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Cheapest cities to rent in Australia

Whyalla, Australia has the lowest median monthly rent of the 30 cities compared: 495.3 EUR/month (2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02, 2021-12-31).

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Australia cities ranked by one published rent series; per-square-metre rent is preferred, otherwise monthly dwelling rent is used without mixing the two.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-10-07

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Enter a gross salary: every city in Australia ranked by what is left each month after tax, rent and everyday bills.

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Source-backed answers

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Original rankCity or placeSource and scope
1Whyalla, Australia495.3 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
2Moe - Newborough, Australia591.6 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
3Mount Gambier, Australia605.3 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
4Burnie - Wynyard, Australia660.3 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
5Devonport, Australia687.9 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
6Traralgon - Morwell, Australia687.9 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
7Geraldton, Australia715.4 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
8Gladstone - Tannum Sands, Australia742.9 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
9Victor Harbor - Goolwa, Australia784.2 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
10Armidale, Australia797.9 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
11Echuca - Moama, Australia797.9 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
12Rockhampton, Australia797.9 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
13Gympie, Australia811.7 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
14Warrnambool, Australia811.7 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
15Albany, Australia825.4 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
16Griffith, Australia825.4 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
17Kalgoorlie - Boulder, Australia825.4 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
18Lismore, Australia825.4 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
19Tamworth, Australia825.4 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
20Taree, Australia825.4 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
21Wagga Wagga, Australia825.4 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
22Bathurst, Australia880.5 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
23Goulburn, Australia880.5 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
24Warragul - Drouin, Australia894.2 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
25Forster - Tuncurry, Australia908 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
26Orange, Australia908 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
27Nowra - Bomaderry, Australia913.5 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
28Hervey Bay, Australia921.7 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
29Bacchus Marsh, Australia935.5 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
30Mackay, Australia960.2 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Whyalla, Australia leads at 495.3 EUR/month.
  • Mackay, Australia sits at the other end with 960.2 EUR/month.
  • The middle of this ranking is 825.4 EUR/month, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 465 EUR/month.

Quick answer

What does Cheapest cities to rent in Australia show?

Whyalla, Australia has the lowest median monthly rent of the 30 cities compared: 495.3 EUR/month (2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02, 2021-12-31).

How this list is built

Every row is a published median monthly rent observation measured in EUR/month, ranked lowest first. The values were observed in 2021. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2021-12-31
Last checked
2026-10-07
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 10). Cheapest cities to rent in Australia [ImmigrationDB compilation; version cb58ebff7b3ed64a38193b8ac468f4db]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/australia-cheapest-cities-to-rent/ Retrieved 2026-10-10. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_cheapest-cities-to-rent-in-australia_22b360f99b93,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Cheapest cities to rent in Australia},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-10},
  version = {cb58ebff7b3ed64a38193b8ac468f4db},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/australia-cheapest-cities-to-rent/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-10. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

  1. 2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) · Checked 2026-10-07