Exploring Malaysia’s Average Rent Prices

data visualization
Author

Zahier Nasrudin

Published

July 30, 2024

Introduction

What do average house rent prices in Malaysia look like? In this blog, we’ll explore rent prices by state, house type, furnished status, and square footage to provide a comprehensive overview of the rental market.

Data Source

The data for this analysis was web-scraped from several websites that list rental properties in Malaysia.

Findings

State

WP Putrajaya has the highest average and median monthly house rent prices, while Kelantan has the lowest:

House Type

Here we can see the average and median monthly house rent by residence type, with bungalows topping the list (for average) and flats having the lowest monthly rent for both average and median

Furnished Status

We can see that fully furnished houses have the highest average and median rent prices.

Square Footage

As expected, rent prices tend to be higher as the square footage increases