Affordable & multicultural
Armadale, Kelmscott & Byford
The lowest rent in the metro area
- From the CBD
- 44 km
- Area
- 533 km²
- Rent
- Cheap rent
- Suburbs
- 18
The south-eastern corner against the escarpment: Armadale and Kelmscott are old and cheap, Byford and Hilbert are new estates that grew very fast. It is far from the city, but there is a train, bush right above (Araluen, Bungendore) and the most affordable prices in the whole metro area.
Good for
- Cutting housing costs right now
- A whole house with a yard for little
- Hills and waterfalls minutes away
Watch out
It carries one of the area's worse safety reputations — it varies a lot street by street, so go and look before you decide.
Getting around
The Armadale line, now extended to Byford.
Suburbs
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Places here
Serpentine Falls
A natural swimming hole in the south, with kangaroos around the car park. Rammed on a hot weekend.
See photos and details on Google Maps →Other areas
These are impressions, not statistics: one person, a few months, a city of two million. Suburbs change street by street — use this to know what to go and look at, then go and look.