Rents in Queensland
Median weekly rent by kind of home
All homes: $650 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 59,071 new bonds · up 8.3% in a year · dashed line and shading = our outlook and its likely range
2-bed house: $550 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 1,646 new bonds · up 10.0% in a year
3-bed house: $645 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 9,852 new bonds · up 7.5% in a year
4-bed house: $740 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 11,963 new bonds · up 5.7% in a year
2-bed townhouse: $585 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 1,333 new bonds · up 1.7% in a year
3-bed townhouse: $690 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 3,762 new bonds · up 6.2% in a year
1-bed unit: $530 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 6,206 new bonds · up 8.2% in a year
2-bed unit: $665 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 10,684 new bonds · up 6.4% in a year
3-bed unit: $740 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 2,705 new bonds · up 10.4% in a year
Where rents are heading
Our outlook for the Dec qtr 2026: $664 a week (likely $651 to $677). By the Sep qtr 2027: $681 (up 4.8% on today; likely $654 to $708).
How sure: still being tested; the measured rate will show here. Every outlook is recorded when it's made and checked when the real figure comes out. See our record.
What's moving
Across 635 areas with at least 10 new bonds in both the Sep qtr 2026 and a year earlier: rents rose in 520 (82%).
Biggest rises in a year
- Churchill QLD 4305+150.0%
- Earlville QLD 4870+86.9%
- Darling Heights QLD 4350+77.3%
- Murgon QLD 4605+45.0%
- Stones Corner QLD 4120+42.2%
- Woombye QLD 4559+42.2%
- Petrie Terrace QLD 4000+32.7%
- Pimlico QLD 4812+31.4%
Biggest falls in a year
- Nanum QLD 4874-50.3%
- Cooktown QLD 4895-28.2%
- Joyner QLD 4500-27.9%
- Macgregor QLD 4109-27.8%
- Ipswich QLD 4305-21.1%
- Chambers Flat QLD 4133-20.6%
- Kuranda QLD 4872-16.0%
- Airlie Beach QLD 4802-15.4%
Dearest
- Clear Island Waters QLD 4226$1,280
- Bonogin QLD 4213$1,200
- Main Beach QLD 4217$1,100
- Jacobs Well QLD 4208$1,050
- Reedy Creek QLD 4227$1,050
- Sunrise Beach QLD 4567$1,050
- Pelican Waters QLD 4551$1,025
- Broadbeach Waters QLD 4218$1,000
Cheapest
Council areas
Suburbs
Areas with at least 10 new bonds in the latest quarter.