Share houses in Alphington — rooms, prices & availability (July 2026)
Updated July 2026 · data from the Rumy Rent Tracker
Small market: fewer than 5 rooms were observed in Alphington this sweep, so we publish the count only — a median or range at this sample size would just be one advertiser's asking rent. Aggregates from 2,390 listings observed across major listing platforms, 30 July 2026. Updated quarterly.
The read on Alphington
Alphington is a small share-house market: our July sweep observed 4 rooms advertised here. At that sample size a median or a rent range would really just be a couple of advertisers' asking prices wearing a statistic's clothes — so, unlike our deeper suburb pages, we don't publish one. What we can tell you honestly: across the whole of Melbourne the median advertised room runs $317 a week, and the inner north cluster Alphington belongs to sits at $330 — those are the right anchors for a rent conversation here, adjusted for the street and the house in front of you.
Thin supply cuts both ways. For seekers, a suburb with only 4 rooms on the market means little choice but also little churn — when a room does open here it's worth moving quickly, and it pays to watch the neighbouring suburbs below, where supply is deeper and the same budget often goes further. For hosts, listing into a near-empty local market is an advantage: you're not one ad among forty lookalikes, you're the only door in the suburb — which makes credibility, not price, the deciding factor.
Timing: the August window
Across Melbourne, 373 rooms open up in August — 4.6× the September figure — as semester two reshuffles the city's renters. In a market as small as Alphington's, that citywide wave matters more than any local statistic: it's when the odd extra room here tends to appear, and when the deeper markets next door fill with alternatives. Searching? Aim for the first half of August. Listing? Get live just before it.
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How much does a room in Alphington cost?
Alphington is a small share-house market — only 4 rooms were observed in July 2026, too few to quote a reliable local median, so we don't. As an anchor, the citywide median advertised room is $317 per week; nearby suburbs with deeper markets have their own pages with published medians.
How many share-house rooms are available in Alphington right now?
4 rooms were on the market in Alphington at the July 2026 sweep. At this sample size we publish the count only.
When is the best time to find a share house in Alphington?
August. Across Melbourne, 373 rooms open up in August 2026 — 4.6× the September figure — as semester two turns the market over. In a small market like Alphington, that citywide wave is when the odd extra local room tends to appear.