Geelong, VIC

Geelong has 12 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $523. A single person needs to earn at least $62,400/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

Across the 12 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Geelong, weekly medians run from $400 in Corio up to $685 in Torquay, a 1.7× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

On current data, no tracked suburb here has a median rent above 30% of its local median household income, which is the usual rental stress line. Tracked rents rose an average 3.9% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

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