Various government and private sector websites provide residential property rental information and data. However no one dedicated site provides this information.

There are various sources of data on Australian property rental rates and vacancy rates. 

This includes:

• Government sources of data
• Private commercial sources of data

Government Sources of Data

• Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Vacancy Rates and Rents Graph 74
• Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Australian Social Trends 2008 – 4102.0 – Renter Households – includes reference to rental vacancy rates.

State Government Sources of Information

• Queensland Department of Housing – Rental Housing Vacancy Rates Queensland
• New South Wales Rental Reports + back issues
• Victorian Rental Reports
• Australian Capital Territory Department of Housing - nil identified
• Tasmanian Department of Housing -  Market Rent Update (login required)
• South Australian Department for Families and Community – Quarterly Rent Reports
• Western Australian Department of Housing - nil identified
• Northern Territory Department of Housing – nil identified

Private Commercial Sources of Data

• Mortage Choice Real Estate Market Facts Quarterly Review  
• Mortgage Choice – For more information, read the Real Estate Market Facts  September 2009 quarterly review. See index for rents and vacancy data and state by state rental data.
• Australian Property Monitors (APM) – Rental Market Report
• SQM Research -  Click here to see vacancy rates by region.
• SQM Research –  Click here to see vacancy rates by suburb / postcode.

Some other sources of information include state based real estate institutes

For example the Western Australian Real Estate Institute (REIWA) provides a search engine called the  Perth Suburb  Rental Data

Check out the other state based Real Estate Institutes here Real Estate Institutes of Australia

For more information about Australian Real Estate go to the search engine function on the right hand side of each page or go to our Site Map on the top right of each page.