Average rent in Melba, ACT — 2026

Melba sits below the the ACT median, with the typical renter paying $400/week — 10% less than the state-wide $446/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 78% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 21% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (80%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 3,383, the median age is 38, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 21% of residents were born overseas. Melba is 10km from Canberra, often putting it outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date. Your reported figure above gives the live read; the Census number anchors the historical baseline.