Values are based on all monitored and unique online listings for the period of a calendar month. All listings are taken from online monitoring of major listing sites. Only those properties with unique addresses or a unique listing id were used. Those advertisements with no addresses were excluded from the series. Any addresses repeated between sites were de-duped. Only those listings that had been advertised for three weeks or more (and are still currently advertised as at the time of collation) were used.
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Rental property vacancy rates Australia 2026, by capital city
In May 2026, the Australian cities of Melbourne and Canberra had a rental property vacancy rate of *** percent. In contrast, the rental property vacancy rate in Darwin was estimated at *** percent in the same month.
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SQM Research. (June 15, 2026). Vacancy rate of rental properties in Australia as of May 2026, by capital city [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/985872/rental-property-vacancy-rates-selected-cities-australia/
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