Where can I afford?
Set your budget, the longest train ride you would take to the city and whether you want a government secondary school zone. We list every suburb that fits, out of 1,451 in NSW, Victoria and Queensland.
See an example: Victoria, up to $800,000, 45 minutes by train, zoned to a government secondary
Each suburb's school zone is the one at its centre. A street near the edge can be zoned to a different school - check your address on the School zone finder before you decide.
Suburbs that fit
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Where do the prices and rents come from?
Sale prices are the median house price published by the Victorian Valuer-General and NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ). Rents are the median weekly rent for a 3-bedroom house from Homes Victoria (DFFH), NSW DCJ and the Queensland Residential Tenancies Authority (RTA). Queensland has no free official sale-price series, so Queensland uses rent only.
Why does a rent say "rental area", "council area" or "postcode"?
Rent is not published for single suburbs. Victoria publishes it for rental areas that often span several suburbs, or for a whole council area. NSW and Queensland publish it by postcode. Each result names the area its rent figure covers.
How is the train time measured?
It is the scheduled weekday morning-peak time from the nearest station to the city centre, from the state GTFS timetable. Each result names the station and how far it is from the suburb centre. NSW train times are not published here yet, so the train filter is off for NSW.
Which school zone is shown?
The government primary and secondary school whose zone covers the centre of each suburb. A street near the edge can be zoned to a different school, so check your exact address on the school zone map.
Next steps
Start from where you live now with the School zone finder, weigh private school fees against a bigger loan with the school fees calculator, or put two suburbs side by side in the Move Planner.
Sources: sale prices - VIC Valuer-General Q4 2025, NSW DCJ Mar 2026. Rents - VIC Homes Victoria (DFFH) Rental Report Jun 2026, NSW DCJ Jun 2026, QLD RTA Jun 2026. NSW sale prices and rents: © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (copyright notice). Train times - Transport Victoria and Translink GTFS timetables. School zones - Victorian Department of Education, NSW Department of Education, Queensland Department of Education; school names - ACARA School Profile 2025. General information only, not financial advice. Where each dataset comes from