What are the cheapest suberbs in Sydney to live?

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All you need to know I looked at a couple of months ago but it really seemed to vary. Anything North of the Bridge is pricey.
Friends lived in Balmain it's great & on the harbour but Transport is really frequent in Sydney. If you are sharing it shouldn't be too bad. Get a Street Directory and look on the website and figure out where you want to live.

almarj70

Sydney and cheap are two words that don't often occur in the same sentence. The further away you get from the city centre however the cheaper the rent.

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Anything North of Sydney harbour Bridge is quite expensive (think the rocks, darling harbour). Cheapest suburbs include bankstown, cabramatta and redfern.

myohmy

Depending on where you work the western suburbs is reasonably cheap and not to bad.
It is a fallacy that you can't get insurance in some suburbs and that you need to replace your stolen T.V every week.
The difference between the west and the upper class areas are that the upper class will walk all over their mothers back to hide any unpleasantness in the area or family. With the people in the west, what you see is what you get. No pretences. I know, i have lived in both areas for a very long time.
The west ( blacktown area ) has reasonable rental prices and is close to major shopping centres and direct public transport to sydney city.
The average rent for an average 3-4 bedroom home ( is approx $400-$450 per week)
Good luck with your plans. I hope this helps.

karmababii

i would say the south or eastern suburbs. anywhere south towards the sutherland shire, closer to the cbd past redfern and north from the bridge is all pretty expensive.

i hear any of the apartments near universities and student housing is cheap and if it's your first time living here, it might be best because there's always going to be transport and shops close by. rent can vary from $140 a week to 500. it all depends on the location and facilities.

Hope that gives you some ideas. enjoy.

Secret Spy Agent

If you want to go rock bottom, the St Marys area has units from about $130,000 (to buy) and houses from about $200,000. To rent rents for flats start at $120 and houses about $150. Commuting distance from the city is about 40 minutes by train, if that is OK with you.

Hope this helps and good luck on moving to the land down under!

Jess

It all depends how willing you are to trade safe for cheap. The western suburbs have much higher crime rates/problems than the northern suburbs, so they'll therefore be very cheap.

Are you female? That will probably make a difference about where you feel safe living. I'd stay away from inner city areas, and instead choose somewhere that you can catch a bus into the city (if that's where you work).

The eastern suburbs such as kensington/kingsford/randwick/maroubra are quite cheap and not too unsafe, and they're near a uni so lots of rental places around. They're about 20 mins bus ride to the city, and they're right near the beach! You can usually get a room for $150 per week, so a three bedroom place would probably set you back about $450.

Riley

I live in a exclusive suburb of Sydney and rentals can can start at au $1,500 for a one bedroom apartment to au$18,000 plus which is a cheap bargain a week for a house in the area I live in. You could rent a house in the south west around East Hills or in the Rockdale area from around au $400 to au$ 800 a week. As all of the answerers had mentioned Sydney is one of the most very expensive city's in the world to live in. All the suburbs around Sydney are all really nice and the public transport is brilliant. So you can shop around and find a good bargain. When you do get a long lease as they will put the rent price up at the end of a lease. The further you live from the city the cheaper it is only it adds up in transport cost so pay the little extra to live closer to the city.

Michaela-Yvette

If you still wanna be close to the City, on the train line, I'd go Parramatta, Penrith way. There's lots of little suburbs which are still nice, although once past Pendle Hill they become a little scrubby, although I'd live there as it's cheap. There's also a station at every suburb to the City which doesn't take too long and there's lots of great shopping plazas and other stuff to do, such as swimming, cricket, golf, cinema, and Rugby League.

Cekker Kwann

Not Redfern for sure.... Drug den, high crime! Go a bit further to Croyden or even Burwood.

Shell C

Just remember that there are some places in sydney where you cannot get contents insurance for. You may be able to live cheap, but have to buy a new tv and all every month adds up.

James A

Western Suburbs

anzen12

Head west for very cheap, head south for sort of cheap, go east for mid range but small, head north if you like lots of traffic and high rental bills.

Sydney is a largish city. It could very much depend on where you work. Commuting in Sydney is not a lot of fun.

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