derived rent for 2449. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Weekly rent screens at about 150% of annual income.
Postcode-derived rent for 2206. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Weekly rent screens at about 148% of annual income.
Postcode-derived rent for 2168. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Weekly rent screens at about 147% of annual income.
Postcode-derived rent for 2142. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
AU rent signals use public rental releases already staged in QuickProperty, then add income and price context where available. Grain varies by source, so the labels are part of the product.
No Domain, REA, Cotality, or scraped listing feed is used for this page.
QLD, SA, WA, and TAS are direct suburb records where the public release exposes suburb-level rent.
They should stay out until a reliable public small-area source is staged in the same repeatable pipeline.
Four questions about rent signals.
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What is an AU rent signal?
It is a screening signal built from public rent releases, local income, price, and state benchmarks. It helps decide which suburbs deserve the next compare or calculator step.
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Does this use Domain or realestate.com.au data?
No. QuickProperty does not use Domain, REA, Cotality/CoreLogic, or scraped advertised listing data for this page.
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Why are some NSW results postcode-derived?
The staged NSW rent source is postcode based. QuickProperty maps it to suburb slugs but keeps the postcode-derived caveat visible because multiple suburbs can share the same signal.
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Why are ACT and NT missing?
They are excluded from small-area rent rankings until a reliable public rent source is staged in the repo.