Australia's Lowest-Rent Areas Revealed! Rooms Under $400 Plummet! USYD Students, Take Note — Free Shuttle Bus at Fisher!

Australia’s Lowest-Rent Areas Revealed!

The latest Australian rental data shows that the share of affordable listings nationwide renting for under $400 per week has fallen from 42.5% in March 2020 to just 17.6% today.

In Sydney, the share of listings under $400 a week has dropped from 21.3% to 7.8%, and in Melbourne from 39% to 20%.

It also named the areas with the lowest single-room rents in each state across Australia:

NSW — Deniliquin — $250 per week

QLD — Charleville & Stanthorpe — $235 per week

SA — Murray Bridge — $225 per week

SA — Whyalla — $220 per week

WA — Beresford — $220 per week

SA — Andamooka & Peterborough, and VIC — Moe — $200 per week

VIC — Newborough — $180 per week

USYD Students, Take Note — Free Shuttle Bus at Fisher!

University of Sydney students — especially those just starting out — many of you probably don’t know that USYD also has a free shuttle bus!

There are plenty of services, and you can board the shuttle right outside Fisher Library.

Apart from weekends, public holidays and the Christmas break, it runs year-round from 4:00 pm to 10:30 pm.

Many students heading to USYD for class catch the train and get off at Redfern, then face a roughly fifteen-minute walk back to Redfern station to get home after class. If you’re tired after a long day and don’t fancy walking, you can wait for the shuttle right outside the library — and the best part: it’s free! It drops you right at the entrance to Redfern station. For anyone with evening classes who’d rather not walk in the dark, taking the shuttle is a very safe option too!

On top of that, USYD also runs a bus between Camperdown and the Australia Technology Park (Campus bus C). Students can check the timetable on the Transport Me app.