Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services

Overview

EMPLOYED

244,000

PART-TIME SHARE

23%

WORKFORCE SHARE

1.7%

FEMALE SHARE

48%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

$1,578

MEDIAN AGE

41

About this data

Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services is a small employing industry. Around 1.7% of workers have their main job in this industry.

Businesses in this industry are mainly involved in activities like:

  • renting, hiring, or allowing the use of assets
  • real estate services such as selling, renting and buying real estate for clients
  • managing real estate for clients
  • appraising real estate.

Median earnings are $1,578 per week, lower than all industries median earnings of $1,700.

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    Employment

    Employment in the Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services industry grew over the 20 years to February 2025.
    The number of workers grew by 12,500 (or 5.4%) over the last year.

    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, Detailed, February 2025, Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) trend data.
    Note: Over the COVID-19 pandemic period (highlighted section in the chart above), some industries have censored values, resulting in a broken series for impacted industries. This is due to large quarterly fluctuations in employment resulting in trend data being unreliable for these quarters. Where data are available over the COVID-19 pandemic period, JSA recommends caution when using these trend estimates.
    Quarterly employment, Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services Employment
    179400
    181400
    183400
    185400
    187300
    189000
    190500
    191800
    192900
    193700
    194300
    194600
    194700
    194600
    194300
    194000
    193600
    193300
    193200
    193300
    193600
    194100
    194800
    195600
    196500
    197400
    198300
    199200
    200100
    200900
    201700
    202400
    203200
    204100
    205000
    206000
    207000
    208000
    208800
    209500
    210000
    210400
    210700
    210900
    211000
    211000
    211000
    210900
    210800
    210700
    210700
    210700
    210800
    210800
    210900
    210900
    211000
    211100
    211300
    211600
    211900
    212300
    212800
    213400
    214200
    215000
    215900
    216900
    217900
    219000
    220000
    221300
    222700
    224400
    226400
    228800
    231500
    234500
    237600
    240800
    244000

    Sectors

    Real Estate Services is the largest sector in the Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services industry, employing 155,000 workers.

    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, Detailed, February 2025, Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) trend data.
    Note: the sum of sectoral employment may not equal the industry total as data are trended separately, and not further defined (nfd) classifications have been excluded.
    Employment by industry sectors Employment
    Real Estate Services 155000
    Property Operators 42100
    Other Goods and Equipment Rental and Hiring 27500
    Motor Vehicle and Transport Equipment Rental and Hiring 13100
    Non-Financial Intangible Assets (Except Copyrights) Leasing 100
    Farm Animal and Bloodstock Leasing 100

    Occupations

    Real Estate Sales Agents is the largest employing occupation in the Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services industry.

    The 10 largest employing occupations are shown below.

    Some occupations are common across a number of industries.

    Largest employing occupations

    Source: Ranked using ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2024, four-quarter average data, customised report.
    ANZSCO CodeOccupation title
    6121Real Estate Sales Agents
    1499Other Hospitality, Retail and Service Managers
    2245Land Economists and Valuers
    5311General Clerks
    1311Advertising, Public Relations and Sales Manager
    5121Office Managers
    2211Accountants
    5511Accounting Clerks
    6219Other Sales Assistants and Salespersons
    5421Receptionists
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