Townsville, QLD

Townsville has 33 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $526. A single person needs to earn at least $90,133/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

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

Across the 33 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Townsville, weekly medians run from $420 in Hyde Park up to $650 in Burdell, a 1.5× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

8 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 7.3% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

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