Sydney, NSW

Sydney has 599 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $771. A single person needs to earn at least $114,400/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

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

Across the 599 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Sydney, weekly medians run from $486 in Punchbowl up to $2,325 in Seaforth, a 4.8× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

272 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 6.0% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

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