Housing & property

Affordable rentals

The share of new lettings a lower-income household could afford fell from 55.1% to 13.2% in six years, while the number of new lettings held steady.

• 13.2% New lettings meeting the affordability benchmarkSep 2025
• 32.0% Regional-city median, Wodonga excludedSep 2025
• 55.1%Sep 2019→ 19.1%Sep 2023→ 13.2%Sep 2025 Wodonga, the same quarter each time
• 48 Affordable new lettingsSep 2025199 in Sep 2019
• 349 All new lettingsSep 2025348 in Sep 2019
• 97 of 101 Quarters below the regional-city medianMar 2000 – Sep 2025

The benchmark tests newly let properties against what a lower-income household could afford. It is not the rent every tenant pays.

SourceRental Report — quarterly median rents and affordable lettings · Homes Victoria · Mar 2000 – Sep 2025

Median rent

Wodonga's median new-let rent has been above the regional-city median in every quarter since Jun 1999.

• $530/week Median rent on a newly let propertySep 2025349 new lettings
• $465/week Regional-city median, Wodonga excludedSep 2025Wodonga 14.0% higher
• 106 of 106 Quarters above the regional-city medianJun 1999 – Sep 2025Smallest gap $5, Mar 2001
• +65.6% Rise before inflationSep 2019 – Sep 2025$320 → $530
• +34.4% Rise after inflationSep 2019 – Sep 2025$320 in Sep 2019 is $394 in Sep 2025 dollars

New lettings are properties newly rented in the quarter, not the rents paid by sitting tenants.

SourceRental Report — quarterly median rents and affordable lettings · Homes Victoria · Jun 1999 – Sep 2025

SourceConsumer Price Index, Australia — all groups, Melbourne · Australian Bureau of Statistics · Sep 2019 – Sep 2025

Rent by dwelling type

Median rents rose for every dwelling type between Sep 2019 and Sep 2025, from 38.5% for 2-bedroom houses to 72.9% for 2-bedroom flats.

• $290/week 1-bedroom flatSep 2025+56.8% since Sep 2019 ($185)
• $525/week 3-bedroom house, the most common new lettingSep 2025143 of 349 new lettings
• $620/week 4-bedroom houseSep 2025+55.0% since Sep 2019 ($400)
• +72.9% Largest rise: 2-bedroom flatSep 2019 – Sep 2025$240 → $415
• +38.5% Smallest rise: 2-bedroom houseSep 2019 – Sep 2025$278 → $385

Medians for 2-bedroom houses, 3-bedroom flats and 1-bedroom flats rest on 12 to 17 new lettings in Sep 2025, so they can move sharply from one quarter to the next.

SourceRental Report — quarterly median rents and affordable lettings · Homes Victoria · Sep 2019 – Sep 2025

Rent vs income

After inflation, new-let rent rose 15.0% between 2018–19 and 2022–23, while median employee income rose 2.0%.

• +15.0% Median new-let rent, after inflation2018–19 to 2022–23+32.0% before inflation
• +2.0% Median employee income, after inflation2018–19 to 2022–23+17.1% before inflation
• $60,044 Median employee income2022–23$51,274 in 2018–19

Rent covers newly let properties; income covers employees living in Wodonga. The chart sets the same years side by side and is not a rent-to-income ratio.

SourcePersonal Income in Australia — employee income by local government area · Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2018–19 to 2022–23

SourceRental Report — quarterly median rents and affordable lettings · Homes Victoria · Sep 2018 – Jun 2023

SourceConsumer Price Index, Australia — all groups, Melbourne · Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2018–19 to 2022–23

Pay after inflation, in Work & income

Home prices

The median Wodonga house has sold for more than the regional-city median in every year since 1995.

• $630,000 Median house sale price2025903 sales
• $530,000 Regional-city median, Wodonga excluded2025Median of 9 regional cities
• +18.9% Wodonga above the regional-city median2025+22.3% in 1995
• 31 of 31 Years above the regional-city median1995–2025Closest: +1.6% in 2022

SourceProperty sales statistics — median house prices by municipality · Valuer-General Victoria · 1995–2025

Local prices

House medians rose between 92% and 110% from 2015 to 2025 in the four localities with enough sales to compare; Leneva was highest in 2025 at $712,000.

• $712,000 Leneva median house price2025Highest of 5 localities
• +110.2% Rise in the Wodonga median2015–2025$295,000 → $620,000
• 7 of 11 Years with fewer than 10 sales in Bandiana2015–2025

Bandiana recorded fewer than 10 sales in 2015 or 2025, so its change rests on a thin market.

SourceProperty sales statistics — median house prices by suburb · Valuer-General Victoria · 2015–2025

Housing stock

At the 2021 Census, 32.6% of Wodonga's occupied homes were rented, the highest share of the 10 regional cities.

• 17,465 Private dwellingsCensus 202115,626 in 2016
• 32.6% Occupied homes rented (5,339 of 16,372)Census 2021Highest of 10 regional cities; 35.7% in 2016
• 88.9% Occupied homes that are separate housesCensus 2021Regional cities range 83.3%–91.4%
• 1,091 Private dwellings unoccupied on Census nightCensus 20216.2% of private dwellings; lowest of 10 regional cities

Unoccupied on Census night includes holiday homes and homes between tenants; it is not a rental vacancy rate. Ticks on the dot strips mark the regional-city median, Wodonga excluded.

SourceCensus of Population and Housing — Wodonga · Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2016 and 2021

SourceCensus DataPacks — General Community Profile, local government areas · Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2021

Building approvals

Council's monthly reports recorded 407 dwellings approved in 2025–26, after 342 in 2024–25; the ABS counted 330 for 2024–25.

• 407 Dwellings approved, Council's monthly reportsJul 2025 – Jun 2026342 in 2024–25
• 342 Dwellings approved, Council's monthly reportsJul 2024 – Jun 2025
• 330 Dwellings approved, ABS count2024–25Same year as Council's 342

An approval records permission to build; it does not show that a home was started or finished. Council and the ABS count approvals separately, so their figures sit side by side and are not reconciled. There is no report for Jan 2024.

SourceInformation reports — building activity · Wodonga Council · Oct 2023 – Jul 2026

SourceBuilding Approvals, Australia — dwellings approved by local government area · Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2024–25

Dwelling mix

Only 13 of the 330 dwellings approved in 2024–25 were not detached houses — lowest of 10 regional cities.

• 3.9% Approved dwellings that were not detached houses2024–25Lowest of 10 regional cities
• 15.1% Regional-city median, Wodonga excluded2024–25Highest: Horsham 39.7%
• 317 Detached houses approved2024–2596.1% of 330

One financial year of approvals; the ranking can change from year to year.

SourceBuilding Approvals, Australia — dwellings approved by local government area · Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2024–25

Property base

Residential properties make up 88.1% of Wodonga's 22,423 rateable assessments, and their number has grown at every revaluation since 2014.

• 22,423 Rateable assessments2026 revaluation18,116 in 2014
• 19,745 Residential assessments2026 revaluation15,141 in 2014
• 948 Assessments with no building2026 revaluation4.2% of all assessments

An assessment is a rateable property on the valuation roll, not a count of dwellings.

SourceRevaluation outcome summaries · Valuer-General Victoria · 2014–2026