Sunshine Coast, QLD

Sunshine Coast has 65 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $738. A single person needs to earn at least $128,267/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

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

Across the 65 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Sunshine Coast, weekly medians run from $280 in Sippy Downs up to $1,000 in Yaroomba, a 3.6× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

59 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 9.5% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

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