Top 5 cheapest Perth suburbs (within 10km of the CBD)

Whether you’re saving money for your next holiday, home deposit, pet quokka or just a big night out at Crown Perth, our cheapest Perth suburbs are sure to help you to help you get there.

There’s one word that sums up Perth’s market for rooms in share houses: cheap as chips. While even the most expensive rooms in Perth will set you back little more than $200 per week, at the bottom end of the share market there are even greater bargains to be found. If you’re wanting to save money for a house deposit, move to Perth.

Flatmates.com.au has run new data on suburb rental prices. Over the coming weeks we’ll be bringing you articles on the cheapest and most expensive suburbs to rent a private room in a share house in each capital city. If you pick City Beach over Cottosloe, you like stocking up on bogroll at Perth’s new Costco and doing mainies is your idea of fun, check out the five cheapest suburbs within 10km of Perth’s CBD below.

CANNINGTON

Distance: 10.5km from the CBD
Rent average: $135/week private room

Coming in hot with the cheapest rent within 10km of the CBD is Cannington, but this suburb doesn’t miss out on amenities despite its low cost of entry. Home to Westfield Carousel, the suburb is the epitome of convenience, with the shopping centre, Hoyts Cinemas and a plethora of dining options within walking distance of almost any home in the suburb. Only 10km (or eight rail stops) from the CBD, Cannington has two train stations and is bisected by the Albany Highway, providing easy access to both the north and south. It’s quite close to the airport and locals do report plane noise can be challenging.

Pros: Save money on rent and travel time to the airport for your next boys trip to Bali.

QUEENS PARK

Distance: 10.8km from the CBD
Rent average: $138/week private room

Skip one suburb to the north and you’ll land in Queens Park, which is almost as affordable as Cannington. An up and coming area, it offers many of the same advantages, including being in close proximity to Carousel and its 330 stores and services, along with public transport, multicultural dining options and easy access to the airport. With almost a quarter of its residents classified as “independent youth” (lucky them), it also has a growing cohort of young renters and share house tenants.

MANNING

Distance: 8.8km from the CBD
Rent average: $140/week private room

Manning is something of a forgotten gem in the Perth rental market, as gentrification has yet to boom here. While nearby South Perth and Como often demand closer to $200 per week for a room, price averages on our site for rooms in Manning fare much cheaper. You’ll get plenty of bang for your buck, including access to the Mandurah Rail Line, a ton of bus routes, local parks, playing fields and the waterfront, while it’s also favoured amongst students of Curtin University, only a couple of minutes away.

BENTLEY

Distance: 8.9km from the CBD
Rent average: $150/week private room

Speaking of Curtin Uni, Bentley’s where it’s at, and comes in only marginally more expensive at an average of $150 per week. Bookended by Waterford Plaza and Bentley Plaza, it services its demographic to a tee – almost a third of locals are independent young people. At less than 9km from the CBD, you’ll never be short of entertainment options, and due to its strong student presence, there are often significantly more rooms available than in other suburbs.

CLOVERDALE

Distance: 9.9km from the CBD
Rent average: $150/week private room

Few other places in Australia can have you in the CBD in 10 minutes and the airport in five. But that’s Cloverdale for you. Popular among families due to its larger homes, good schools and solid transport options, Cloverdale has nonetheless found a following among share house residents for many of the same reasons. Most locals will tell you they don’t notice that the airport is just across the highway, but what they do love is how close it is to the Belmont Forum Shopping Centre, DFO Perth and newly opened Costco (praise the lord), as well as a good scattering of parks and gardens.

Sounds like cheap rent in Perth is associated with living near the airport, and if that means you’re closer to your next holiday (post COVD-19 of course) then that sounds like a pretty good deal to us.

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