How Much Do Vacate and Bond Cleaning Jobs Pay in Australia?

Vacate and bond cleans are some of the highest-stakes jobs on the books -- the tenant’s bond depends on the result. Here is what the job actually costs the client, cited, and what that means for the cleaner doing the work.

What a bond clean costs in 2026

An independent Australian cost guide puts a typical bond clean at roughly $350 for a 2-bedroom property and $480 for a 3-bedroom, with highs of $500 and $700 once add-ons like oven cleaning are included. A provider’s own published pricing lists $423 for a one-bedroom home rising to $615 for a five-bedroom, three-bathroom property -- a single operator’s fixed prices, not a market average, but a useful upper-end reference point. Deep cleaning more generally, which a vacate clean overlaps with, is quoted by Airtasker at $60 to $90 per hour, roughly double a standard clean.

Why vacate work pays more per hour

A vacate clean has to pass a formal final inspection against a checklist, not just look tidy, and it runs to a fixed lease end date that cannot move. That combination of required standard and inflexible deadline is why it is priced as premium work rather than a standard recurring clean, on NNS and in the market generally. Every vacate booking on NNS prices out at 90 dollars per hour, regardless of city.

What Nest and Nurture Society cleaners take home on vacate jobs

• Vacate cleans: $70/hr minimum take-home, the same rate in every city
• Standard residential, for comparison: $55/hr minimum, nationally
• Flat $20/hr fee on every job, never a percentage
• Paid every Wednesday, not on a 30-day invoice cycle

What you need to apply

To apply you need genuine cleaning experience, an ABN, a current police check, public liability insurance, your own transport and equipment, and a smartphone.