The read
Mixed owner-renter market
66% of homes here are owner-occupied and 31% rented.
Why it fits
A balanced 66% owner-occupier / 31% renter mix.
Australia.
14,632 suburbs, eight states.
Rent movement, rent pressure, prices, demographics, schools, transport, hospitals, crime, and investor context — all source-annotated, all free. Start with rent or rankings, compare candidates, then run the calculator when a suburb looks plausible.
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Popular suburbs
Investor profile
Who invests in Australian property
Investor lendingABS · RBA · APRA
Investor share of housing debt(APRA loan stock)33%
Investor credit growth(RBA D1)10.2% / yr
ABS Lending Indicators (investor share of new lending), RBA D1 (investor vs owner-occupier credit growth), APRA MADIS (investor loan stock), and ABS Census 2021 tenure aggregated nationally.
New mortgage lending
New lending by borrower type
ABS Lending Indicators quarterly new housing loan commitments split by borrower type — a leading read on first-home-buyer vs investor demand. First home buyers are 18% of new lending and investors 39.7% in Mar quarter 2026.
First home buyers
$16.6B
18% of new lending · quarterly
↑17.7%YoY
Investors
$36.7B
39.7% of new lending · quarterly
↑25.0%YoY
Other owner-occupiers
$39.1B
42.3% of new lending · quarterly
↑12.3%YoY
Total new lending
$92.3B
All borrower types · quarterly
↑18.1%YoY
Source: ABS Lending Indicators (Table 1, new housing loan commitments by borrower type, excluding refinancing). National quarterly commitments, A$ — not a suburb-level signal. First home buyers are an owner-occupier subset.
Mortgage rates
What that borrowing costs.
RBA F6 housing lending rates (all institutions) — the price behind the volumes above. New owner-occupier variable loans average 6.00% and new investor variable loans 6.20% as of Apr 2026.
Owner-occupier · new variable
6.00%
New loans funded · monthly
→0.0%pp YoY
Investor · new variable
6.20%
New loans funded · monthly
→0.0%pp YoY
Owner-occupier · outstanding
6.00%
All existing loans · monthly
→0.0%pp YoY
Investor · outstanding
6.20%
All existing loans · monthly
↓0.1%pp YoY
Source: RBA F6 Housing Lending Rates (all institutions, per cent per annum). National monthly averages — not a suburb-level signal. Fixed-rate loans are reported split by residual term and omitted from this headline.
Credit growth
How fast the debt is growing.
RBA D1 housing credit, 12-month-ended growth — the momentum behind the stock. Investor credit is growing 10.2% over the year versus 6.2% for owner-occupiers, as of Apr 2026.
All housing credit
7.5%
12-month growth · monthly
↑1.7%pp YoY
Owner-occupier credit
6.2%
12-month growth · monthly
↑0.5%pp YoY
Investor credit
10.2%
12-month growth · monthly
↑4.3%pp YoY
Source: RBA D1 Growth in Selected Financial Aggregates (housing credit, 12-month-ended growth, per cent). National monthly — not a suburb-level signal.
Start with rent when you want the clearest pressure signal, browse a state when you know the market, run rankings when you need ideas, compare when a shortlist is forming, and reach for the calculator only after a suburb looks plausible. The order matters more than the tool — the next move is whichever job comes next, not whichever menu item is closest.
Every page on the Australian side annotates its sources. Where a metric is fresh, it says so. Where it depends on a manual state release file or a partial local dataset, it says that too. Research that stays honest about its own evidence.
Capital cities
House medians and year-on-year direction.
City Median YoY direction YoY %
SYDnsw $1.49M +2.4%
BNEqld $1.15M +21.4%
CANact $1.07M +9.9%
PERwa $1.00M +22.0%
ADLsa $980K +15.0%
MELvic $850K +1.8%
DARnt $750K +25.0%
HOBtas $740K +3.5%
By capital city
House prices, suburb maps and rankings by city.
Capital city price trend
Median house · Sydney
$1.49M
+2.4% YoY · -4.8% QoQ
Median unit · Sydney
$848K
+3.4% YoY · -1.7% QoQ
NSW rent trend
Median weekly rent · Sydney 2000
$1100
+10.0% YoY · +7.3% 3M
Median house weekly · Sydney 2000
$1175
-17.5% YoY · -12.3% 3M
Median unit weekly · Sydney 2000
$1132
+13.2% YoY · -5.7% 3M
Source: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements · postcode-derived · Latest: May 2026
VIC rent trend
Median weekly rent · Melbourne
$670
+4.7% YoY · +3.1% QoQ
Median house weekly · Melbourne
$900
+5.9% YoY · +2.3% QoQ
Median unit weekly · Melbourne
$730
+4.3% YoY · +1.4% QoQ
Source: Homes Victoria rental report · Latest: Sep 2025
State index Eight states and territories.
Eight states and territories.
Population descending.
Workflow
Six tools, in the order decisions actually happen.
FAQ
Four questions, answered before you ask.
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What Australian property data does QuickProperty cover?
QuickProperty covers 14,632 Australian suburb pages, state hubs, rankings, suburb compare, an investment calculator, and market trend context from ABS, RBA, state government, school, crime, rent, and transport sources.
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Where should I start if I do not know which suburb to research?
Start with rent signals if rental pressure is the clearest first screen. Use a state hub when you already know the market, or rankings when you need a broader first shortlist by affordability, yield, growth, demographics, or safety.
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When should I use compare instead of rankings?
Use rankings when the search is still broad. Use compare after you have two or three realistic suburbs and need to check price, rent, income, population, and decision tradeoffs side by side.
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Does QuickProperty replace a valuation or buying advice?
No. QuickProperty is a research and screening tool. It helps you understand suburb-level evidence before you inspect properties, check current listings, speak with advisers, or run your own due diligence.