Melbourne’s family suburbs are now packed with Airbnb listings, as the platform continues to tighten its grip on the accommodation industry.
While inner-city council suburbs bear the brunt of short-stay rentals outside the CBD, every council in Melbourne has at least 100 listings available.
Yarra City Council, which includes Richmond, Fitzroy, Burnley and Clifton Hill, contained about 2051 entire homes or private rooms for rent, according to independent analyst Inside Airbnb.
Stonnington (1615) and Moreland (1065) closely followed with the highest number of listings outside the CBD.

Kelly’s Airbnb on Ryan St in Footscray was damaged by an out of control party. Picture: David Crosling
But the City of Melbourne remains the most saturated, with more than 7500 rentals available, according to the data source that was updated in July.
Inside Airbnb shows where properties are located, how frequently they are rented and the average income being earned by hosts.
But residents across Melbourne have taken issue with properties being leased through the platform.
Complaints have been made to councils about unruly guests, who have thrown wild parties, parked cars across driveways and littered the streets.

Every council area in Melbourne has more than 100 listings, Inside Airbnb shows.
In Healesville, disgruntled residents distributed flyers across the quiet town stating “Airbnbs aren’t welcome here”.
Out of control parties in both Pakenham and Doncaster have caused hundreds of thousands of dollars damage to hosts this year.
The data shows unusually busy suburbs included student and shopping hubs like Box Hill, Doncaster and Clayton.
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Airbnb spokesman Brent Thomas chose not to comment on Inside Airbnb’s research, but said there were about 17,000 listings in Melbourne and 43,800 in Victoria.
“It’s no longer just tourists who are booking their stays through our platform. Businesses are increasingly turning to home sharing for corporate travel through Airbnb for work,” Mr Thomas said.

The Airbnb country pubs project has tried to support regional accommodation businesses. Picture: Airbnb
But homeowners have profited from using the platform by offering up space in their homes.
Brunswick hosts Paul Hart and Justine Hanna have enjoyed renting out their spare room, which had been a helpful “supplementary income”.
“It’s not your natural tourist area … but we do get different people staying with us,” Mr Hart said.
“We get people staying a bit longer to visit family and about 10 per cent of our guests are here on some kind of work or study trip.”
Sunbury was revealed as one of the fastest growing regions for Airbnb worldwide.
The northwestern suburb had 365 per cent year-on-year growth in bookings, making it the fourth largest leap in popularity for any region.
MELBOURNE’S BUSIEST COUNCILS FOR AIRBNB:
Melbourne 7530 listings
Yarra 2052 listings
Stonnington 1615 listings
Moreland 1065 listings
Boroondara 733 listings
Darebin 705 listings
Glen Eira 651
Monash 636 listings
Whitehorse 628
Wyndham 521
Maribyrnong 511
Moonee Valley 384
Bayside 383
Manningham 350
Kingston 349
Banyule 251
Hume 198
Knox 194
Frankston 190
Casey 172
Dandenong 152
Brimbank 149
Whittlesea 146
Cardinia 132
Maroondah 116
Nillumbik 105
Melton 101
Source: Inside Airbnb, figures updated July 2019









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