🇦🇺 Australia · Housing
Renting and buying property in Australia — typical rents, deposits, contracts, and official tenancy rules.
Residential tenancies in Australia are regulated by each state and territory's fair-trading or consumer-affairs body, with disputes heard by a tenancies tribunal and bonds lodged with a state bond authority. Foreign buyers must obtain Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval and are generally limited to new dwellings.
- The bond is usually four weeks' rent, lodged with the state bond authority (e.g. NSW Rental Bonds Online).
- Rent is commonly quoted and paid per week or fortnight rather than monthly.
- Foreign nationals need FIRB approval to buy and are generally restricted to newly built dwellings.
Official authorities
- NSW Fair Trading — Renting
Example state tenancy authority (rules differ by state).
- Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB)
Foreign property-purchase approvals.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.
Typical rents by city
Tools & platforms
- realestate.com.au
Australia's largest property portal.
- Domain
Rentals and homes for sale.
Government portals
- Australian Government — Australian Government's official entry point — quick access to all department services
- Dept of Home Affairs — Student/work visas, skilled migration (189/190/491 subclasses), and citizenship applications
- Australian Tax Office (ATO) — TFN application, tax refunds, GST, superannuation, and personal income tax lodgment