Datasets / Median weekly rents by postcode and dwelling type, Queensland / 2026-10-15

Median weekly rents by postcode and dwelling type, Queensland, version 2026-10-15

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Rows 101,185Fields 5Fetched 19 October 2026Source SHA-256 1e3169e4deee9701…

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Change from 2026-07-13

1715 rows added, 0 removed and 0 changed by the key postcode, dwelling, year, quarter_month. The full list is in diff/2026-07-13..2026-10-15.json.

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© The State of Queensland Residential Tenancies Authority, Bond statistics data, Median rents by Postcode, sourced 19 October 2026, https://www.rta.qld.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-04/rta-bond-statistics.xlsx, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU.

Provenance

Fetched from www.rta.qld.gov.au on 19 October 2026. The portal listed the licence as CC BY 3.0 AU at that moment. manifest.json has every detail.

Average of the postcode medians for three-bedroom houses, in dollars a week per year, 2012 to 2025. Rows where dwelling type is House 3 are drawn. 2026 is not drawn because the year was not over when the publisher released this version on 15 October 2026. An average of the median weekly rent ($) column in this version, worked out in the build.

Change from the version before

+1715 added · −0 removed · 0 changed

Against 2026-07-13, by the key postcode, dwelling, year, quarter_month. The full list is in diff/2026-07-13..2026-10-15.json.

Other versions: 2026-07-13.