Average rent in Rochester, VIC — 2026

Rochester sits below the Victoria median, with the typical renter paying $213/week — 41% less than the state-wide $363/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 78% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 18% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (94%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 4,016, the median age is 50, and the most common occupation is Managers. 5% of residents were born overseas. Rochester is 166km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.