Average rent in Avoca, VIC — 2026

Avoca sits below the Victoria median, with the typical renter paying $200/week — 45% less than the state-wide $363/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 84% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 11% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (97%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 3,532, the median age is 53, and the most common occupation is Managers. 9% of residents were born overseas. Avoca is 162km from Melbourne, 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.