Short Stay RulesCompare and calculate
Tables and tools built directly from the verified data. The comparisons rebuild themselves whenever a rule changes, so they cannot drift out of step with the jurisdiction pages.
Tracker
Night cap tracker
Count your short-stay nights against your jurisdiction's cap on both a calendar-year and a rolling twelve-month basis, and see how many you have left.
Verified 2026-07-25
National comparison
Every government fee a short-stay host pays, by jurisdiction
Registration fees, permits, levies and renewals for short-term rentals across Australia, each quoted from the official fee schedule, with the date checked.
Verified 2026-07-25
National comparison
Every short-stay night cap in Australia, in one table
How many nights a year you can short-term rent, for every Australian jurisdiction that sets a limit. Each figure cites its source and the date we checked.
Verified 2026-07-25
Calculator
Short stay levy calculator
Work out what Victoria's 7.5% short stay levy or the ACT's 5% levy costs on a booking, including the cleaning fee most hosts forget is inside the calculation.
Verified 2026-09-10
National ranking
Australia's strictest short-stay jurisdictions, ranked with a published rubric
An arithmetic ranking of how hard each Australian state and council makes it to run a short-term rental, with the full scoring rubric so you can check it.
Verified 2026-07-25