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Rent in Emerald QLD 4720
Median weekly rent for new leases, Sep qtr 2026.
Median weekly rent by kind of home
All homes: $550 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 199 new bonds · up 10.0% in a year · dashed line and shading = our outlook and its likely range
3-bed house: $550 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 39 new bonds · up 3.8% in a year
4-bed house: $640 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 70 new bonds · up 6.7% in a year
3-bed townhouse: $550 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 10 new bonds
1-bed unit: $375 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 12 new bonds · up 7.1% in a year
2-bed unit: $440 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 32 new bonds · up 4.8% in a year
3-bed unit: $520 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 20 new bonds · up 6.1% in a year
Where rents are heading
Our outlook for the Dec qtr 2026: $556 a week (likely $530 to $584). By the Sep qtr 2027: $575 (up 4.5% on today; likely $521 to $634).
How sure: when we tested this on the last two years of suburbs in QLD, the real figure one quarter later landed in the likely range 79.2% of the time (average miss 5.5%, 5,115 tests). Every outlook is recorded when it's made and checked when the real figure comes out. See our record.
Latest quarter by type and bedrooms, Sep qtr 2026
Not enough bonds to split by type.
Nearby
Blackwater QLD 4717: $440 Clermont QLD 4721: $435 Capella QLD 4723: $450
Figures: median of new rental bonds lodged with the Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland). Rents are what tenants agreed to pay at the start of a lease. See credits.