Average rent in Tamworth - North, NSW — 2026

Tamworth - North sits below the New South Wales median, with the typical renter paying $320/week — 25% less than the state-wide $424/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 57% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 38% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (79%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 16,517, the median age is 38, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 12% of residents were born overseas. Tamworth - North is 309km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.