Average rent in Port Macquarie Surrounds, NSW — 2026

Port Macquarie 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: 81% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 13% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (96%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 5,301, the median age is 50, and the most common occupation is Managers. 9% of residents were born overseas. Port Macquarie Surrounds is 301km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.