Average rent in Katoomba - Leura, NSW — 2026

Katoomba - Leura sits below the New South Wales median, with the typical renter paying $380/week — 10% less than the state-wide $424/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 68% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 28% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (83%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 13,348, the median age is 50, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 23% of residents were born overseas. Katoomba - Leura is 85km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.