How to become a Real Estate Agent
Coordinates the activities of Real Estate Representatives in selling and leasing real estate, ensuring compliance with legislative requirements.
Main tasks
- Accepts and lists properties and businesses for sale and lease
- Conducts inspections and advises buyers on the merits of properties and businesses, and the terms of sale or lease
- Advises vendors of sales and marketing options, and develops and implements marketing strategies to promote properties for lease or sale
- Catalogues and details land, buildings and businesses for lease or sale, and arranges advertising
- Assesses buyers' needs, and locates properties and businesses for their consideration
- Prepares and presents property reports and market analysis, offers valuations and advice for buying and selling properties and businesses, and structures the terms of settlement
- Collects and holds rent payments from tenants and remits to owner on an agreed basis
- Monitors and addresses non-compliance with terms and conditions of tenancy, and pursues rental arrears
- May arrange finance, land brokerage, conveyancing and maintenance of premises
Ways in
- TAFE and VET: Certificate IV in Real Estate Practice (CPP41419); Diploma of Property (Agency Management) (CPP51122); Certificate III in Real Estate Practice (CPP31519); Certificate IV in Finance and Mortgage Broking (FNS40821)
- Licence or registration: Registration or licensing is required.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Typical full-time pay: $78,208 a year
- About 114,400 people work in this job group now, and about 130,600 are projected by 2035. (+14.2%)
- AI is likely to change parts of this job. Jobs and Skills Australia rates its automation exposure as medium.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Real Estate Agent?
Ways in include: Certificate IV in Real Estate Practice; Diploma of Property (Agency Management).
How much does a Real Estate Agent earn in Australia?
Median full-time pay is $78,208 a year (Jobs and Skills Australia).
Is a Real Estate Agent a growing career in Australia?
Yes. Employment is projected to grow 14% by 2035, from about 114,400 to about 130,600 people (Jobs and Skills Australia).
Do you need a degree to become a Real Estate Agent?
Not always. 25% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Ways in include: Certificate IV in Real Estate Practice; Diploma of Property (Agency Management).
Will AI change the work of a Real Estate Agent?
AI is likely to change parts of this job. Jobs and Skills Australia rates its automation exposure as medium.
Sources
- Jobs and Skills Australia: Occupation data (ANZSCO), from ABS Labour Force and Census (February 2026), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04
- Jobs and Skills Australia: Generative AI Capacity Study, interactive table data (September 2025), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04
- Jobs and Skills Australia: Employment Projections (Victoria University) (May 2025 to May 2035), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04
- Australian Taxation Office: Taxation Statistics, Individuals Table 15A (2023-24), CC BY 2.5 AU, retrieved 2026-10-04
Updated 2026-10-04