Average rent in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, NSW — 2026

Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest sits below the New South Wales median, with the typical renter paying $350/week — 17% less than the state-wide $424/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 71% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 16% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (88%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 5,804, the median age is 65, and the most common occupation is Technicians and Trades Workers. 16% of residents were born overseas. Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest is 161km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.