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30 Under 35: Top Australian Suburbs Where Young Buyers Own and Win

Despite rising house prices, under-35s are not completely priced out of Australia’s property market. Across key capital cities, targeted data shows young buyers are successfully stepping onto the property ladder and building equity.

Where are young Australians buying first homes today?

How We Found Australia’s Top Suburbs for Young Buyers

To track down the best suburbs for first-home buyers under 35, property data was analyzed across 2,415 Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) regions—used as proxy suburbs—from 2021 to 2025. Out of these, only 482 (around 20%) matched the core criterion of a median age under 35.

From this initial pool, three critical filters narrowed down the ultimate list:

  • Decreasing Median Age: Identifies locations actively getting younger, signaling high migration of first-home owners.

  • Low Investor Ownership (<22%): Filters out heavy rental markets to highlight genuine owner-occupier communities rather than tenant-dominated areas.

  • 10-Year Market Outperformance: Selects suburbs that consistently beat wider regional capital growth benchmarks.

The result is a definitive list of 30 Australian suburbs where young owner-occupiers are securing property early, outperforming the market, and getting ahead.

City Breakdown: Where Under-35s Are Buying Property

Canberra: New Estates Leading the Nation

No city performs better for young owner-occupiers than Canberra. Six suburbs made the list—a remarkable outcome for a city of its size—and they carry the lowest investor shares in the country.

  • Gungahlin Region: Four of the qualifying suburbs sit in the new master-planned estates of Gungahlin in the north.

  • Molonglo Valley: The remaining two suburbs are located in the rapidly expanding Molonglo Valley to the west.

  • Standout Suburb – Taylor: Taylor is the youngest suburb on the national list and has the second-lowest investor share at just 9%. While Canberra’s broader market grew 70% over the decade, Taylor more than doubled it with 162% capital growth.

Perth: Widespread Affordability Across the Outer Ring

Perth’s young home buyers are distributed across the entire metropolitan area. Nine suburbs made the list, ringing the city on every side:

  • Northern Suburbs: Key growth pockets include Ellenbrook and Carramar.

  • Southern Suburbs: Popular options stretch down to Baldivis, Wellard, and Singleton.

  • Standout Suburb – Seville Grove: Highlighted as one of Perth’s most accessible markets with an entry median of $758,000, Seville Grove achieved 120% 10-year growth (second only to neighboring Armadale) with only 18% investor ownership.

Sydney: Western Footholds for First-Home Owners

Sydney ties with Perth at nine suburbs, but every single location is concentrated strictly in the West and South West:

  • Outer West & Outer South West: Suburbs stretch from Bidwill, Lethbridge Park, and Mount Druitt down to Ashcroft, Lurnea, and Hoxton Park near Liverpool.

  • Relative Affordability: Even in Sydney’s entry-level markets, price points remain elevated. Greenacre ($1.48M median) and Condell Park ($1.47M median) lead the price scale, while suburbs near Mount Druitt sit closer to $880,000.

  • Growth Realities: While capital gains have tracked just ahead of Sydney’s softer decade performance, securing a property in this competitive market provides a crucial foundation for long-term wealth building.

The Bottom Line

It is easy to assume young Australians have given up on homeownership. However, data across these 30 suburbs proves otherwise. In specific pockets across Australia, under-35s are getting ahead twice over—by entering the market earlier and outperforming broader capital growth.

Original Article: https://www.raywhite.com/news-and-market-insights/economic-updates/30-under-35-australias-top-30-suburbs-for-under-35s