New South Wales divides its councils into Greater Sydney, the rest of the Greater Metropolitan Region, and the rest of the state. The division is the publisher’s own and travels with every figure.
Of the 61 council areas inside it that we hold, half rent above $500 a week. That is the middle council area, and it counts a small market equally with a large one.
Ranked by the same figure in the same quarter, so they are comparable. Sort by any column, or search the list by name.
| Council area | Median weekly rent | One year | New leases |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byron | $950 | +11.8% | 283 |
| Tweed | $850 | +13.3% | 502 |
| Ballina | $780 | +6.8% | 263 |
| Wingecarribee | $700 | +7.7% | 269 |
| Yass Valley | $650 | +18.2% | 55 |
| Coffs Harbour | $620 | +3.3% | 606 |
| Mid-Western Regional | $600 | +9.1% | 270 |
| Port Macquarie-Hastings | $600 | +3.4% | 725 |
| Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional | $600 | +7.1% | 394 |
| Singleton | $600 | +9.1% | 129 |
| Snowy Monaro Regional | $600 | -1.3% | 286 |
| Shoalhaven | $580 | +5.5% | 778 |
| Bellingen | $555 | +0.9% | 62 |
| Bega Valley | $550 | 0.0% | 205 |
| Eurobodalla | $550 | +3.8% | 251 |
| Lismore | $550 | +3.8% | 204 |
| Muswellbrook | $550 | +1.9% | 170 |
| Nambucca | $550 | +5.8% | 106 |
| Orange | $550 | +1.9% | 451 |
| Western Plains Regional | $550 | +14.6% | 506 |
| Bathurst Regional | $540 | +8.0% | 328 |
| Clarence Valley | $535 | +7.0% | 326 |
| Wagga Wagga | $530 | +10.4% | 571 |
| Mid-Coast | $525 | +8.2% | 600 |
| Goulburn Mulwaree | $520 | +4.0% | 251 |
| Murray River | $520 | +11.8% | 74 |
| Richmond Valley | $520 | +4.0% | 122 |
| Blayney | $510 | 0.0% | 37 |
| Albury | $500 | +6.4% | 586 |
| Gunnedah | $500 | +8.7% | 139 |
| Upper Hunter Shire | $500 | +8.7% | 86 |
| Kempsey | $495 | +4.2% | 151 |
| Armidale Regional | $480 | +14.3% | 333 |
| Griffith | $480 | +3.7% | 166 |
| Narromine | $480 | +12.9% | 41 |
| Tamworth Regional | $480 | +6.7% | 587 |
| Hilltops | $460 | +8.2% | 111 |
| Lithgow | $460 | +9.5% | 106 |
| Berrigan | $450 | +25.0% | 45 |
| Cabonne | $450 | 0.0% | 33 |
| Federation | $450 | +4.7% | 79 |
| Gundagai | $450 | +5.9% | 43 |
| Liverpool Plains | $450 | +20.0% | 35 |
| Kyogle | $440 | +3.5% | 42 |
| Tenterfield | $440 | +18.9% | 39 |
| Inverell | $431 | +7.8% | 104 |
| Leeton | $430 | +13.2% | 61 |
| Parkes | $430 | +2.4% | 97 |
| Forbes | $420 | +10.5% | 58 |
| Greater Hume Shire | $420 | +5.0% | 50 |
| Temora | $420 | +12.0% | 50 |
| Edward River | $410 | +28.1% | 70 |
| Cowra | $400 | +3.9% | 80 |
| Junee | $400 | +1.3% | 31 |
| Snowy Valleys | $400 | 0.0% | 81 |
| Moree Plains | $380 | +8.6% | 90 |
| Narrabri | $378 | -6.7% | 96 |
| Wentworth | $370 | -1.3% | 36 |
| Glen Innes Severn | $360 | +2.9% | 45 |
| Broken Hill | $345 | +7.8% | 123 |
| Cobar | $305 | +8.9% | 38 |
The latest figures here are for June quarter 2026, which ended 30 June 2026. The next is September quarter 2026, ending 30 September 2026; it appears here once the publisher releases it, and we do not predict that date.
The rent figures here are published by NSW Department of Communities and Justice and used under an open licence. Any other figure on this page names its own publisher on the line it appears on. Every rent figure is either as published or arithmetic on figures as published. APRIQ models and estimates nothing: where a figure is a publisher’s own estimate — an estimated resident population is one — it is called an estimate where it is shown. Growth is measured between named quarters, never by counting back rows, because an area is published only when it clears the publisher’s reporting threshold. Rest of State has no figure of its own here because the publisher does not publish one. It groups the council areas below and nothing more. Method, sources and licences.