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Top 50 Suburb Ranking

A directional demand screen for Victorian shared-housing markets

Fifty Victorian suburbs ranked by directional demand for shared housing, informed by live Flatmates.com.au activity, established share-house suburb guidance, and room-rent growth reporting. This is a demand-screening tool, not a definitive market-share table.

Showing 50 of 50
1Carlton
Very high · Inner Melbourne / university precinct
Established share-house suburb, university demand
2Richmond
Very high · Inner east
Longstanding high seeker demand
3Fitzroy
Very high · Inner north
Core inner share-house market
4Brunswick
Very high · Inner north
Established share-house and renter market
5South Yarra
Very high · Inner south
Strong listings, high room-rent market
6St Kilda
Very high · Inner south / bayside
Established share-house demand
7Collingwood
Very high · Inner north-east
Core inner renter market
8Prahran
Very high · Inner south
Established high-demand share suburb
9Windsor
Very high · Inner south
Share-house cluster with Prahran/St Kilda
10Footscray
Very high · Inner west
Major inner-west share-house location
11Northcote
High · Inner north
Strong amenity, lower-cost alternative to Fitzroy
12Parkville
High · Inner Melbourne / university precinct
University-linked, adjacent to Carlton
13Hawthorn
High · Inner east / education
Education-linked renter market
14Coburg
High · Inner north
Strong share-house suburb
15Abbotsford
High · Inner east
Established share-house guidance
16Seddon
High · Inner west
Strong room-rent growth and demand
17Yarraville
High · Inner west
Established inner-west share suburb
18Flemington
High · Inner north-west
High recent room-rent growth
19Burnley
High · Inner east
Top-10 suburb for room-rent growth
20St Kilda East
High · Inner south-east
Strong current listing evidence
21Malvern
High · Inner / middle south-east
Active listings, premium room market
22Elsternwick
High · Inner / middle south-east
Identified as attractive share suburb
23Box Hill
High · Middle east
High room rents, major transport/education node
24Clayton
High · South-east / education
Major education and health catchment
25Springvale
High · South-east
Listing presence, migrant renter demand
26Chadstone
Moderate to high · Middle south-east
Active listing evidence
27Mulgrave
Moderate to high · Middle south-east
Current listing presence
28Dandenong North
Moderate to high · Outer-middle south-east
Listings + affordability-led demand
29Blackburn North
Moderate to high · Middle east
Strong room-rent growth
30Nunawading
Moderate to high · Middle east
Strong room-rent growth
31Ringwood East
Moderate to high · Outer east
Very strong room-rent growth
32Hampton
Moderate to high · Bayside south-east
Highest recent room-rent growth in cited reporting
33Sunshine West
Moderate to high · West
Top-10 room-rent growth suburb
34Essendon West
Moderate to high · North-west
Strong room-rent growth
35Burnside
Moderate · West
Very strong room-rent growth, less established share-house brand
36Point Cook
Moderate · Outer west
Active listings, affordability-led demand
37Craigieburn
Moderate · Outer north
Active listings, value-driven room market
38Keysborough
Moderate · Outer south-east
Active listings, affordability-led demand
39Preston
Moderate · Inner / middle north
Strong northern corridor renter market
40Balaclava
Moderate · Inner south
Adjacency to St Kilda/Windsor
41Caulfield
Moderate · Inner / middle south-east
Education access, established renter base
42Kensington
Moderate · Inner north-west
Inner access, share-house suitability
43Ascot Vale
Moderate · Inner north-west
Strong transport, west/north-west spillover
44Geelong
Moderate · Major regional city
Large regional renter base, tertiary demand
45Ballarat
Moderate · Major regional city
Regional education and service-centre demand
46Bendigo
Moderate · Major regional city
Regional centre with renter depth
47Lilydale
Lower to moderate · Outer east
Nearby listing evidence
48Coldstream
Lower to moderate · Outer east / Yarra Valley edge
Nearby listing evidence
49West Melbourne
Lower to moderate · CBD fringe
Presence in room-market searches
50East Melbourne
Lower to moderate · CBD fringe
Presence in share-house searches
How to read this ranking

Ranking reflects demand concentration, not achievable rent

A well-designed co-living property in a lower-ranked suburb can achieve stronger per-room rents than the indicative figures for higher-ranked suburbs. Location informs demand depth; design, specification and management determine what each room commands.

Suburbs are grouped into five tiers — Very high, High, Moderate to high, Moderate, and Lower to moderate — based on the strength and consistency of evidence signals, not on a single quantitative score.

Methodology

Indicative only — not financial or investment advice. Actual achievable per-room rent depends on the specific property, design and management.

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