Federal electorates with the lowest median rent
Lingiari (NT) ranks first for lowest median rent at $190/week, followed by Grey (SA, $200/week) and Barker (SA, $220/week).
All 149 divisions with a value for this measure, ranked lowest first. Measure: Median rent. Census measures use the 2021 Census on 2021 boundaries; Bullwinkel (WA), created in the 2025 redistribution, has no Census figures and is not ranked.
| Rank | Division | State | Member (party) | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lingiari | NT | Marion Scrymgour (ALP) | $190/week |
| 2 | Grey | SA | Tom Venning (LP) | $200/week |
| 3 | Barker | SA | Tony Pasin (LP) | $220/week |
| 4 | Mallee | VIC | Anne Webster (NAT) | $230/week |
| 5 | Durack | WA | Melissa Price (LP) | $231/week |
| 6 | Braddon | TAS | Anne Urquhart (ALP) | $240/week |
| 6 | Maranoa | QLD | David Littleproud (NAT) | $240/week |
| 8 | Farrer | NSW | David Farley (ON) | $250/week |
| 8 | Gippsland | VIC | Darren Chester (NAT) | $250/week |
| 8 | Kennedy | QLD | Bob Katter (KAP) | $250/week |
| 8 | O'Connor | WA | Rick Wilson (LP) | $250/week |
| 8 | Parkes | NSW | Jamie Chaffey (NAT) | $250/week |
| 8 | Wannon | VIC | Dan Tehan (LP) | $250/week |
| 14 | Nicholls | VIC | Sam Birrell (NAT) | $255/week |
| 15 | Flynn | QLD | Colin Boyce (LNP) | $260/week |
| 15 | Riverina | NSW | Michael McCormack (NAT) | $260/week |
| 17 | Bass | TAS | Jess Teesdale (ALP) | $270/week |
| 17 | Indi | VIC | Helen Haines (IND) | $270/week |
| 17 | Lyons | TAS | Rebecca White (ALP) | $270/week |
| 20 | Spence | SA | Matt Burnell (ALP) | $275/week |
| 21 | Capricornia | QLD | Michelle Landry (NAT) | $280/week |
| 21 | New England | NSW | Barnaby Joyce (ON) | $280/week |
| 23 | Monash | VIC | Mary Aldred (LP) | $290/week |
| 24 | Ballarat | VIC | Catherine King (ALP) | $295/week |
| 25 | Bendigo | VIC | Lisa Chesters (ALP) | $300/week |
| 25 | Calare | NSW | Andrew Gee (IND) | $300/week |
| 25 | Groom | QLD | Garth Hamilton (LNP) | $300/week |
| 25 | Herbert | QLD | Phillip Thompson (LNP) | $300/week |
| 25 | Hinkler | QLD | David Batt (LNP) | $300/week |
| 25 | Wide Bay | QLD | Llew O'Brien (NAT) | $300/week |
| 31 | Burt | WA | Matt Keogh (ALP) | $310/week |
| 31 | Leichhardt | QLD | Matt Smith (ALP) | $310/week |
| 33 | Canning | WA | Andrew Hastie (LP) | $315/week |
| 33 | Hindmarsh | SA | Mark Butler (ALP) | $315/week |
| 33 | Mayo | SA | Rebekha Sharkie (XEN) | $315/week |
| 36 | Blair | QLD | Shayne Neumann (ALP) | $320/week |
| 36 | Corio | VIC | Richard Marles (ALP) | $320/week |
| 36 | Dawson | QLD | Andrew Willcox (LNP) | $320/week |
| 36 | Eden-Monaro | NSW | Kristy McBain (ALP) | $320/week |
| 36 | Kingston | SA | Amanda Rishworth (ALP) | $320/week |
| 36 | Makin | SA | Tony Zappia (ALP) | $320/week |
| 36 | Page | NSW | Kevin Hogan (NAT) | $320/week |
| 43 | Forrest | WA | Ben Small (LP) | $325/week |
| 43 | Lyne | NSW | Alison Penfold (NAT) | $325/week |
| 45 | Boothby | SA | Louise Miller-Frost (ALP) | $330/week |
| 45 | Brand | WA | Madeleine King (ALP) | $330/week |
| 45 | Cowan | WA | Anne Aly (ALP) | $330/week |
| 48 | Sturt | SA | Claire Clutterham (ALP) | $340/week |
| 49 | Hawke | VIC | Sam Rae (ALP) | $341/week |
| 50 | Adelaide | SA | Steve Georganas (ALP) | $345/week |
| 51 | Hasluck | WA | Tania Lawrence (ALP) | $346/week |
| 52 | Bruce | VIC | Julian Hill (ALP) | $350/week |
| 52 | Cowper | NSW | Pat Conaghan (NAT) | $350/week |
| 52 | Franklin | TAS | Julie Collins (ALP) | $350/week |
| 52 | Fraser | VIC | Daniel Mulino (ALP) | $350/week |
| 52 | Gilmore | NSW | Fiona Phillips (ALP) | $350/week |
| 52 | Hunter | NSW | Dan Repacholi (ALP) | $350/week |
| 52 | Longman | QLD | Terry Young (LNP) | $350/week |
| 52 | Rankin | QLD | Jim Chalmers (ALP) | $350/week |
| 52 | Swan | WA | Zaneta Mascarenhas (ALP) | $350/week |
| 61 | Clark | TAS | Andrew Wilkie (IND) | $355/week |
| 61 | Lalor | VIC | Joanne Ryan (ALP) | $355/week |
| 61 | Wright | QLD | Scott Buchholz (LP) | $355/week |
| 64 | Dunkley | VIC | Jodie Belyea (ALP) | $360/week |
| 64 | Oxley | QLD | Milton Dick (SPK) | $360/week |
| 64 | Perth | WA | Patrick Gorman (ALP) | $360/week |
| 67 | Paterson | NSW | Meryl Swanson (ALP) | $365/week |
| 68 | Calwell | VIC | Basem Abdo (ALP) | $369/week |
| 68 | Scullin | VIC | Andrew Giles (ALP) | $369/week |
| 70 | Fowler | NSW | Dai Le (IND) | $370/week |
| 70 | Fremantle | WA | Josh Wilson (ALP) | $370/week |
| 70 | Pearce | WA | Tracey Roberts (ALP) | $370/week |
| 73 | Dickson | QLD | Ali France (ALP) | $375/week |
| 73 | Flinders | VIC | Zoe McKenzie (LP) | $375/week |
| 73 | Forde | QLD | Rowan Holzberger (ALP) | $375/week |
| 73 | La Trobe | VIC | Jason Wood (LP) | $375/week |
| 73 | Shortland | NSW | Pat Conroy (ALP) | $375/week |
| 78 | Casey | VIC | Aaron Violi (LP) | $380/week |
| 78 | Chifley | NSW | Ed Husic (ALP) | $380/week |
| 78 | Gorton | VIC | Alice Jordan-Baird (ALP) | $380/week |
| 78 | Holt | VIC | Cassandra Fernando (ALP) | $380/week |
| 78 | Petrie | QLD | Emma Comer (ALP) | $380/week |
| 78 | Solomon | NT | Luke Gosling (ALP) | $380/week |
| 84 | Cooper | VIC | Ged Kearney (ALP) | $381/week |
| 84 | McEwen | VIC | Rob Mitchell (ALP) | $381/week |
| 86 | Hotham | VIC | Clare O'Neil (ALP) | $383/week |
| 87 | Maribyrnong | VIC | Jo Briskey (ALP) | $387/week |
| 88 | Cunningham | NSW | Alison Byrnes (ALP) | $390/week |
| 88 | Dobell | NSW | Emma McBride (ALP) | $390/week |
| 88 | Lilley | QLD | Anika Wells (ALP) | $390/week |
| 91 | Deakin | VIC | Matt Gregg (ALP) | $392/week |
| 91 | Gellibrand | VIC | Tim Watts (ALP) | $392/week |
| 93 | Lindsay | NSW | Melissa McIntosh (LP) | $395/week |
| 93 | Moreton | QLD | Julie-Ann Campbell (ALP) | $395/week |
| 95 | Aston | VIC | Mary Doyle (ALP) | $400/week |
| 95 | Blaxland | NSW | Jason Clare (ALP) | $400/week |
| 95 | Corangamite | VIC | Libby Coker (ALP) | $400/week |
| 95 | Curtin | WA | Kate Chaney (IND) | $400/week |
| 95 | Hume | NSW | Angus Taylor (LP) | $400/week |
| 95 | Jagajaga | VIC | Kate Thwaites (ALP) | $400/week |
| 95 | Macarthur | NSW | Mike Freelander (ALP) | $400/week |
| 95 | Macquarie | NSW | Susan Templeman (ALP) | $400/week |
| 95 | Melbourne | VIC | Sarah Witty (ALP) | $400/week |
| 95 | Moore | WA | Tom French (ALP) | $400/week |
| 95 | Newcastle | NSW | Sharon Claydon (ALP) | $400/week |
| 95 | Robertson | NSW | Gordon Reid (ALP) | $400/week |
| 95 | Tangney | WA | Sam Lim (ALP) | $400/week |
| 95 | Watson | NSW | Tony Burke (ALP) | $400/week |
| 95 | Wills | VIC | Peter Khalil (ALP) | $400/week |
| 110 | Isaacs | VIC | Mark Dreyfus (ALP) | $406/week |
| 111 | McMahon | NSW | Chris Bowen (ALP) | $410/week |
| 111 | Whitlam | NSW | Carol Berry (ALP) | $410/week |
| 113 | Brisbane | QLD | Madonna Jarrett (ALP) | $415/week |
| 114 | Bowman | QLD | Henry Pike (LNP) | $420/week |
| 114 | Parramatta | NSW | Andrew Charlton (ALP) | $420/week |
| 114 | Ryan | QLD | Elizabeth Watson-Brown (GRN) | $420/week |
| 114 | Werriwa | NSW | Anne Stanley (ALP) | $420/week |
| 118 | Macnamara | VIC | Josh Burns (ALP) | $421/week |
| 119 | Bonner | QLD | Kara Cook (ALP) | $425/week |
| 120 | Bean | ACT | David Smith (ALP) | $430/week |
| 120 | Griffith | QLD | Renee Coffey (ALP) | $430/week |
| 120 | Moncrieff | QLD | Angie Bell (LNP) | $430/week |
| 120 | Richmond | NSW | Justine Elliot (ALP) | $430/week |
| 124 | Banks | NSW | Zhi Soon (ALP) | $435/week |
| 124 | Fairfax | QLD | Ted O'Brien (LP) | $435/week |
| 126 | Chisholm | VIC | Carina Garland (ALP) | $440/week |
| 126 | Fadden | QLD | Cameron Caldwell (LNP) | $440/week |
| 128 | Menzies | VIC | Gabriel Ng (ALP) | $441/week |
| 129 | Fisher | QLD | Andrew Wallace (LNP) | $445/week |
| 130 | Fenner | ACT | Andrew Leigh (ALP) | $450/week |
| 130 | Greenway | NSW | Michelle Rowland (ALP) | $450/week |
| 132 | Kooyong | VIC | Monique Ryan (IND) | $451/week |
| 133 | Bennelong | NSW | Jerome Laxale (ALP) | $470/week |
| 134 | Canberra | ACT | Alicia Payne (ALP) | $475/week |
| 135 | Barton | NSW | Ash Ambihaipahar (ALP) | $480/week |
| 136 | McPherson | QLD | Leon Rebello (LNP) | $485/week |
| 137 | Goldstein | VIC | Tim Wilson (LP) | $490/week |
| 137 | Hughes | NSW | David Moncrieff (ALP) | $490/week |
| 139 | Cook | NSW | Simon Kennedy (LP) | $500/week |
| 139 | Grayndler | NSW | Anthony Albanese (ALP) | $500/week |
| 141 | Reid | NSW | Sally Sitou (ALP) | $510/week |
| 142 | Berowra | NSW | Julian Leeser (LP) | $550/week |
| 142 | Bradfield | NSW | Nicolette Boele (IND) | $550/week |
| 142 | Kingsford Smith | NSW | Matt Thistlethwaite (ALP) | $550/week |
| 145 | Sydney | NSW | Tanya Plibersek (ALP) | $555/week |
| 146 | Mitchell | NSW | Alex Hawke (LP) | $560/week |
| 147 | Mackellar | NSW | Sophie Scamps (IND) | $600/week |
| 148 | Warringah | NSW | Zali Steggall (IND) | $625/week |
| 149 | Wentworth | NSW | Allegra Spender (IND) | $650/week |
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