Average rent in Cobar, NSW — 2026

Cobar sits below the New South Wales median, with the typical renter paying $190/week — 55% less than the state-wide $424/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 62% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 33% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (90%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 4,129, the median age is 37, and the most common occupation is Technicians and Trades Workers. 7% of residents were born overseas. Cobar is 590km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.