13 cheapest Inner West suburbs to rent a room

It wasn’t too long ago when sharing a place in the Inner West meant you’d be guaranteed cheap digs.

However, gentrification and interest in the area in recent years has seen things change drastically.

Data from Flatmates.com.au showed private room rents in Tempe alone grew by 38% between 2014 and 2016, while suburbs such as Lewisham, St Peters and Annandale grew by 19%.

Unfortunately, if you’re looking for something around the $250 per week mark, you can almost forget about the likes of Newtown, Camperdown or Glebe where average room prices have soared well above $300 per week.

Understandably, this news may turn you off your smashed avo on toast— perhaps even cause you to curse under your breath at the ‘boomers’ or hipsters for the hikes in rent.

But, not all is lost.

There were still 13 Inner West suburbs where average room rents remained under $260 per week in the last six months— which could be considered an absolute bargain for Sydney.

Rank	Price per week	Dist. to CBD
1	Croydon Park	$220	12km
2	Haberfield	$225	9km
3	Croydon	$228	11km
4	Concord West	$235	16km
5	Homebush West	$241	16km
6	Five Dock	$245	10km
7	Sydenham	$247	8km
8	Dulwich Hill	$248	7.5km
9	Strathfield	$250	12km
10	Enfield	$251	13km
11	Concord	$253	15km
12	Ashfield	$253	9km
13	Strathfield South	$258	14km

^{Average prices based on all private room listings created in the previous six months}