Northern Rivers, NSW

Northern Rivers has 263 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $642. A single person needs to earn at least $86,667/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

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

Across the 263 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Northern Rivers, weekly medians run from $478 in Babyl Creek up to $990 in Tyagarah, a 2.1× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

208 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 5.2% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

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