Suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Townsville
Kelso leads the 3-bedroom house list: rents agreed on new leases rose 62% since 2021, from $320 to $520 a week. Hyde Park leads the 2-bedroom unit list, up 62% ($260 to $420).
This ranking orders Townsville 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.
Townsville 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.
Kelso
QLD 4815 · 10,599 residents+62% since 2021 · $320 to $520 a week
Cranbrook
QLD 4814 · 5,844 residents+62% since 2021 · $340 to $550 a week
Rasmussen
QLD 4815 · 4,669 residents+58% since 2021 · $330 to $522 a week
Vincent
QLD 4814 · 2,213 residents+58% since 2021 · $332 to $525 a week
Burdell
QLD 4818 · 7,171 residents+56% since 2021 · $382 to $595 a week
Condon
QLD 4815 · 5,894 residents+56% since 2021 · $340 to $530 a week
Heatley
QLD 4814 · 3,907 residents+55% since 2021 · $345 to $535 a week
Kirwan
QLD 4817 · 20,780 residents+54% since 2021 · $355 to $545 a week
Deeragun
QLD 4818 · 4,273 residents+53% since 2021 · $340 to $520 a week
Annandale
QLD 4814 · 8,376 residents+52% since 2021 · $382 to $580 a week
Mount Louisa
QLD 4814 · 9,227 residents+51% since 2021 · $375 to $568 a week
Wulguru
QLD 4811 · 4,389 residents+49% since 2021 · $370 to $550 a week
Aitkenvale
QLD 4814 · 4,797 residents+46% since 2021 · $355 to $520 a week
Gulliver
QLD 4812 · 2,884 residents+45% since 2021 · $372 to $540 a week
Railway Estate
QLD 4810 · 2,871 residents+45% since 2021 · $382 to $555 a week
Ranked from 19 qualifying suburbs.
Townsville 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.
Hyde Park
QLD 4812 · 1,374 residents+62% since 2021 · $260 to $420 a week
North Ward
QLD 4810 · 5,073 residents+59% since 2021 · $305 to $485 a week
West End
QLD 4810 · 3,891 residents+59% since 2021 · $270 to $430 a week
Belgian Gardens
QLD 4810 · 2,073 residents+58% since 2021 · $285 to $450 a week
Mundingburra
QLD 4812 · 3,594 residents+55% since 2021 · $280 to $435 a week
Hermit Park
QLD 4812 · 3,512 residents+51% since 2021 · $275 to $415 a week
Pimlico
QLD 4812 · 2,557 residents+50% since 2021 · $260 to $390 a week
Aitkenvale
QLD 4814 · 4,797 residents+49% since 2021 · $275 to $410 a week
Rosslea
QLD 4812 · 1,903 residents+49% since 2021 · $295 to $440 a week
Kirwan
QLD 4817 · 20,780 residents+48% since 2021 · $270 to $400 a week
South Townsville
QLD 4810 · 2,424 residents+46% since 2021 · $340 to $498 a week
Railway Estate
QLD 4810 · 2,871 residents+45% since 2021 · $330 to $480 a week
Currajong
QLD 4812 · 2,490 residents+45% since 2021 · $255 to $370 a week
Idalia
QLD 4811 · 4,563 residents+37% since 2021 · $400 to $548 a week
Cranbrook
QLD 4814 · 5,844 residents+29% since 2021 · $282 to $365 a week
Ranked from 15 qualifying suburbs.
Common questions about this ranking
What are the suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Townsville?
Kelso leads the 3-bedroom house list: rents agreed on new leases rose 62% since 2021, from $320 to $520 a week. Hyde Park leads the 2-bedroom unit list, up 62% ($260 to $420).
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 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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