Average rent in Macquarie Fields, NSW — 2026

Macquarie Fields sits below the New South Wales median, with the typical renter paying $340/week — 20% less than the state-wide $424/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 55% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 42% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (71%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 14,198, the median age is 36, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 40% of residents were born overseas. Macquarie Fields is 32km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.