Ballarat, VIC

Ballarat has 8 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $435. A single person needs to earn at least $49,400/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

2 suburbs are in rental stress, where median rent exceeds 30% of median household income.

Across the 8 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Ballarat, weekly medians run from $400 in Ballarat up to $500 in Newtown, a 1.3× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

2 of the tracked suburbs sit in rental stress, where the median rent exceeds 30% of the local median household income. Tracked rents rose an average 3.6% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

For the long-form version of how these numbers work, see the NestLedger guides.