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Moving to Melbourne in 2026? These 7 Suburbs Are Quietly Outperforming Every Other

Melbz Writers

The complete guide to Authors for 2026 — from living costs and transport to cafes, property, safety and what it's genuinely like to call this suburb home.

Our Writers

MELBZ is written by people who live here. Not a content farm. Not AI-generated listicles. Every article is written by a named local contributor who knows their patch — the cafes that quietly close at 2pm, the tram routes that run late, the rent prices that the brochures conveniently leave out.

Our writers are assigned suburbs and beats based on where they live and what they know. If Marcus Cole writes about Richmond property prices, it’s because he lives there and watches the auction results every Saturday. If Dani Reyes reviews a Fitzroy cafe, she’s been there at least twice.

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Tomas Vasquez-Rivera

I grew up between Cordoba and Melbourne — a Spanish-speaking household, a long stretch in Argentina between fourteen and twenty, then back to Melbourne in 2019. I worked at Heartbreaker on Sydney Road …

Sami Khoury

Inner-north walkability and bike-network audits — urbanist by training, on a cargo bike by 7am.

Saanvi Deshmukh

South-east Melbourne renting and PTV-tested commute reality, written by a backend engineer with a stopwatch.

Robbie Patel

Melbourne Uni cheap eats, Carlton sharehouses, and the under-$20 rooftop list — international-student receipts, not …

Olivia Wong

CBD apartment living, Docklands, and where Melbourne hospitality workers actually eat after midnight.