Rockhampton, QLD

Rockhampton has 20 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $542. A single person needs to earn at least $92,733/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

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

Across the 20 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Rockhampton, weekly medians run from $430 in Allenstown up to $700 in Lammermoor, a 1.6× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

11 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 6.6% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

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