Nowra, NSW

Nowra has 140 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $565. A single person needs to earn at least $60,667/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

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

Across the 140 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Nowra, weekly medians run from $530 in Back Forest up to $850 in Willow Vale, a 1.6× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

66 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 3.0% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

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