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Victoria · computed 2026-07-31
Most Affordable Suburbs to Rent a 3-Bedroom Home in Victoria
The ten Victoria suburbs with the lowest median weekly rent for a three-bedroom home, measured from bonds actually lodged with the state rental authority.
The top 10
- 1Delacombe, VICPopulation 6,297$400/wk
- 2Sebastopol, VICPopulation 10,032$400/wk
- 3Morwell, VICPopulation 13,771$400/wk
- 4Alfredton, VICPopulation 9,220$410/wk
- 5Wendouree, VICPopulation 10,445$410/wk
- 6Corio, VICPopulation 15,296$420/wk
- 7Melton, VICPopulation 8,069$420/wk
- 8Horsham, VICPopulation 14,543$430/wk
- 9Brunswick West, VICPopulation 14,159$445/wk
- 10Maffra, VICPopulation 5,280$450/wk
How this was decided
- Method
- Suburbs ranked by the median weekly rent of a 3-bedroom home from lodged bond data, lowest first. One dwelling size is used throughout so the ranking compares like with like — ranking on each suburb's most common dwelling would pit a one-bedroom flat against a four-bedroom house. No modelled rent is eligible.
- Data source
- Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
- Who was eligible
- Population 1,000+ and a published bond median. Published per suburb.
- How many suburbs were ranked
- 158 suburbs had measured data and met the eligibility rule. Suburbs without measured data were not ranked — they were not scored low, they were left out.
- Independence
- Nobody can buy this award, a place in it, or a change to it. It is computed from public data by a published formula and has no commercial relationship attached.
Why only Victoria?
Because that is where a government publishes the measurement. Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Northern Territory publish neither bond rents nor sale prices per suburb, so no equivalent award can be computed there without inventing the numbers — which would make it worthless.
If that changes, this award widens automatically the next time the data is rebuilt.