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Cheap inner-city living …where can YOU find it??

You may already know it, buying properties within 10km of capital cities is generally a good investment, but where ARE the most affordable areas?

 

There’s some suburbs within 5km of capital city centres where the median unit price is $200,000 and the gross rental yield 5.33%?

You really don’t have to buy far from the city centre to pick up a bargain!

And it’s not a bad strategy for identifying best value properties to find ones located in affordable suburbs within a 10 kilometre radius of the city!

For some cities, the inner circle can be more or less, depending on the size of the city, however, generally it’s a good rule of thumb because it’s these areas that are more likely well serviced by transport, have social and retail amenities close by AND benefit from strong rental demand!

Identified below are the five most affordable suburbs for houses and units within a 5km radius of Melbourne City.

Melbourne - houses

 Suburb

 Council area

 Number of sales

 Median price

 Annual change
over 10 years

 Median weekly rent

 Gross rental yield

 Braybrook

 Maribyrnong

 73

 $345,200

 15.45%

 $250

 3.77%

 Maidstone

 Maribyrnong

 114

 $435,000

 14.24%

 $300

 3.59%

 West Footscray

 Maribyrnong

 138

 $447,000

 13.62%

 $320

 3.72%

 Kingsville

 Maribyrnong

 26

 $451,000

 11.77%

 $330

 3.80%

 Footscray

 Maribyrnong

 168

 $453,750

 13.06%

 $320

 3.67%

Melbourne - units

 Suburb

 Council area

 Number of sale 

 Median price

 Annual change over 10 years

 Median weekly rent

 Gross rental yield

 Williamstown Nth

 Hobsons Bay

 12

 $218,500

 0.24%

 n.a.

 n.a.

 Footscray

 Maribyrnong

 155

 $240,000

 14.42%

 $270

 5.85%

 Carlton

 Melbourne

 249

 $246,000

 2.60%

 $390

 8.24%

 West Footscray

 Maribyrnong

 96

 $269,500

 15.06%

 $210

 4.05%

 Braybrook

 Maribyrnong

 28

 $275,000

 9.85%

 $310

 5.86%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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