1. Australia
  2. Victoria
  3. Southern Melbourne

Southern Melbourne

Victoria groups its suburbs into thirteen regions and publishes a median for each, computed over every lease in the region.

Latest data

At $650 a week, Southern Melbourne is higher than 77% of the 13 VIC regions we hold.

Rents there are up 4.8% over the past year, about the same as the typical VIC region (up 4.8%).

Based on 13,978 new leases, which is a large enough sample to be steady quarter to quarter.

Of the 13 suburbs inside it that we hold, half rent above $630 a week. That is the middle suburb, not the figure above, which the publisher computed over every bond here.

Median weekly rent$650publisher’s figure · the twelve months to September 2025
Rent change — 1 yearUp 4.8%the twelve months to September 2025 against a year earlier
Rent change — 5 yearsUp 35.4%the twelve months to September 2025 against five years earlier
New leases13,978in the twelve months to September 2025

103 quarters of history

Moving annual median, being the median across every lease signed in the preceding twelve months, which is smoother than a quarterly figure and lags one.

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13 suburbs we hold here

Ranked by the same figure in the same quarter, so they are comparable. Sort by any column, or search the list by name.

Suburb Median weekly rent Rent change — 1 year New leases Compare
Brighton East$835Down 3.5%426
Brighton$825Up 18.7%726
Hampton-Beaumaris$750Up 4.9%1,012
Bentleigh$700Up 7.7%2,039
Caulfield$650Up 2.4%2,292
Cheltenham$635Up 5.8%1,642
Malvern$630Up 7.7%399
Aspendale-Chelsea-Carrum$620Up 3.3%1,102
Malvern East$610Up 1.7%905
Elsternwick$600Up 4.3%607
Mentone-Parkdale-Mordialloc$580Up 0.9%1,081
Murrumbeena-Hughesdale$580Up 5.5%710
Carnegie$570Up 3.6%1,037

Sources & methodology

Market data sources are named beside the figures above. APRIQ keeps the publication period, source, licence and calculation method available for inspection. See full sources & methodology →