Toowoomba, QLD

Toowoomba has 27 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $520. A single person needs to earn at least $86,667/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

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

Across the 27 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Toowoomba, weekly medians run from $265 in Toowoomba up to $750 in Highfields, a 2.8× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

14 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 9.9% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

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