Highest Rent Pressure — VIC
Top 50 suburbs where weekly rent sits furthest above the state rent baseline in VIC.
Highest Rent Pressure
Top 50 suburbs where weekly rent sits furthest above the state rent baseline — VIC
This screen is useful when you want to see where rent pressure is concentrated in VIC.
High rent versus the state baseline can reflect scarcity, amenity, location, or data grain. It does not prove the suburb is a good buy by itself.
Open detail or compare to test income, entry price, services, and evidence depth before shortlisting.
Start with rent-led investor strength, save the strongest suburbs, then compare before sending a lead into the AU calculator.
Model the deal only after rent and price evidence are strong enough.
Rent rankings use state rent feeds with different grains and cadences. Use them to find pressure, then open suburb detail before treating the signal as final.
Use compare to test whether the rent premium is backed by income, price, services, and population depth.
Rankings are strongest when they hand you a shortlist quickly. Compare the top two first, then open suburb detail if the head-to-head result still feels narrow.
High rent can reflect scarcity or sample shape. Verify the suburb page before treating it as quality.
- +317%#1RavenhallVIC
- +132%#2Brighton EastVIC
- +129%#3BrightonVIC
- +121%#4Port MelbourneVIC
- +111%#5Carlton NorthVIC
- +106%#6BalwynVIC
- +94%#7BentleighVIC
- +94%#8DocklandsVIC
- +94%#9FitzroyVIC
- +93%#10Mount WaverleyVIC
- +92%#11KewVIC
- +91%#12ToorakVIC
- +90%#13TorquayVIC
- +89%#14SouthbankVIC
- +86%#15WilliamstownVIC
- +81%#16CaulfieldVIC
- +81%#17East MelbourneVIC
- +81%#18KeilorVIC
- +81%#19RowvilleVIC
- +81%#20South MelbourneVIC
- +78%#21Lysterfield SouthVIC
- +78%#22NorthcoteVIC
- +76%#23CheltenhamVIC
- +75%#24MalvernVIC
- +74%#25ArmadaleVIC
- +73%#26WaterwaysVIC
- +72%#27South YarraVIC
- +70%#28BeaumarisVIC
- +69%#29Box HillVIC
- +69%#30Malvern EastVIC
- +67%#31Middle ParkVIC
- +67%#32Park OrchardsVIC
- +67%#33BerwickVIC
- +67%#34BlackburnVIC
- +67%#35BrunswickVIC
- +67%#36ClaytonVIC
- +67%#37ElsternwickVIC
- +67%#38Ferntree GullyVIC
- +65%#39ElwoodVIC
- +64%#40Albert ParkVIC
- +64%#41KooyongVIC
- +61%#42CranbourneVIC
- +60%#43PortseaVIC
- +58%#44CarnegieVIC
- +58%#45SpringvaleVIC
- +56%#46BoroniaVIC
- +56%#47PrestonVIC
- +56%#48RingwoodVIC
- +56%#49St KildaVIC
- +54%#50Balwyn NorthVIC
| # ▲ | SUBURB | STATE | VS STATE | WEEKLY | POP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ravenhall | VIC | +317% | 2,295 | $1500/wk |
| 2 | Brighton East | VIC | +132% | 16,757 | $835/wk |
| 3 | Brighton | VIC | +129% | 23,252 | $825/wk |
| 4 | Port Melbourne | VIC | +121% | 17,633 | $795/wk |
| 5 | Carlton North | VIC | +111% | 6,177 | $760/wk |
| 6 | Balwyn | VIC | +106% | 13,495 | $740/wk |
| 7 | Bentleigh | VIC | +94% | 17,921 | $700/wk |
| 8 | Docklands | VIC | +94% | 15,495 | $700/wk |
| 9 | Fitzroy | VIC | +94% | 10,431 | $700/wk |
| 10 | Mount Waverley | VIC | +93% | 35,340 | $695/wk |
| 11 | Kew | VIC | +92% | 24,499 | $690/wk |
| 12 | Toorak | VIC | +91% | 12,817 | $688/wk |
| 13 | Torquay | VIC | +90% | 18,534 | $685/wk |
| 14 | Southbank | VIC | +89% | 22,631 | $680/wk |
| 15 | Williamstown | VIC | +86% | 14,407 | $670/wk |
| 16 | Caulfield | VIC | +81% | 5,748 | $650/wk |
| 17 | East Melbourne | VIC | +81% | 4,896 | $650/wk |
| 18 | Keilor | VIC | +81% | 5,906 | $650/wk |
| 19 | Rowville | VIC | +81% | 33,571 | $650/wk |
| 20 | South Melbourne | VIC | +81% | 11,548 | $650/wk |
| 21 | Lysterfield South | VIC | +78% | 994 | $640/wk |
| 22 | Northcote | VIC | +78% | 25,276 | $640/wk |
| 23 | Cheltenham | VIC | +76% | 23,992 | $635/wk |
| 24 | Malvern | VIC | +75% | 9,929 | $630/wk |
| 25 | Armadale | VIC | +74% | 9,368 | $625/wk |
| 26 | Waterways | VIC | +73% | 2,422 | $623/wk |
| 27 | South Yarra | VIC | +72% | 25,028 | $620/wk |
| 28 | Beaumaris | VIC | +70% | 13,947 | $612/wk |
| 29 | Box Hill | VIC | +69% | 14,353 | $610/wk |
| 30 | Malvern East | VIC | +69% | 22,296 | $610/wk |
| 31 | Middle Park | VIC | +67% | 4,000 | $602/wk |
| 32 | Park Orchards | VIC | +67% | 3,835 | $601/wk |
| 33 | Berwick | VIC | +67% | 50,298 | $600/wk |
| 34 | Blackburn | VIC | +67% | 14,478 | $600/wk |
| 35 | Brunswick | VIC | +67% | 24,896 | $600/wk |
| 36 | Clayton | VIC | +67% | 18,988 | $600/wk |
| 37 | Elsternwick | VIC | +67% | 10,887 | $600/wk |
| 38 | Ferntree Gully | VIC | +67% | 27,398 | $600/wk |
| 39 | Elwood | VIC | +65% | 15,153 | $595/wk |
| 40 | Albert Park | VIC | +64% | 6,044 | $590/wk |
| 41 | Kooyong | VIC | +64% | 842 | $590/wk |
| 42 | Cranbourne | VIC | +61% | 21,281 | $580/wk |
| 43 | Portsea | VIC | +60% | 787 | $577/wk |
| 44 | Carnegie | VIC | +58% | 17,909 | $570/wk |
| 45 | Springvale | VIC | +58% | 22,174 | $570/wk |
| 46 | Boronia | VIC | +56% | 23,607 | $560/wk |
| 47 | Preston | VIC | +56% | 33,790 | $560/wk |
| 48 | Ringwood | VIC | +56% | 19,144 | $560/wk |
| 49 | St Kilda | VIC | +56% | 19,490 | $560/wk |
| 50 | Balwyn North | VIC | +54% | 21,302 | $554/wk |
Australian highest rent pressure FAQ
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What does highest rent pressure mean?
It ranks suburbs where the latest available weekly rent sits furthest above the median rent baseline for that state.
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Is high rent pressure good for investors?
Not automatically. It can signal scarcity or tenant demand, but it can also mean affordability is stretched. Compare price, income, yield, and evidence freshness before acting.
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Which states are included?
NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, and TAS are included. ACT and NT are excluded from rent-specific ranking pages until comparable rent source coverage is available.
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What should I do after opening this ranking?
Use the ranking as a screening step for VIC. Save realistic suburbs to your shortlist, compare the strongest two or three, then use suburb detail pages or the calculator to test the final candidate.