Average rent in Kempsey Surrounds, NSW — 2026

Kempsey Surrounds sits below the New South Wales median, with the typical renter paying $300/week — 29% less than the state-wide $424/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 79% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 17% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (94%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 9,472, the median age is 51, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 9% of residents were born overseas. Kempsey Surrounds is 350km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.