Only 73 suburbs where house prices are less than $ 600,000 are left in the capitals of Australia In what is the last sign of the deteriorating affordability of the country of the country.
New proptrack analysis showed that there were only 73 suburbs in the capitals of Australia, where the average house price was $ 600,000 or less in August.
It is a stunning change compared to just 12 months ago, when there were 160 suburbs to make the same list, largely powered by the rising house prices in Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.
It comes when the Aussie dream to buy a house with a backyard that felt increasingly unreachable for many, with rising house prices, making it more difficult for buyers of the first house to get on the market, especially in the capitals.
The median prize of a house in the capital cities was $ 1,095 million in August, according to Proptrack Home Price Index.
Nevertheless, the average home credit match in Australia was $ 678,000 in June, according to the latest figures from Australia Bureau of Statistics.
Number of suburbs where the median house prices are $ 600,000 or less
| Capital | 2025 | 2024 |
| Larger Adelaide | 14 | 34 |
| Bigger Brisbane | 5 | 29 |
| Larger Darwin | 18 | 15 |
| Hobart | 9 | 11 |
| Bigger Melbourne | 15 | 19 |
| Perth | 12 | 52 |
| Greater Sydney | 0 | 0 |
| Greater Canberra | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 73 | 160 |
Although the ABS average data for housing loan took into account houses, apartments and other housing types, it also reflected what many Aussies could afford today.
The vast majority of the 73 suburbs to make the list was in the outer edge of their respective cities, where housing was usually the most affordable.
The capital with the most affordable suburbs on the list was Darwin, with 18 locations where the median house price was $ 600,000 or less, including Durack, Gunn and Woodroffe.
On the other hand, there were no suburbs in Sydney and Canberra with average house prices worth $ 600,000 or less in 2025 or the year before.
Perth registered the largest annual change in the number of suburbs on the list and fell from 52 suburbs in August 2024 to only 12 this year.
Subaws to make the list this year were Greenfields and Mandurah to the southwest of the city, Midland in the northeast and Armadale and Camillo in the southeast.
73 Capital City Suburbs where the median house prices were $ 600,000 or less
| Suburban | Capital | Median house price | Annual price growth |
| In front of the park | Larger Adelaide | $ 541,750 | 20% |
| Elizabeth Downs | Larger Adelaide | $ 550,000 | 22% |
| Elizabeth East | Larger Adelaide | $ 570,000 | 16% |
| Elizabeth Grove | Larger Adelaide | $ 523,500 | 25% |
| Elizabeth North | Larger Adelaide | $ 515,000 | 23% |
| Elizabeth Park | Larger Adelaide | $ 551,000 | 14% |
| Elizabeth South | Larger Adelaide | $ 510,000 | 13% |
| Evanston | Larger Adelaide | $ 600,000 | 22% |
| Eyre | Larger Adelaide | $ 595,000 | 16% |
| Morno for | Larger Adelaide | $ 584,000 | 12% |
| Salisbury North | Larger Adelaide | $ 600,000 | 18% |
| Smithfield | Larger Adelaide | $ 566,500 | 15% |
| Smithfield Plains | Larger Adelaide | $ 551,500 | 20% |
| Woodville Gardens | Larger Adelaide | $ 570,000 | 4% |
| Brendale | Bigger Brisbane | $ 597,500 | 13% |
| Laidley | Bigger Brisbane | $ 572,500 | 19% |
| MacLey’s Island | Bigger Brisbane | $ 493,000 | 19% |
| Russell Island | Bigger Brisbane | $ 422,500 | 11% |
| Togolawah | Bigger Brisbane | $ 530,000 | 29% |
| Alawala | Larger Darwin | $ 550,000 | -6% |
| Cancel | Larger Darwin | $ 540,000 | 3% |
| Bakewell | Larger Darwin | $ 525,000 | 7% |
| Berrimah | Larger Darwin | $ 355,000 | 42% |
| Director | Larger Darwin | $ 490,000 | 4% |
| Durack | Larger Darwin | $ 593,750 | 8% |
| Sheet | Larger Darwin | $ 580,000 | 1% |
| Gray | Larger Darwin | $ 448,500 | 14% |
| Gunn | Larger Darwin | $ 545,000 | 7% |
| Wage | Larger Darwin | $ 515,000 | 14% |
| Malak | Larger Darwin | $ 525,000 | 6% |
| Miller | Larger Darwin | $ 570,000 | -2% |
| Center | Larger Darwin | $ 550,000 | 0% |
| To rock | Larger Darwin | $ 440,000 | 14% |
| Fold | Larger Darwin | $ 575,000 | 15% |
| Wagaman | Larger Darwin | $ 533,750 | 14% |
| Woodrofffe | Larger Darwin | $ 465,000 | 9% |
| Wulagi | Larger Darwin | $ 582,500 | 10% |
| Beriedale | Hobart | $ 597,500 | 7% |
| Bridge water | Hobart | $ 420,000 | 2% |
| Brighton | Hobart | $ 600,000 | 3% |
| Claremont | Hobart | $ 550,000 | 4% |
| Glenorchy | Hobart | $ 570,000 | 4% |
| New Norfolk | Hobart | $ 460,000 | 0% |
| Primrose Sands | Hobart | $ 477,500 | 1% |
| Risdon Vale | Hobart | $ 470,000 | 3% |
| Rake | Hobart | $ 590,000 | -2% |
| Bredmeadows | Bigger Melbourne | $ 600,000 | 5% |
| Brookfield | Bigger Melbourne | $ 565,000 | 1% |
| Coolaroo | Bigger Melbourne | $ 583,000 | 8% |
| Dallas | Bigger Melbourne | $ 557,500 | 5% |
| Swallow | Bigger Melbourne | $ 600,000 | 0% |
| Gray | Bigger Melbourne | $ 572,500 | 1% |
| I visit | Bigger Melbourne | $ 550,000 | 6% |
| Laverton | Bigger Melbourne | $ 600,000 | 2% |
| Longwarry | Bigger Melbourne | $ 577,500 | -2% |
| Melpen | Bigger Melbourne | $ 485,000 | 1% |
| Melton South | Bigger Melbourne | $ 525,000 | 7% |
| Melton West | Bigger Melbourne | $ 560,000 | 6% |
| Thornhill Park | Bigger Melbourne | $ 580,000 | -3% |
| Weir -views | Bigger Melbourne | $ 580,000 | 2% |
| Wyndham Vale | Bigger Melbourne | $ 585,000 | 0% |
| Armadale | Perth | $ 581,000 | 15% |
| Brookdale | Perth | $ 600,000 | 20% |
| Tube | Perth | $ 580,000 | 21% |
| Camillo | Perth | $ 595,000 | 16% |
| To combine | Perth | $ 600,000 | 15% |
| Greenfields | Perth | $ 600,000 | 10% |
| Mandurah | Perth | $ 572,000 | 16% |
| Medina | Perth | $ 545,000 | 21% |
| Midland | Perth | $ 600,000 | 17% |
| Orelia | Perth | $ 595,000 | 12% |
| Parmelia | Perth | $ 599,000 | 9% |
| Pinjarra | Perth | $ 575,000 | 17% |
In Brisbane, the number of suburbs in August fell to five compared to 29 the same time last year.
Russell Island and MacLey Island belonged to the affordable suburbs of Brisbane, as well as Toogoolawah and Laidley in the Ipswich and Brendale region in the northern suburbs.
Adelaide also saw a significant fall in the suburbs, to just 14 this year from 34 last year.
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All suburbs were in the northern suburbs of Adelaide – such as Davoren Park, Salisbury North and Munno Para – except Woodville Gardens in the west.
There were 15 suburbs in Melbourne to make the list, the vast majority in the west, such as Wyndham Vale, Melton South and Brookfield.
In Hobart there were nine suburbs where the median house prices were $ 600,000 or less, including Glenorchy, Rokeby and New Norfolk.
A buyer paid $ 482,000 last month for the house with three bedrooms in 48 Coates Street, Laidley in Brisbane. Photo: realestate.com.au/sold
It comes when the affordability of homes in Australia registered at the worst level, according to Proptrack’s Housing Affordability Index.
The study published in September last year and revealed that households could afford to buy the smallest share of houses after a rapid decrease in affordability in just a few years.
Federal, state and territory governments have tried to make homes more affordable by extra first-home copper support and efforts to increase the country’s housing stock.
Most experts agreed that increasing housing stock through new housing was the best solution for the affordability of Australia, but many were skeptical that enough was done to move the dial, at least in the short term.
This means that it will probably be even more difficult for Australians to buy a house in the future for $ 600,000 or less in the capitals, so that buyers are even further removed from city centers or in apartments and other more affordable housing types.
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