Bathurst, NSW

Bathurst has 113 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $530. A single person needs to earn at least $67,600/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

45 suburbs are in rental stress, where median rent exceeds 30% of median household income.

Across the 113 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Bathurst, weekly medians run from $390 in Brogans Creek up to $620 in Pyramul, a 1.6× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

45 of the tracked suburbs sit in rental stress, where the median rent exceeds 30% of the local median household income. Tracked rents rose an average 12.9% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

For the long-form version of how these numbers work, see the NestLedger guides.