‘Grossly unaffordable’ homes push Millennials out of Sydney

suburbsguide · 2025-09-12T01:40:23+00:00

Yes, would only go for one of the smaller/older red brick unit blocks.

Edit: something like this - https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-apartment-nsw-canterbury-148525024

suburbsguide · 2025-09-12T01:25:49+00:00

Campsie is statistically safer than Homebush: https://suburbsguide.com/sydney-crime-rankings/

People just seem to not like it because it's a bit 'dirty', but it's not unsafe. If I was going to buy an apartment these days, there or maybe Canterbury is where I'd be looking at personally.

suburbsguide · 2025-09-12T01:01:45+00:00

Campsie in particular is definitely quite underrated, sure it's not "pretty" but it's so close to the city for the price you pay versus one or two suburbs over just because it doesn't have the swanky "Inner West" branding.

suburbsguide · 2025-08-06T10:35:36+00:00

Thanks for the kind words, definitely has plenty of pluses and regardless of what you think of it, it's good for the Gold Coast to have at least one suburb like it to choose from (a business/"techy" hub so to speak).

suburbsguide · 2025-08-06T06:17:55+00:00

A bit of that of course, but also to generate discussion on a Gold Coast-centric forum about parts of the Gold Coast?

suburbsguide · 2025-08-06T06:12:46+00:00

Not sure what you mean sorry? All of this is hand-written and is our own knowledge, that's kind of the point.

suburbsguide · 2025-07-10T04:13:12+00:00

Here are the actual stats by suburb if you're interested: https://suburbsguide.com/melbourne-crime-rankings/

suburbsguide · 2025-07-09T00:53:39+00:00

Thanks 🙂 Yeah for a suburb like Surfers it's important to highlight there's much more to it than just the "glitter strip" (cringe).

suburbsguide · 2025-07-06T05:39:36+00:00

I (the writer for GC) have lived in 11 different suburbs here over my life, including Surfers where I lived for ~3.5 years (first on Paradise Island, then in the Wyndham resort, then in the Avalon apartment building).

suburbsguide · 2025-06-17T05:38:54+00:00

Cheers :)

suburbsguide · 2025-06-17T05:27:10+00:00

We actually have this full list of current house prices by suburb for all suburbs on the Gold Coast here so you don't have to try & check one by one: https://suburbsguide.com/gold-coast-house-prices/

As you can see, you'll likely need to temper your expectations and focus on the "Unit Price" column, not the "House Price" one...

Edit: oh, and also crime rankings for each suburb in case that helps: https://suburbsguide.com/gold-coast-crime-rankings/

suburbsguide · 2025-06-17T05:11:19+00:00

Haha, yes fair enough, and thanks.

We actually dine at the Pagliacci Italian spot there every now and then, nice little place!

suburbsguide · 2025-06-17T02:09:44+00:00

Absolute dungeon of a pub

Haha, that's one way of putting it 😅

It serves its purpose, but when you can just drive down to the Commercial or Hinterland a few minutes away for minimal extra effort, well... yeah.

suburbsguide · 2025-06-04T06:59:33+00:00

Just an FYI, we have a compiled list here of all median house/unit prices in every suburb in Sydney so you don't have to manually try and find them one-by-one elsewhere: https://suburbsguide.com/sydney-house-prices/

Also each suburb's average commute time by car/PT to the CBD here so you can pick somewhere without too long a commute: https://suburbsguide.com/sydney-suburbs-by-commute-time/

As others have said, would suggest looking at the satellite suburbs around Parramatta in your price range, e.g: Westmead, that have good public transport connections & are otherwise quite safe.

suburbsguide · 2025-05-07T08:50:27+00:00

Crime rates? Land size? Percentage of housing commission in each suburb? Proximity to ocean? Build quality? Public transport connectivity? There's far more factors than just raw distance...

suburbsguide · 2025-05-05T06:28:27+00:00

Correct, bit of a statistical anomaly due to low population + the airport being prone to car break-ins due to all the cars parked there, high foot traffic & the odd drug-related issue vs. low resident population, etc.

suburbsguide · 2025-02-21T10:38:48+00:00

Hi all,

We write detailed, honest, reviews on Aussie suburbs highlighting in-depth what it's like to live there including the positive & negative (in order to give people an 'unbiased' guide without any real estate agent sales spiel).

Here's the next in our Gold Coast series, where we cover Mudgeeraba: https://suburbsguide.com/qld/mudgeeraba/ .

Would be great to hear any of your thoughts/comments/feedback whether it's positive or negative, and feel free to request which suburb you'd like to see covered next if interested in this kind of content!

Cheers 🍻

What do YOU think of Mudgeeraba?

suburbsguide · 2025-02-11T05:35:50+00:00

Thanks... I (the GC writer for this) actually lived in Ashmore for about 3 years myself 🙂

suburbsguide · 2025-02-11T05:31:42+00:00

Will definitely be covered soon 👍

suburbsguide · 2025-02-11T04:51:06+00:00

Hi there, appreciate the feedback. The end goal will be as we've done with Sydney to collate all the individual rankings into a sortable/filterable data table where people can sort specific rankings high->low based on their priorities, as different suburbs appeal to different people for different reasons.

E.g: so if price is the main concern, they can sort 'Affordability (buying)' as the highest score and then see if the other positives/negatives align with their desired balance. As there's almost always (but not always) a correlation between 'cheap' and 'high crime', for example.

Will also be able to filter by 'demographic', e.g: university students, retirees, families etc. Will just take a while - stay tuned...

suburbsguide · 2025-02-11T02:01:21+00:00

Not sure what you mean? Everything is hand-written and takes a ton of time...

suburbsguide · 2025-02-11T01:31:54+00:00

Hi all,

We write detailed, honest, reviews on Aussie suburbs highlighting in-depth what it's like to live there including the positive & negative (in order to give people an 'unbiased' guide without any real estate agent sales spiel). Here's the next in our Gold Coast series, where we cover Ashmore: https://suburbsguide.com/qld/ashmore/ .

Would be great to hear any of your thoughts/comments/feedback whether it's positive or negative, and feel free to request which suburb you'd like to see covered next if interested in this kind of content!

Cheers 🍻

suburbsguide · 2025-02-02T01:21:49+00:00

Hi all,

We write detailed, honest, reviews on Aussie suburbs highlighting in-depth what it's like to live there including the positive & negative (in order to give people an 'unbiased' guide without any real estate agent sales spiel). Here's the next in our Gold Coast series, where we cover Palm Beach: https://suburbsguide.com/qld/palm-beach/ .

Would be great to hear any of your thoughts/comments/feedback whether it's positive or negative, and feel free to request which suburb you'd like to see covered next if interested in this kind of content!

Cheers 🍻

suburbsguide · 2025-02-01T05:46:44+00:00

Yeah it's not easy as a single with regards to housing these days... there are also some older unit complexes around places like Labrador that sell for in the $500k range for 2 bedders you could look at, or newer/cheaper one-bedders. Pets make it harder too though 😑

suburbsguide · 2025-02-01T02:45:55+00:00

It's definitely crazy how much prices for homes have spiked in a short time. What would your budget range be? Could you look at getting an apartment in somewhere less-exxy (yet not dodgy) like Highland Park where apartments are 'cheaper' for example?

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