Want to buy your first place but horrified by the prices? Here are the cheapest suburbs near the CBD in every Australian capital city.
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These numbers come from RP Data, which assembles lists of the cheapest suburbs within 10 kilometres of the CBD of each capital city in Australia. Inner suburban living means you probably won’t have a large backyard, but you’ll be near lots of services and (potentially) your job. Both houses and units are covered. This is the median price as of June 2014.
| Region | Suburb | Type | Median value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | House | Wolli Creek | $710,303 |
| Sydney | House | Waterloo | $761,054 |
| Sydney | House | Sydenham | $807,195 |
| Sydney | House | Beaconsfield | $811,261 |
| Sydney | House | Tempe | $828,914 |
| Sydney | Unit | Eastlakes | $452,776 |
| Sydney | Unit | Darlington | $453,413 |
| Sydney | Unit | Newtown | $463,732 |
| Sydney | Unit | Marrickville | $506,808 |
| Sydney | Unit | Ashfield | $511,701 |
| Melbourne | House | Bellfield | $533,252 |
| Melbourne | House | Maidstone | $543,582 |
| Melbourne | House | West Footscray | $571,961 |
| Melbourne | House | Footscray | $592,211 |
| Melbourne | House | Yarraville | $655,993 |
| Melbourne | Unit | Carlton | $279,872 |
| Melbourne | Unit | West Footscray | $312,309 |
| Melbourne | Unit | Kingsville | $319,722 |
| Melbourne | Unit | Footscray | $347,801 |
| Melbourne | Unit | South Kingsville | $348,343 |
| Brisbane | House | Rocklea | $330,848 |
| Brisbane | House | Keperra | $416,036 |
| Brisbane | House | Tingalpa | $456,878 |
| Brisbane | House | Chermside West | $471,657 |
| Brisbane | House | Nathan | $473,513 |
| Brisbane | Unit | Tingalpa | $332,317 |
| Brisbane | Unit | Kedron | $335,633 |
| Brisbane | Unit | Wooloowin | $336,975 |
| Brisbane | Unit | Gordon Park | $344,776 |
| Brisbane | Unit | Moorooka | $345,848 |
| Adelaide | House | Dry Creek | $255,349 |
| Adelaide | House | Gepps Cross | $313,467 |
| Adelaide | House | Mansfield Park | $343,040 |
| Adelaide | House | Woodville Gardens | $347,652 |
| Adelaide | House | Kilburn | $349,925 |
| Adelaide | Unit | Kilburn | $233,106 |
| Adelaide | Unit | Woodville Gardens | $241,939 |
| Adelaide | Unit | Windsor Gardens | $243,308 |
| Adelaide | Unit | Angle Park | $245,784 |
| Adelaide | Unit | Clearview | $246,460 |
| Perth | House | Glendalough | $438,995 |
| Perth | House | Osborne Park | $463,414 |
| Perth | House | Westminster | $489,224 |
| Perth | House | Nollamara | $495,617 |
| Perth | House | Redcliffe | $523,014 |
| Perth | Unit | Glendalough | $351,603 |
| Perth | Unit | Osborne Park | $379,757 |
| Perth | Unit | Redcliffe | $384,311 |
| Perth | Unit | Wembley | $388,749 |
| Perth | Unit | Coolbinia | $391,496 |
| Hobart | House | Clarendon Vale | $159,159 |
| Hobart | House | Risdon Vale | $180,626 |
| Hobart | House | Rokeby | $197,709 |
| Hobart | House | Goodwood | $207,428 |
| Hobart | House | Warrane | $229,691 |
| Hobart | Unit | Glenorchy | $198,396 |
| Hobart | Unit | Rokeby | $204,167 |
| Hobart | Unit | Montrose | $204,554 |
| Hobart | Unit | Moonah | $216,038 |
| Hobart | Unit | Rosetta | $216,412 |
| Darwin | House | Malak | $585,478 |
| Darwin | House | Anula | $585,967 |
| Darwin | House | Moil | $587,734 |
| Darwin | House | Milner | $602,943 |
| Darwin | House | The Narrows | $611,961 |
| Darwin | Unit | Alawa | $366,947 |
| Darwin | Unit | Malak | $395,385 |
| Darwin | Unit | Moil | $405,157 |
| Darwin | Unit | Milner | $406,948 |
| Darwin | Unit | Nightcliff | $407,883 |
| Canberra | House | Page | $445,417 |
| Canberra | House | Sculin | $445,873 |
| Canberra | House | Giralang | $470,846 |
| Canberra | House | Evatt | $486,770 |
| Canberra | House | Kaleen | $521,567 |
| Canberra | Unit | Hughes | $265,898 |
| Canberra | Unit | Downer | $289,091 |
| Canberra | Unit | Curtin | $311,265 |
| Canberra | Unit | Chifley | $316,912 |
| Canberra | Unit | Hackett | $329,659 |
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Comments
13 responses to “The Cheapest Suburbs To Buy A House In Australia”
Those prices are crazy. You can tell they are driven by supply/demand and not quality. 🙁
So basically, you can buy a house in Hobart for the cost of the deposit of a house in Sydney. Sounds fair
A lot of the suburbs listed in Hobart are honestly places that you don’t want to live. Lots of social issues & crime due to high level of unemployment, drug use, etc.
Plus you also have to factor in the cost of everything else down here. Food is a lot more expensive as is getting any of the basics from the supermarket.
As with most of them, being an ex Canberra resident and a current Melbourne resident I can see a link between price and crime.
Probably worth mentioning that Rocklea (Brisbane) is so cheap because pretty much the entire suburb was under 2-3m of water in the 2011 floods. I’m surprised that they’re selling for 300k+ to be honest.
+1
I was just about to post the same thing. Be sure to check the flood maps before you buy a property in a lot of Brisbane suburbs.
The areas in Canberra are all really good & close to their individual town centres.
Can recommend Page, Giralang & Sculin because used to live in the suburb nestled between them. No real hassles, close to the town centre & pretty quiet.
They’re all within 15 mins drive to the CBD. Mind you that can mean a disproportionately long bus trip in Canberra, because the city is designed for driving, and bus routes can wind around a bit.
Tell me about it. I used to live in Kambah & was a pain to bus it anywhere & even worse to walk because no real straight roads between places.
Scullin is next to Higgins, which when I lived there had the highest crime rate. Not saying it’s a bad place, he’ll I grew up in mcgregor and charnwood. But I can see a link between crime and price.
A lot of these suburbs may be good for investments? Some are likely not where anyone may want to actually live… But once the ‘undesirable’ elements of each eventually clear out they could go up in value.
There are plenty of nice places around all the cities for good money, just need to find something that fits you lifestyle and budget.
Thanks for this informative residential listing. I have been moving around for quite a bit in search of a good location to settle down with my family. However, since we are quite new to the neighbourhood we are still uncertain which area is best in terms of lifestyle and finances as well. This helps to set as a support for us to refer to should we need be.
The information here could be a little dated and should be put in storage for the 2016 figures for cheapest suburbs in Australia. In any case, you should still keep your eyes peeled in case a good offer comes on the market when you least expect it.