Census area profiles

What households across Australia actually pay in rent and mortgage repayments, next to what they earn. 2,472 areas. This is the one layer that covers every state and territory — sale records exist for New South Wales only.

AreaMedian rentMedian mortgageMedian household incomeHousehold size
Loganlea $350/wk $1,517/mo $1,377/wk 2.8
Longreach $200/wk $1,083/mo $1,561/wk 2.3
Lowood $310/wk $1,517/mo $1,445/wk 2.7
Macgregor (Qld) $430/wk $1,950/mo $1,752/wk 3
Mackay $270/wk $1,387/mo $1,239/wk 1.9
Mackay Harbour $510/wk $2,167/mo $2,171/wk 2.1
Magnetic Island $290/wk $1,353/mo $1,001/wk 1.9
Main Beach $500/wk $2,091/mo $1,682/wk 1.9
Malanda - Yungaburra $260/wk $1,430/mo $1,296/wk 2.4
Mango Hill $400/wk $2,000/mo $2,145/wk 3
Manly - Lota $410/wk $2,167/mo $2,051/wk 2.5
Manly West $435/wk $2,050/mo $2,117/wk 2.7
Manoora $270/wk $1,100/mo $1,054/wk 2.2
Mansfield (Qld) $430/wk $2,144/mo $2,060/wk 3
Manunda $259/wk $1,300/mo $1,069/wk 2.1
Marcoola - Mudjimba $435/wk $1,811/mo $1,506/wk 2.3
Mareeba $285/wk $1,495/mo $1,282/wk 2.5
Margate - Woody Point $325/wk $1,733/mo $1,225/wk 2.1
Maroochy Hinterland $350/wk $1,733/mo $1,337/wk 2.4
Maroochydore - Kuluin $410/wk $1,733/mo $1,384/wk 2.1
Marsden $350/wk $1,470/mo $1,413/wk 3.3
Maryborough (Qld) $255/wk $1,083/mo $977/wk 2.2
Maryborough Surrounds - South $250/wk $1,170/mo $959/wk 2.2
McDowall $460/wk $2,167/mo $2,461/wk 2.8
Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North) $460/wk $1,950/mo $1,496/wk 2.6
Mermaid Beach - Broadbeach $440/wk $1,733/mo $1,638/wk 1.9
Mermaid Waters $450/wk $2,167/mo $1,753/wk 2.5
Merrimac $465/wk $1,733/mo $1,689/wk 2.6
Miami $470/wk $2,000/mo $1,831/wk 2.2
Middle Park - Jamboree Heights $430/wk $1,886/mo $2,141/wk 2.8
Middle Ridge $420/wk $1,950/mo $2,177/wk 2.7
Migratory - Offshore - Shipping (Qld) $1,749/wk 1.5
Miles - Wandoan $200/wk $1,018/mo $1,334/wk 2.4
Millbank - Avoca $295/wk $1,300/mo $1,113/wk 2.3
Millmerran $220/wk $1,000/mo $1,200/wk 2.4
Mitchelton $400/wk $2,167/mo $2,240/wk 2.6
Moffat Beach - Battery Hill $400/wk $2,000/mo $1,503/wk 2.3
Molendinar $450/wk $1,850/mo $1,767/wk 3
Monto - Eidsvold $160/wk $867/mo $981/wk 2.2
Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland $400/wk $1,800/mo $1,559/wk 2.1
Moorooka $360/wk $2,000/mo $1,866/wk 2.3
Moranbah $111/wk $1,300/mo $3,079/wk 2.8
Morayfield $345/wk $2,000/mo $1,951/wk 2.9
Morayfield - East $355/wk $1,517/mo $1,482/wk 2.7
Moreton Island $213/wk $1,517/mo $1,224/wk 1.9
Morningside - Seven Hills $430/wk $2,167/mo $2,323/wk 2.4
Mount Coot-tha
Mount Gravatt $395/wk $2,031/mo $2,017/wk 2.5
Mount Isa $275/wk $1,546/mo $2,236/wk 2.6
Mount Isa Surrounds $206/wk $1,200/mo $1,856/wk 2.5
Mount Louisa $350/wk $1,647/mo $2,033/wk 2.7
Mount Morgan $200/wk $840/mo $813/wk 2.1
Mount Pleasant - Glenella $400/wk $1,890/mo $2,213/wk 2.7
Mount Sheridan $390/wk $1,542/mo $1,826/wk 2.7
Mount Warren Park $340/wk $1,600/mo $1,496/wk 2.5
Mountain Creek $500/wk $1,950/mo $1,911/wk 2.8
Mudgeeraba - Bonogin $500/wk $2,100/mo $2,052/wk 3
Mundingburra $270/wk $1,413/mo $1,344/wk 2.2
Munruben - Park Ridge South $458/wk $1,950/mo $2,229/wk 3.1
Murarrie $450/wk $2,167/mo $2,404/wk 2.6

ABS 2021 Census, Statistical Area Level 2 — roughly a suburb or a small cluster of them. Rent and mortgage are what households actually reported paying, not asking prices.