Darwin has highest private treaty median house price across the nation: RP Data

Darwin has the highest median house price across the nation at $620,000, while Sydney has the highest median unit price, according to RP Data.

Based on private treaty sales, the median house price for Darwin was derived from 17 sales over the four weeks to June 2.

The median unit price in Sydney is $498,000 - derived from 1,023 sales over the past four weeks.

Sydney comes in second place with the most expensive median house price at $605,000, derived from 1,528 sales.

Private treaty sales represent around 85% of all dwelling sales across the country. The statistics are calculated across houses and units sold over the most recent four week period.

Records without a valid sale price have been excluded from the analysis and median prices are withheld for cities where fewer than ten sales have been recorded.