Suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Sydney
Auburn leads the 3-bedroom house list: rents agreed on new leases rose 60% since 2021, from $469 to $750 a week. Kingsford leads the 2-bedroom unit list, up 90% ($450 to $855). These 30 suburbs came from a field of 175 eligible Sydney suburbs.
This ranking orders Sydney suburbs by how much the median rent agreed on new leases has risen since 2021, for 3-bedroom houses and 2-bedroom units separately. The figures come from rental bond records, so they are what tenants signed up to pay, not what landlords advertised.
Advertised rents would have told a different story. Checked against bond records in October 2026, they roughly doubled the rise at the top of the Sydney list (Ermington: advertised +99%, agreed +44%), because suburbs where bigger, dearer homes now make up more of the listings looked like suburbs where rents had soared. The change compares the median of the four quarters of 2021 with the latest four, and every one of those quarters needs at least 10 new bonds.
Sydney suburbs where 3-bedroom house rents rose most
Change in the median rent agreed on new leases of 3-bedroom houses, from 2021 to the latest four quarters.
Auburn
NSW 2144 · 39,333 residents+60% since 2021 · $469 to $750 a week · postcode 2144 figures
Mascot
NSW 2020 · 21,591 residents+58% since 2021 · $720 to $1,138 a week · postcode 2020 figures
Kingsford
NSW 2032 · 13,492 residents+58% since 2021 · $792 to $1,250 a week · postcode 2032 figures
Maroubra
NSW 2035 · 30,722 residents+56% since 2021 · $890 to $1,388 a week · postcode 2035 figures
Lidcombe
NSW 2141 · 23,663 residents+54% since 2021 · $519 to $800 a week · postcode 2141 figures
Matraville
NSW 2036 · 9,925 residents+54% since 2021 · $835 to $1,288 a week · postcode 2036 figures
Campsie
NSW 2194 · 26,132 residents+53% since 2021 · $550 to $840 a week · postcode 2194 figures
Strathfield
NSW 2135 · 25,915 residents+53% since 2021 · $635 to $974 a week · postcode 2135 figures
Granville
NSW 2142 · 16,716 residents+53% since 2021 · $480 to $735 a week · postcode 2142 figures
Rosebery
NSW 2018 · 13,533 residents+53% since 2021 · $785 to $1,200 a week · postcode 2018 figures
Doonside
NSW 2767 · 13,614 residents+52% since 2021 · $428 to $650 a week · postcode 2767 figures
Sans Souci
NSW 2219 · 10,864 residents+52% since 2021 · $691 to $1,050 a week · postcode 2219 figures
Merrylands
NSW 2160 · 32,472 residents+51% since 2021 · $498 to $750 a week · postcode 2160 figures
Guildford
NSW 2161 · 24,091 residents+51% since 2021 · $498 to $750 a week · postcode 2161 figures
Yagoona
NSW 2199 · 19,651 residents+51% since 2021 · $501 to $758 a week · postcode 2199 figures
Ranked from 162 qualifying suburbs.
Sydney suburbs where 2-bedroom unit rents rose most
Change in the median rent agreed on new leases of 2-bedroom units, from 2021 to the latest four quarters.
Kingsford
NSW 2032 · 13,492 residents+90% since 2021 · $450 to $855 a week · postcode 2032 figures
Ultimo
NSW 2007 · 7,410 residents+89% since 2021 · $590 to $1,115 a week · postcode 2007 figures
Matraville
NSW 2036 · 9,925 residents+85% since 2021 · $602 to $1,118 a week · postcode 2036 figures
Sydney
NSW 2000 · 16,667 residents+83% since 2021 · $750 to $1,375 a week · postcode 2000 figures
Waterloo
NSW 2017 · 16,379 residents+81% since 2021 · $650 to $1,175 a week · postcode 2017 figures
West Ryde
NSW 2114 · 13,171 residents+81% since 2021 · $395 to $716 a week · postcode 2114 figures
Lakemba
NSW 2195 · 17,092 residents+78% since 2021 · $301 to $538 a week · postcode 2195 figures
Kensington
NSW 2033 · 11,927 residents+76% since 2021 · $495 to $872 a week · postcode 2033 figures
Croydon Park
NSW 2133 · 10,929 residents+75% since 2021 · $355 to $620 a week · postcode 2133 figures
Punchbowl
NSW 2196 · 21,384 residents+73% since 2021 · $330 to $570 a week · postcode 2196 figures
Penshurst
NSW 2222 · 12,592 residents+73% since 2021 · $360 to $624 a week · postcode 2222 figures
Chippendale
NSW 2008 · 7,803 residents+73% since 2021 · $650 to $1,125 a week · postcode 2008 figures
Parramatta
NSW 2150 · 30,211 residents+72% since 2021 · $420 to $722 a week · postcode 2150 figures
Mascot
NSW 2020 · 21,591 residents+71% since 2021 · $630 to $1,075 a week · postcode 2020 figures
Fairfield
NSW 2165 · 18,596 residents+71% since 2021 · $321 to $550 a week · postcode 2165 figures
Ranked from 175 qualifying suburbs.
Common questions about this ranking
What are the suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Sydney?
Auburn leads the 3-bedroom house list: rents agreed on new leases rose 60% since 2021, from $469 to $750 a week. Kingsford leads the 2-bedroom unit list, up 90% ($450 to $855). These 30 suburbs came from a field of 175 eligible Sydney suburbs.
Are these advertised rents or rents people actually pay?
Rents people agreed to pay: every new lease lodges a bond with the state, and the bond record carries the weekly rent. Advertised rents were checked and not used. In October 2026 they roughly doubled the rise at the top of the Sydney list (Ermington: advertised +99%, agreed +44%), because suburbs where dearer homes now make up more of the listings looked like suburbs where rents had soared.
How is the rise measured?
The median rent of the four quarters of 2021 against the median of the latest four, for 3-bedroom houses and 2-bedroom units separately. Every one of those quarters needs at least 10 new bonds, so one thin quarter cannot put a suburb at the top.
Why does each Sydney postcode appear only once?
New South Wales publishes bond figures by postcode, not by suburb. Every suburb in a postcode would show the same numbers, so each postcode is listed once, under its most populous suburb.
Why is there no list for Melbourne, Perth, Canberra or Darwin?
Victoria publishes bond rents only for groups of suburbs, and the ACT and the Northern Territory publish none we can use. Western Australia's figures start in 2023, so they cannot be compared with 2021.
Same list in other cities
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Rankings last computed 24 October 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.
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