Where Australia is researching property, month by month.
HtAG Suburb Popularity Insights is HtAG Research’s monthly index of where Australia’s property investors and buyers’ agents are actually researching — measured by report-download activity across the national market. A permanent, free-to-cite demand signal, not a ranking of price performance.
Most-researched suburb: Craigieburn, VIC — #1 for a second straight month.
A demand signal, not a price ranking
Each month, HtAG aggregates report-download activity across thousands of Australian suburbs and expresses it two ways: each state’s share of national research, and the individual suburbs being researched most. It captures where the professional market is looking right now — a leading indicator of attention, and a lagging indicator of price.
What it measures
- Real research activity from 3,500+ investors and buyers’ agents
- Each state’s share of national report downloads, month by month
- The most-researched individual suburbs and how ranks shift
What it is not
- Not a ranking of price growth or a “best suburbs to buy” list
- Not a forecast — popularity is an attention signal, not a prediction
- Best used alongside HtAG’s price, yield and risk metrics, never alone
This month’s state shares — August 2026
| State | Share of national research | Change vs June |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria | 46.6% | −1.5pp |
| Queensland | 23.8% | +3.5pp |
| New South Wales | 14.8% | +1.1pp |
| Tasmania | 2.9% | −3.2pp |
| Rest of Australia (WA, SA, ACT, NT) | 11.9% | — |
Source: HtAG Research, HtAG Suburb Popularity Insights, August 2026. Shares are of national report-download activity across 825 researched suburbs; point-in-time for the month stated.
August 2026 — Queensland climbs, Victoria rotates regional
by research
The regionals take the table back
Queensland climbed to 23.8% of national research — its best month since January — on breadth across 206 suburbs, while Tasmania slipped to 2.9%, its lowest since October. Victoria eased to 46.6% yet kept 17 of the Top 20, swapping July’s Melbourne growth corridors for its regional cashflow bench. Craigieburn held #1 at 1.04%, the only suburb above 1% of national downloads.
All editions
A permanent, free-to-cite series. Each edition captures the state shares, the most-researched suburbs and what moved that month.
Queensland climbs to 23.8%; Tasmania slips to 2.9%; Victoria rotates back to the regions
Craigieburn holds #1 as the regional cashflow bench replaces the corridor cohort.
View edition July 2026Craigieburn retakes #1; Victoria takes 18 of the Top 20; Tasmania’s record handed back
June’s cashflow tilt partly reverts as the Melbourne growth corridors reassert.
View edition June 2026Victoria breaks 50%; Emerald & Mildura tie for #1; NSW at a tracking low
The first full month after the May Budget — research concentrates hard in Victoria.
View edition May 2026Victoria back in front; Queensland overtakes NSW; Craigieburn #1
The map snaps back to the south-east after April’s three-state spread.
View edition April 2026NSW joins the rotation (record 20.6%); Dubbo #1; Tasmania record 8.4%
A rare three-state spread as NSW research hits an all-time high.
View edition March 2026Record 830 suburbs; WA & SA break out (both record 6.3%); Alfredton #1
Research breadth peaks as the smaller states post record shares.
View edition February 2026Victoria reasserts (48%, 18 of Top 20); Tasmania record 6.6%; Alfredton #1
Victoria dominates the Top 20 as Tasmania quietly sets a record.
View edition January 2026The quiet month; Victoria eases to 41.2%; a four-way tie at #1; SA the biggest gainer
A flatter start to the year with the broadest #1 field on record.
View editionSeptember 2026 edition
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Open access & free to cite. HtAG Suburb Popularity Insights is part of HtAG Research. Editions are permanent and free to share and cite with attribution. Suggested citation: HtAG Research, HtAG Suburb Popularity Insights — [Month Year].