Median Weekly Rents for 1 Bedroom Flats/Units/Units
For New Bonds Lodged each Quarter
  Sep-05 Sep-06 Sep-07
  Rent ($) New Bonds Rent ($) New Bonds Rent ($) New Bonds
Brisbane         190      2,205         210      2,393         235      2,383
   Bayside         150          19         170          14         150          10
   City Inner         225      1,435         250      1,587         271      1,482
   North - Inner         150         212         160         200         190         251
   North - Outer         140          45         160          39         209          65
   North West - Inner         150          84         165          92         180         126
   North West - Outer         175          14         160          12         160          11
   South - Inner         150         141         165         168         190         171
   South - Outer         145          53         155          68         150          37
   South East - Inner         160         109         175         106         195         116
   South East - Outer ^  n.a.             1    n.a.             3         200            5
   South West - Inner         190          85         190          85         200          88
   South West - Outer ^         130            7         230          19         270          21
Atherton ^         100            8    n.a.             3    n.a.             1
Beaudesert ^         120            9         115          10         150            8
Bundaberg         120          18         120          22         140          28
Caboolture         135          20         202          24         189          26
Cairns *         160         357         170         330         180         344
Charters Towers ^  n.a.             1    n.a.             3    
Emerald ^         220          21         140            5         140          11
Gatton ^  n.a.             1    n.a.             1    n.a.             4
Gladstone         120          12         135          12         185          11
 Gold Coast (C) Pt A#         193            8         202          13         209            7
 Gold Coast (C) Pt B         225      1,003         240      1,114         255      1,196
  Gold Coast North         200          32         220          50         225          39
  Gold Coast Central         230         881         250         989         260      1,093
  Gold Coast South         180          86         180          70         195          61
  Gold Coast West  n.a.             4         285            5    n.a.             3  
Gympie           80            5         202          29         213          10
Hervey Bay         130          12         145          14         160          16  
Ipswich *         145          72         140          77         145          66
Kingaroy         115            5        n.a.             3  
Logan         130          10         130            8         315          37
Mackay *         140          42         180          43         190          42  
Mareeba ^           85            6         110            6           90            9
Maryborough         100            5         140          10         110            8  
Mount Isa         125          58         145          57         180          37
Nambour         130          17         145          24         150          13  
Pine Rivers         150          15         150          19         180          21
Redcliffe         140          23         140          36         160          24  
Redland         121          16         145          17         133          20
Rockhampton         100          25         110          23         155          21  
Roma ^        n.a.             2    n.a.             4
Sunshine Coast ~         155         165         180         192         200         160  
  Caloundra (S) Pt A         160          23         220          23         200          24
  Maroochy (S) Pt A         150         127         180         137         205         117  
  Noosa (S) Pt A         175          15         180          32         195          19
Thuringowa Pt A  n.a.          1    n.a.          3    n.a.          4  
Toowoomba         115          88         115         101         120          95
Townsville         150         102         150          86         190          59  
Warwick ^           55          22         100            6         110          12
# Gold Coast (C) Part A includes areas covered from Beenleigh/Bethania to Ormeau/Jacob's Well
The balance of Gold Coast (combined Albert & Gold Coast councils) has been broken into a number of regions
~ Sunshine Coast includes the coastal strip represented by Part A of the councils of Caloundra, Maroochy & Noosa
^ The relatively small number of bond lodgements for properties in these areas make median rent values less reliable
n.a. - Not Available (number of bonds lodged too small (less than 5))
Where the number of lodgements is small the rent values should be used with caution.
Source: Residential Tenancies Authority, Rental Bond Lodgements