Port Macquarie, NSW

Port Macquarie has 116 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $594. A single person needs to earn at least $95,333/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

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

Across the 116 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Port Macquarie, weekly medians run from $450 in Rosewood up to $685 in Yippin Creek, a 1.5× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

83 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 6.4% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

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