Average rent in Bairnsdale, VIC — 2026

Bairnsdale sits below the Victoria median, with the typical renter paying $280/week — 23% less than the state-wide $363/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 69% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 27% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (87%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 15,684, the median age is 45, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 11% of residents were born overseas. Bairnsdale is 235km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.