Average rent in Nambucca Heads, NSW — 2026

Nambucca Heads sits below the New South Wales median, with the typical renter paying $285/week — 33% less than the state-wide $424/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 63% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 33% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (74%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 7,111, the median age is 56, and the most common occupation is Community and Personal Service Workers. 11% of residents were born overseas. Nambucca Heads is 396km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.