How to become a real estate agent in Australia
Real Estate Sales Agents sell, lease and manage commercial and private properties, and broker the buying and selling of businesses.
The all-jobs median is $1,852 a week. Jobs in the real estate sales agents group are projected to grow 14.2% between May 2025 and May 2035, about the same as the 13.3% projected for all jobs. Projections are indicative, not forecasts, and JSA says they don't yet reflect generative AI.
What the job involves
- Accepting and listing properties and businesses for sale and lease, conducting inspections, and advising buyers on the merits of properties and businesses and the terms of sale or lease
- Advising vendors of sales and marketing options such as sale by auction and open house inspections
- Cataloguing and detailing land, buildings and businesses for sale or lease and arranging advertising
- Assessing buyers' needs and locating properties and businesses for their consideration
- Offering valuations and advice for buying and selling properties and businesses, and structuring the terms of settlement
- Collecting and holding rent monies from tenants, and remitting to owner on agreed basis
How to get there
What it usually takes. A diploma, or a Certificate III or IV. This is the skill level Jobs and Skills Australia gives the real estate sales agents group, and some roles differ.
What people in the job have. Highest qualification held: 28% a degree or higher, 18% a diploma, 22% a Certificate III or IV.
Many jobs also need registration, a licence or a specific accredited course. Check the professional body or regulator before you choose.
Courses that can lead here
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Victoria14 matches
VTAC lowest selection ranks, December 2025 offer round.
Property and Real Estate · Deakin, Melbourne Burwood65.15 Property Development, Investment and Valuation (Honours) · RMIT, City63.20 Property and Real Estate/Laws · Deakin, Melbourne Burwood90.15 Property and Real Estate/Commerce · Deakin, Melbourne Burwood80.10 Architecture/Property and Real Estate · Deakin, Geelong Waterfront72.30 Construction Management (Honours)/Property and Real Estate · Deakin, Melbourne Burwood66.25Diplomas and other ways in
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NSW and ACT8 matches
UAC lowest selection ranks, December Round 2, 2025-26 admissions.
Bachelor of Construction Management & Property · UNSW83.20 Bachelor of Property Economics · UTS82.00 Bachelor of Property · CQUniversity65.75 Bachelor of Business (Property) · Western Sydney60.60Diplomas and other ways in
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Queensland8 matches
QTAC course pages, ATAR/Selection Rank profile for semester 1, 2026.
Bachelor of Property Economics · QUT, Gardens PointOnline70.65 Bachelor of Property · CQUniversity, Online65.75 Bachelor of Property Economics/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) · QUT, Gardens PointOnline85.45 Bachelor of Property Economics/Bachelor of Business · QUT, Gardens PointOnline72.10 Bachelor of Built Environment (Honours) (Construction Management and Quantity Surveying)/Bachelor of Property Economics · QUT, Gardens Point70.40Western Australia0 matches
TISC Course Search: lowest ATAR offered for 2026 entry and guaranteed offer ATARs.
No match in TISC's list. Some courses, medicine especially, don't publish a cutoff or use their own admissions.
Matched on course names, 30 across four admissions centres. A lowest selection rank includes adjustment points and moves every year. Check prerequisites and whether the course is accredited for this job.
Graduate outcomes, national
Undergraduates surveyed about four to six months after finishing, in 2025, across all providers. Full-time work is among those available for it. All graduates: 75.4% and $77,000. These are national figures for the study area, not for this course or uni, and a first-year salary says little about later pay. Source: QILT Graduate Outcomes Survey 2025.
Does it fit your interests?
Strongest interest areas for this kind of work: Enterprising, Conventional, Social.
From O*NET ratings for "Real Estate Brokers", the closest US occupation in JSA's correspondence (a good match). US ratings are a guide to Australian jobs, not a measurement of them.
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Graduate outcomes: QILT Graduate Outcomes Survey 2025, National Report Tables (Social Research Centre, for the Australian Government).
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