74 suburbs where you can buy a beach house for cheaper than a city unit

Add as a preferred source on GoogleWith summer just around the corner, these bargain beachside suburbs offer buyers coastal living for less.Owning a house by the beach is the ultimate Aussie dream, but with property prices still close to record highs and interest rates rising, simply getting into the property market can be a big challenge, let alone finding an affordable coastal property.But new realestate.com.au data has uncovered dozens of coastal suburbs around Australia where a typical house costs less than the price of a city apartment.The median value of a unit across the combined capital cities is $735,000, according to the latest realestate.com.au Home Price Report, but scores of coastal suburbs have house prices cheaper than that.There were 74 beachside suburbs scattered along the Australian coastline with median house prices below $735,000, offering the chance of coastal living for less than what most buyers in a capital city would need to pay for an apartment.Jump ahead to see affordable coastal suburbs in:Queensland Victoria New South Wales Northern Territory Tasmania South Australia Western Australia The data shows that there are plenty of options for homebuyers who ar...