Rent prices in Melbourne
Median weekly rent by suburb and postcode, worked out from 37 live listings on Flathive. Updated 30 October 2026.
Rooms
$300/wk median
Most $250–$400 · 37 listings
Melbourne rent map
Room rent in Melbourne by postcode
Cheapest first. Weekly rent.
| Suburb & postcode | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Sunshine West, Sunshine 3020 | $290 | $280–$355 |
Postcodes with fewer than 5 listings of a type aren't shown, so a single listing never sets a suburb's price.
Rent in Melbourne: common questions
- How much is a room in Melbourne?
- The median weekly rent for a room in Melbourne is $300, based on 37 live listings on Flathive. Most are between $250 and $400 a week.
- How are these rent prices worked out?
- Every day we take the rent of each published listing on Flathive in Melbourne: each room's rent for rooms, the whole rent for whole places. We show the median (the middle rent), the typical range (the middle 80% of rents) and the average. A postcode is only shown once it has at least 5 rents of that type.