How should I use this ranking for property research?

Use the ranking as a screening step for Australia. Save realistic suburbs to your shortlist, compare the strongest two or three, then use suburb detail pages or the calculator to test the final candidate.

Does the top ranked suburb mean it is the best choice?

No. Rankings are a shortlist input, not a final recommendation. Check price history, rent, income, population, local services, source freshness, and current listings before making a decision.

How current is the ranking data?

QuickProperty uses processed public-source datasets and refreshes automated sources where available. Use the suburb detail page source panels to see which signals are current, estimated, or missing for a specific suburb.

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Ranking · Australia · 50 suburbs

Most Investor-Held Suburbs

Name: Most Investor-Held Suburbs — Australia ranked dataset
Creator: QuickProperty

Top 50 suburbs by investor-exposure index — a 0–100 composite of private-rental share (census), annual market turnover and short-stay listing density, each as a national percentile. Estimated, relative to all AU suburbs; suburbs with census data alone are excluded (population > 500). National only..

Leading suburb

FarleyNSW

Leading value

Runner-up

MelbourneVIC

Updated

12 July 2026

Ranking

Most Investor-Held Suburbs

50 results

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How to read this ranking

Use most investor-held suburbs as a shortlist tool, then verify the finalists in detail.

BEST FOR

Finding which areas deserve a closer look first.

This ranking works best as a first-pass screen, especially when you need to reduce a wide field quickly.

READ IT AS

One signal in the workflow, not the whole answer.

A rank is useful because it compresses one dimension well, but it never replaces the fuller suburb-level picture.

NEXT STEP

Move into compare or suburb detail once a few names repeat.

Use the ranking to build a shortlist, then confirm whether those finalists still hold up on the rest of the data.

VERIFY evidence

Single-signal shortlist screen

A ranking compresses one signal well, but it should hand you into compare or suburb detail before becoming a decision.

SHORTLIST SCREEN

Top candidates are research leads.

Save a small working set, then use compare and evidence depth before treating any row as a decision.

Shortlist flow

Use #1 Farley and #2 Melbourne as the first compare pair.

Rankings are strongest when they hand you a shortlist quickly. Compare the top two first, then open suburb detail if the head-to-head result still feels narrow.

Compare top 2Open #1 detail Open #2 detail

Distribution

50 suburbs · midpoint ≈ 92

Leader: Farley · 98

# ▲	SUBURB	STATE	INDEX	PRIVATE RENT · TURNOVER	POP
1	Farley	NSW	98	49% rent · 33.0%	605
2	Melbourne	VIC	97	70% rent · —	54,941
3	Brisbane City	QLD	97	66% rent · —	12,587
4	Southbank	VIC	97	67% rent · —	22,631
5	Banksmeadow	NSW	97	60% rent · 11.0%	508
6	Hobart	TAS	97	53% rent · —	3,390
7	Docklands	VIC	96	66% rent · —	15,495
8	Launceston	TAS	96	49% rent · —	3,110
9	Carlton	VIC	96	62% rent · —	16,055
10	Fortitude Valley	QLD	95	74% rent · —	9,708
11	Northbridge	WA	95	63% rent · —	1,420
12	Rocklea	QLD	95	46% rent · —	1,672
13	Kings Beach	QLD	95	41% rent · —	3,042
14	Battery Point	TAS	95	46% rent · —	2,096
15	St Kilda	VIC	95	54% rent · —	19,490
16	Newcastle West	NSW	95	48% rent · 10.4%	1,453
17	Coles Bay	TAS	94	35% rent · —	515
18	East Melbourne	VIC	94	53% rent · —	4,896
19	South Brisbane	QLD	94	69% rent · —	14,292
20	West Melbourne	VIC	94	63% rent · —	8,025
21	North Rothbury	NSW	94	36% rent · 15.3%	2,502
22	Glebe	TAS	93	41% rent · —	570
23	St Kilda West	VIC	93	49% rent · —	2,951
24	South Yarra	VIC	92	58% rent · —	25,028
25	North Hobart	TAS	92	43% rent · —	2,600
26	Alexandra Headland	QLD	92	36% rent · —	4,235
27	Mooloolaba	QLD	92	37% rent · —	8,202
28	Marcoola	QLD	92	40% rent · —	3,355
29	Spring Hill	QLD	92	63% rent · —	6,593
30	Brownsville	NSW	92	36% rent · 11.2%	524
31	Broadmeadow	NSW	92	41% rent · 8.9%	1,688
32	Collingwood	VIC	92	49% rent · —	9,179
33	Geelong	VIC	92	41% rent · —	5,811
34	Perth	WA	91	62% rent · —	13,670
35	Cliftleigh	NSW	91	46% rent · 7.5%	2,309
36	South Melbourne	VIC	91	43% rent · —	11,548
37	Burnie	TAS	91	48% rent · —	693
38	Fitzroy	VIC	91	42% rent · —	10,431
39	Tuggerah	NSW	90	37% rent · 8.6%	925
40	West Gosford	NSW	90	39% rent · 7.8%	1,602
41	Cremorne	VIC	90	50% rent · —	2,158
42	Windsor	VIC	90	51% rent · —	7,273
43	West Perth	WA	90	58% rent · —	6,102
44	Abbotsford	VIC	90	53% rent · —	9,088
45	North Melbourne	VIC	90	51% rent · —	14,953
46	Boorooma	NSW	89	36% rent · 8.3%	1,741
47	Parkville	VIC	89	60% rent · —	7,074
48	Prahran	VIC	89	51% rent · —	12,203
49	Beaconsfield	NSW	89	48% rent · 6.8%	1,172
50	Elwood	VIC	89	50% rent · —	15,153

FAQ

Australian most investor-held suburbs FAQ

What does Most Investor-Held Suburbs rank?

Most Investor-Held Suburbs ranks suburbs in Australia using QuickProperty's processed property and locality datasets. Top 50 suburbs by investor-exposure index — a 0–100 composite of private-rental share (census), annual market turnover and short-stay listing density, each as a national percentile. Estimated, relative to all AU suburbs; suburbs with census data alone are excluded (population > 500). National only.
How should I use this ranking for property research?

Use the ranking as a screening step for Australia. Save realistic suburbs to your shortlist, compare the strongest two or three, then use suburb detail pages or the calculator to test the final candidate.
Does the top ranked suburb mean it is the best choice?

No. Rankings are a shortlist input, not a final recommendation. Check price history, rent, income, population, local services, source freshness, and current listings before making a decision.
How current is the ranking data?

QuickProperty uses processed public-source datasets and refreshes automated sources where available. Use the suburb detail page source panels to see which signals are current, estimated, or missing for a specific suburb.