If you're buying a new house, you might as well get fast broadband at the same time.
Right now, the National Broadband Network (NBN) is available in around 3 million homes and premises around Australia. While we're promised that it will be available everywhere by 2020, that's not the case right now. So if you're in the market to buy a house, it makes sense to consider whether you can get fast broadband as one of the selection criteria.
To make that task a little easier, finder's research team has identified the 10 cheapest suburbs in each of Australia's state capitals which have the NBN active. We've listed the suburbs with the cheapest average house price, and also those with the cheapest average unit price. Check out the full lists below.
Reminder: not every location in a suburb will necessarily have the same kind of NBN connection, and some locations will be connected ahead of others. You can use finder's NBN Tracker to find out if a specific property is connected.
Sydney
Cheapest NBN suburbs for houses
Rank
Suburb
Price
1
Lalor Park
$609,375
2
Marayong
$634,500
3
Mount Pritchard
$634,750
4
Lurnea
$637,500
5
Blacktown
$646,875
6
Warwick Farm
$650,250
7
Prospect
$693,500
8
Kings Park
$697,500
9
Seven Hills
$707,500
10
Liverpool
$727,500
Cheapest NBN suburbs for units
Rank
Suburb
Price
1
Warwick Farm
$394,250
2
Liverpool
$415,500
3
Blacktown
$450,250
4
Berala
$469,000
5
Regents Park
$472,500
6
Lurnea
$495,000
7
Auburn
$520,000
8
Mount Pritchard
$560,500
9
Marayong
$567,000
10
Campsie
$585,000
Melbourne
Cheapest NBN suburbs for houses
Rank
Suburb
Price
1
Werribee
$359,250
2
Wyndham Vale
$362,500
3
Epping
$431,500
4
Frankston
$436,500
5
Westmeadows
$446,500
6
Tullamarine
$455,750
7
Gladstone Park
$480,000
8
Mill Park
$504,500
9
Noble Park
$523,875
10
Keilor Park
$561,000
Cheapest NBN suburbs for units
Rank
Suburb
Price
1
Werribee
$280,000
2
Wyndham Vale
$285,875
3
Frankston
$311,500
4
Kingsville
$328,000
5
Epping
$330,500
6
Noble Park
$346,500
7
Tullamarine
$355,500
8
Bundoora
$365,000
9
Mill Park
$367,500
10
Footscray
$372,500
Brisbane
Cheapest NBN suburbs for houses
Rank
Suburb
Price
1
Dinmore
$235,500
2
Ebbw Vale
$247,000
3
Riverview
$256,000
4
Gailes
$265,000
5
North Booval
$273,500
6
Churchill
$275,500
7
Caboolture South
$292,500
8
Bundamba
$297,000
9
Goodna
$308,000
10
Redbank
$308,000
Cheapest NBN suburbs for units
Rank
Suburb
Price
1
Redbank
$185,500
2
Bellbird Park
$196,025
3
Caboolture
$220,500
4
West Ipswich
$226,000
5
Redbank Plains
$248,750
6
Caboolture South
$259,750
7
Morayfield
$267,000
8
Lawnton
$276,000
9
Beachmere
$276,500
10
Kippa-Ring
$282,250
Perth
Cheapest NBN suburbs for houses
Rank
Suburb
Price
1
Cannington
$423,500
2
Beckenham
$447,500
3
Queens Park
$462,875
4
Bentley
$491,500
5
Kewdale
$500,500
6
East Cannington
$504,000
7
Wilson
$546,250
8
Rivervale
$560,000
9
St James
$564,750
10
Carlisle
$565,000
Cheapest NBN suburbs for units
Rank
Suburb
Price
1
Queens Park
$350,000
2
Lathlain
$356,000
3
Rivervale
$366,700
4
Beckenham
$373,000
5
Churchlands
$381,500
6
Cannington
$388,250
7
Kewdale
$392,500
8
Bentley
$405,040
9
East Victoria Park
$416,000
10
Victoria Park
$444,000
Adelaide
Cheapest NBN suburbs for houses
Rank
Suburb
Price
1
Para Hills
$302,000
2
Sellicks Beach
$306,000
3
Port Willunga
$316,000
4
Old Noarlunga
$333,750
5
Ridgehaven
$334,000
6
Noarlunga Downs
$339,000
7
Gawler East
$340,000
8
Aldinga Beach
$340,500
9
Seaford
$340,500
10
Para Vista
$341,500
Cheapest NBN suburbs for units
Rank
Suburb
Price
1
Kilburn
$219,000
2
Enfield
$220,500
3
Gawler East
$228,000
4
Para Vista
$236,000
5
Aldinga Beach
$237,500
6
St Marys
$243,500
7
Edwardstown
$247,500
8
Modbury
$253,500
9
Holden Hill
$257,750
10
Ridgehaven
$260,750
Hobart
Cheapest NBN suburbs for houses
Rank
Suburb
Price
1
Risdon Vale
$165,019
2
Warrane
$237,500
3
Derwent Park
$240,000
4
Glenorchy
$257,500
5
Claremont
$271,000
6
Moonah
$289,900
7
Lutana
$291,500
8
Montrose
$293,250
9
Mornington
$295,375
10
West Moonah
$302,250
Cheapest NBN suburbs for units
Rank
Suburb
Price
1
Claremont
$178,750
2
Glenorchy
$201,250
3
Moonah
$216,000
4
Montrose
$221,500
5
Rosetta
$227,000
6
Lenah Valley
$255,000
7
Mount Stuart
$256,500
8
New Town
$276,250
9
West Moonah
$282,000
10
South Hobart
$292,500
Angus Kidman's Findings column looks at new developments and research that help you save money, make wise decisions and enjoy your life more. It appears Monday through Friday on finder.com.au.
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