[srnm]

Good luck finding a decent one bedroom apt in Sydney for $200/wk.

Most places you'd want to live (eastern suburbs, inner west, northern beaches) will start at $350/wk.

To get something nice in Alexandria or Newtown will be $450/wk plus.

[derrida]

I live in newtown in a housing co-operative for $70/week. No landlord. No government agents. I don't know why there are not more housing co-operatives around.

NOTE TO FOLKS THAT DON'T LIVE IN NEWTOWN: I agree with all other previous estimates, I thought I would just write this here to brag to the other sydneysiders about my cheap rent and plug a misunderstood housing model!

[pan69]

Yep. I live in Newtown and I pay $510pw for a 2 bedroom apartment. I started living there 5 years ago at $420pw (AUD).