Average rent in Bellingen, NSW — 2026

Bellingen sits below the New South Wales median, with the typical renter paying $370/week — 13% less than the state-wide $424/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 75% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 21% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (95%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 6,168, the median age is 46, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 15% of residents were born overseas. Bellingen is 407km from Sydney, often putting it outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date. Your reported figure above gives the live read; the Census number anchors the historical baseline.