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Disclaimer: This Rental Yield Calculator gives you an estimate figures the actual calculations may be different which depends on the market fluctuations, property conditions and some other additional expenses.
What is Rental Yield in Australia?
Rental Yield is the amount which a owner of the house will earn from the rent. This will show you the profit which you will generate every year as compared to the property’s value. It depends on the locations to get the strong yield which is between 5% to 8%.
High yields indicate better rental return compared to the property’s purchase price. However, extremely high yields may also carry higher risks.
- Gross Rental Yield which is the total rent a owner earn in the year which is divide by the property price.
- Net yield is the rent which is minus from the expenses like taxes, repairs, and fees, then divided by the property price.
How to use this Calculator?
Our tool do calculations in just seconds but for this you need to know some of the important details and follow these below steps:
- First choose either you want to calculate Gross yield or Net yield.
- Enter the property buying price and weekly rent for the Gross yield.
- For net yield Add the Annual Expenses, and other charges like Council Rates, Water Rates, Management Fees , Insurance and the Maintenance costs.
- Add other charges if have otherwise click on calculate button.
This calculator will find the Gross yield (rent income before expenses), Net yield (profit after expenses) and the Annual income, total costs, and net profit. Make sure if you don’t know any of the other expenses just leave it blank.
How to Calculate Rental Yield?
There is basically two methods to calculate the Rental yield the one is used for Gross rental and the second one is used for the Net rental.
Gross Rental Yield = (Annual Rental Income / Property Value) × 100
or
Net Rental Yield = ((Annual Rent – Annual Expenses) / Property Value) × 100
If you want manual calculations just enter the required data and just do simply mathematics. That’s is why we built this tool to save you time and give you instant results.
Average Rental Yield in Australia
The average Rental Yield in Australia is based on the different cities and also the property type in 2025. For example in Melbourne the average rental yield is about 3.5% to 4.2%, Sydney have 3.1% to 4.0% and the Brisbane have 4.5% to 5.5%.
Cities like Brisbane often report the highest rental yield, especially in outer suburbs and areas with new infrastructure. There are higher advanced cities and the rent of the houses is higher as compare to the urban areas.
About this calculator
We build this Australian Rental Yield Calculator with the help on information which is provided online. We used the same methods and formula which a special person used to calculate Rental Yield. Many investors use Excel or a spreadsheet to calculate rental yield which may take time and not accurate. But this tool is Mobile friendly, so you can use it in any device.
Also we updated this tool with the latest tax and yield practices of 2025. If you are a first time investors, property advisor or buyer agent, user of services like Opes or Savills you must need to use this calculator. We make the design of this tool easy to use and responsive so anyone can use it without any issue.
If you think we need to add some features or do some corrections in this tool please let us know we will work on your ideas. Remember to skip the old spreadsheet and run the numbers instantly for your house, commercial space, or mixed use property.