Room Buddy Rent Report · October 2026
The median room on Room Buddy is listed at $300 a week in October 2026, across 598 rooms for rent. Sydney is the most expensive city at $350 and Canberra the cheapest at $225.
Median weekly asking rent for a room, with the middle 50% of prices.
Suburbs with at least 5 rooms listed.
We take every room currently listed for rent on Room Buddy and use the weekly asking rent set by the lister. Prices under $50 or over $2,000 a week are left out as likely typos. Medians are used instead of averages so a few very cheap or very expensive rooms do not skew the result. Cities are matched by postcode. Figures update daily; this page shows the latest numbers for October 2026.
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