Brisbane, QLD

Brisbane has 236 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $656. A single person needs to earn at least $110,933/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

92 suburbs are in rental stress, where median rent exceeds 30% of median household income.

Across the 236 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Brisbane, weekly medians run from $299 in Herston up to $1,000 in Fig Tree Pocket, a 3.3× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

92 of the tracked suburbs sit in rental stress, where the median rent exceeds 30% of the local median household income. Tracked rents rose an average 6.7% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

For the long-form version of how these numbers work, see the NestLedger guides.