Accommodation Assistance

Students have different accommodation choices: 

Homestay
‘Homestay’ is when you live with an Australian family in their home. The homestay family provides you with meals, laundry facilities and your own room with a study desk. You are usually asked to share some household chores. Homestay also gives you the chance to practise your English every day at home. Homestay costs range from A$200-A$230 per week.

Hostel Accommodation
Hostels provide a friendly, safe, supervised environment where your own room or a shared room. Dining room, games room and television room are communal. Many hostels also provide meals.

Shared rooms cost about A$30-A$35 per night and private rooms cost about A$60-A$80 per night.

Sharing a House or Apartment
When you share a house or apartment with one or more other students, you are more independent than if you are living in homestay or hostel accommodation. Supply your own furnitures if the house/apartment is unfurnished and then your own towels, pillows, sheets and blankets.

You share the cost of rent, telephone, electricity and gas. You need to buy your own food and do your own laundry and cooking, although many sharing arrangements include sharing the cooking.

Renting by Yourself
Studio apartments or one-bedroom apartments are smaller and less expensive to rent than larger apartments. Supplyour own furniture if the house or apartment is unfurnished and then supply your own pillows, sheets and blankets, and pay for expenses such as electricity, gas, and telephone. You also need to clean your apartment, do your own laundry, buy your own food and do your own cooking.

Costs depend on the size and location of the apartment or house.

Estimated costs vary depending upon the city
Accommodation Weekly Cost Estimate:

• 1-bedroom apartment A$180-A$350
• Shared 2-bedroom apartment (per bedroom) A$125-A$200
• Shared 3-bedroom house (per bedroom) A$100-A$180

Please note: Accommodation is cheaper outside major cities.