What we found
- 48 of 173, under $800,000. In Highton, Geelong, Victoria, 48 of the 173 houses sold went for under $800,000 (October 2025 to September 2026).
- Its typical house sold for $877,500. That is the one number a buyer with $800,000 sees before crossing the suburb off the list.
- Three of them, named. 33 Gwyther Rd sold for $685,000 in April 2026, 12 Orana Rd for $700,000 in July and 74 Glastonbury Dr for $698,000 in August, all in Highton.
- Melbourne's cheapest four-bedroom houses start at $400,000. 4 Jordan St, Somerville was advertised from a $400,000 reserve, in a suburb where the typical house sold for $925,000 (28 October to 3 November 2026).
Our research: The median mirage: what one suburb price hides
The story: why does a suburb's median price put you off a suburb you could buy in?
A suburb gets one price, and buyers use it as a gate. Highton, in Geelong, Victoria, had a typical house sale of $877,500 from October 2025 to September 2026. A buyer with $800,000 sees that number and keeps scrolling.
All 173 house sales in Highton that year tell a different story. Forty eight of them went for under $800,000. That is more than one sale in four, in the suburb that looked out of reach.
Three of those sales, with their dates. 33 Gwyther Rd, Highton sold for $685,000 in April 2026. 12 Orana Rd, Highton sold for $700,000 in July 2026. 74 Glastonbury Dr, Highton sold for $698,000 in August 2026. Each one went at least $175,000 under the typical Highton house.
This is what a typical price means. Half of any suburb's sales are under it, and the ones under it are real houses on real streets.
Where are the cheapest four-bedroom houses for sale in Melbourne?
Our second reel: Melbourne's ten cheapest four-bedroom houses for sale, 28 October to 3 November 2026.
In the week from 28 October to 3 November 2026, 4,674 four-bedroom houses were advertised across Melbourne. The typical Melbourne house sold for $890,000 over the year to September 2026, across 34,373 sales.
The ten cheapest started at $550,000 or less. 18 Thompson Ct, Werribee and 15 Infuse Rd, Wyndham Vale were both from $550,000. Then 5 Linum Rd, Beveridge from $549,000, 15 Farrier Rd, Wyndham Vale from $545,000 and 17 Aldridge Rd, Wyndham Vale from $540,000.
The cheapest five started lower again. 16 Campbell Parade, Cranbourne carried a $520,000 reserve, and 41 Stratus St, Tarneit was from $500,000. So was 17 Steven St, Waterford Park. 13 Clowes St, Melton South was from $469,000, and 4 Jordan St, Somerville carried a $400,000 reserve.
Somerville sits on Melbourne's south east fringe, and its typical house sold for $925,000. The advert for 4 Jordan St asks for a complete renovation, so the price comes with a builder attached. The two reserve prices are what the seller will take at auction, not what the house will fetch.
What should you check before you cross a suburb off?
Read the sales rather than the summary. A suburb report lists every recent sale with its address, price and date, so you can see how far under the typical price homes really go.
Then look inside the suburb. The typical sale price is given for each microburb, a block of about thirty to sixty homes. The cheaper pockets of a dear suburb show up on the map.
St Kilda, Melbourne shows how wide the spread is. It holds 1,466 recorded sales. On 29 and 30 October 2026, a house at 25 Gurner Street sold for $1,300,000 and a one bedroom unit at 10 Mitford Street for $330,000.
How do we work out a suburb's typical price?
We take every recorded house sale in the suburb over the year and find the middle one. For Highton that was 173 sales, with four likely vacant blocks under $500,000 left out so that bare land does not drag the figure down.
The same figure is worked out for every block in the country, about 350,000 of them. A suburb can then be read pocket by pocket instead of as one number.
The asking prices in the second reel are what agents advertised in one week, not sale prices. An advertised range, a reserve and a sale are three different things, and only the sale is settled.
How we made this reel
- We read every sale in the suburb. All 173 Highton house sales from October 2025 to September 2026, each one at its own address.
- Then we drew each sale as a column. The taller the column, the dearer the house, with the typical price as a sheet of glass through them.
- For the ten cheapest we read the week's adverts. 4,674 four-bedroom houses were advertised across Melbourne from 28 October to 3 November 2026.
What it means for you
- Do not cross a suburb off on one number. Half of any suburb's houses sell under its typical price, because that is what typical means.
- Look at the sales, not the summary. The suburb report lists every recent sale with its address, price and date.
- Check the block, not just the suburb. Typical prices differ street by street inside one suburb, so parts of a dear suburb are not dear.
Where to see it on Microburbs
- Every recent sale, in the suburb report. Open Properties to see each sale with its address, price and date on the map.
- Typical prices, block by block. Market shows the typical sale price for each microburb, so you can see the cheaper pockets.
See recent sales in St Kilda (Vic.) →
Get the data
The data behind this reel, for any suburb, is live in our API: every recent sale, with its address, price and date. St Kilda, Melbourne holds 1,466 recorded sales. On 29 and 30 October 2026, a house at 25 Gurner Street sold for $1,300,000 and a one bedroom unit at 10 Mitford Street for $330,000.
Try it now, free. This request is free for our sample suburbs, one in each state and territory, with no sign up and no card:
curl "https://api.microburbs.com.au/v1/suburbs/St%20Kilda%20%28Vic.%29/sales/recent" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer test"
What it sent back on 10 November 2026, cut to one sale of 20:
{
"data": {
"area_name": "St Kilda (Vic.)",
"area_level": "suburb",
"total": 1466,
"next_offset": 20,
"results": [
{
"gnaf_pid": "GAVIC412373534",
"address": "Unit 4, 88 Barkly Street",
"property_type": "Unit",
"bedrooms": 2.0,
"bathrooms": 1.0,
"sold_price": 660000.0,
"sold_date": "2026-11-09",
"lat": -37.863236,
"lng": 144.982138
}
]
}
}
See the full API docs for every request, the price of each and how to get a key for the rest of Australia.
See every recent sale in any suburb
Every recent sale, in the suburb report. Open Properties to see each sale with its address, price and date on the map.
