Storage Box Index · July 2026
What a standard storage unit costs in Australia
One unit, one measure, every month: the median advertised price of a standard 9 m² self-storage unit — about the size of a single garage.
National median, July 2026. -0.8% on last month, measured across the same units. Based on 1,770 units.
By capital city
The parity column indexes each city against the national median (= 100). Sydney at 142 means a standard box costs 42% more there than the national middle.
| City | Per month | Vs national national = 100 |
On last month | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | $370 | 142 | +0.2% | 351 |
| Adelaide | $267 | 103 | +1.3% | 64 |
| Perth | $260 | 100 | -0.9% | 128 |
| Canberra | $255 | 98 | — | 34 |
| Brisbane | $241 | 93 | -1.1% | 207 |
| Melbourne | $239 | 92 | -2.1% | 293 |
The advertised price is often a promotion
About 37% of advertised units carry a promotion. Among the listings that also show an original price, the median discount is 50%.
Not every operator publishes an original price, so the discount figure describes the listings that do. Promotional rates are usually introductory: check the ongoing rate before you sign.
Cite this index
“As of July 2026, the median advertised price of a standard 9 m² self-storage unit in Australia is $260/month (AUD).”
Storage Box Index, StoragePrices, July 2026. Free to quote with a link to this page. Updated monthly.
This is the national picture. Prices vary street by street — compare what operators are advertising in your suburb.
Compare your suburbMethod
The Storage Box Index is the median advertised monthly price of a standard 9 m² unit — the 8–10 m² band — across the storage providers we track, with statistical outliers excluded. The national figure pools every capital-city market. Month-on-month change uses a matched panel: the same units priced in both months, so a change reflects a real price move rather than a shift in which facilities we happened to measure. A city is published only once it clears a minimum sample, so thin months are withheld rather than estimated.
Prices are advertised public rates, GST-inclusive: a snapshot of what operators choose to advertise, not a guarantee of availability or of the final price you are quoted. A promotional rate is not the rate you pay once the promotion ends. Data confidence: high. Updated July 2026.