A guide to the changes in Unfurnished Property Rentals in the Brisbane and selected Queensland area is shown below:
Median Weekly Rents for 3 Bedroom Houses
| Area | Mar 2009 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2011 | No in Qtr |
| Brisbane | $370 | $380 | $390 | 3,386 |
| Cairns | $310 | $300 | $310 | 551 |
| Gold Coast | $390 | $395 | $400 | 1,054 |
| Ipswich | $270 | $275 | $285 | 797 |
| Logan | $310 | $320 | $320 | 664 |
| Sunshine Coast | $360 | $360 | $370 | 1,023 |
| Toowoomba | $250 | $265 | $270 | 536 |
| Townsville | $340 | $330 | $340 | 743 |
The most expensive suburbs for 3 bedroom houses were: Brisbane City, Spring Hill, Highgate Hill, South Brisbane and West End, with all of them reporting an average of $720 per week. A total of 159 of these houses were rented in those areas in the quarter ended March 2011.
To provide a better idea of how the Rental market is, using the median rents figures for each area, the following numbers of NEW 3 Bedroom HOUSE rental contracts were recorded in that last quarter:
127 Houses at $500pw or over
1,221 Houses between $400 and $495pw
2,027 Houses between $300 and $395pw
The following numbers of NEW 3 Bedroom Flats/Unit contracts were recorded in that last quarter:
511 Units at $500pw or over
360 Units between $400 and $480pw
275 Units between $330 and $395pw
Details for more specific areas can be located at: www.rta.qld.gov.au
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