Perth's most affordable suburbs to buy a home have been revealed – and it's the city's south dominating the top 10.
Medina, 39km south of Perth, was the most affordable place to buy a property, with a median house price of $250,000, new data from Domain shows.
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Rounding out Perth's top five are Armadale, Hillman, Parmelia and Camillo, all falling within 45 kilometres of the city.
Domain chief data scientist, Nicola Powell told Radio 6PR finding the same level of affordability in close proximity to the city was unachievable in most other states.
"If you said this to other capital cities that you could buy a house 40 kilometres from the CBD for $250,000 they wouldn't believe you," she said.
"For Sydney in particular, you look to the affordable region... on the central coast, you're looking at 60 kilometres plus, so at least an hour's drive for those commuting from the central coast to the CBD.
"When you do that comparison in terms of those kilometres, Perth's doing quite well."
No northern suburbs made the top 20, while the most central one to make the list was Lockridge, 14km east of the CBD, with a median house price of $337,500.
It was a similar story for units, with Perth's southern suburbs home to 18 of the top 20 cheapest areas.
Orelia, a neighbouring suburb of Medina, was the most affordable place to buy a unit, with a median price of $165,000.
Balga, 12 kilometres north of the CBD, and neighbouring suburb Westminster were the only northern suburbs on the unit list, coming in at 12th and 19th respectively.
Dr Powell said the data also showed Western Australia had the highest rate of first home buyers entering the market in Australia.
"The Perth market has declined and that's across the board for property types," she said.
"We are more or less seeing that coming to the bottom of that cycle but what that has done is lower the price point entry for first home buyers to access the market and it's great to see first home buyers have utilised that and hopped onto the ladder."
Meanwhile, Sydney's cheapest suburbs were twice the distance from the CBD compared to Perth and around $150,000 more expensive.
Melbourne's cheapest suburb, Millgrove, was 70km from the city at an average price of $295,000.
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Top 20 most affordable suburbs (greater Perth)
1: Medina, $250,000
2: Armadale, $289,000
3: Hillman, $294,750
4: Parmelia, $297,000
5: Camillo, $299,000
6: Leda, $300,000
7: Brookdale, $310,000
8: Calista, $310,000
9: Cooloongup, $310,000
10: Greenfields, $310,000
11: Kwinana Town Centre, $315,000
12: Coodanup, $315,500
13: Koongamia, $316,000
14: Orelia, $318,000
15: Stratton, $325,000
16: Mandurah, $330,000
17: Lockridge, $337,500
18: Warnbro, $338,000
19: Gosnells, $340,000
20: Kelmscott, $350,000
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