For 71% of renting households in Greater Brisbane, the landlord at the 2021 Census was a real estate agent, a larger share than across Queensland.
Rented through a real estate agent 25
Rented from another landlord 10
Owned or being paid off 62
Other or not stated 3
Greater Brisbane's households as 100 homes, from the 2021 Census count of households by tenure and landlord. Each kind is rounded so the 100 add up, so a share in the tiles below can differ from the drawing by one.
Households renting35%QLD 33%
Of renters, through an agent71%QLD 66%
Median rent$380 a weekQLD $365
Rent beside Greater Brisbane's incomes
Set beside the median weekly income of all households, renters or not, the median rent in Greater Brisbane comes to 21% of it. That share is worked out here from two medians rather than taken from the Census. Median household income was $1,849 a week, above the Queensland median of $1,675.
Houses, apartments and a younger Greater Brisbane
Greater Brisbane held 2,526,238 people at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 36 years, younger than the 38 across Queensland. Flats and apartments reached 15% of occupied homes, above the state's 12%, beside 73% that were separate houses. At the larger end, 41% of homes had four or more bedrooms, above the state, and the average household held 2.6 people, against 2.5 across Queensland.