Hervey Bay, QLD

Hervey Bay has 14 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $607. A single person needs to earn at least $107,467/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

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

Across the 14 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Hervey Bay, weekly medians run from $490 in Maryborough up to $725 in Nikenbah, a 1.5× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

13 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 8.8% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

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