Average rent in Tumut, NSW — 2026

Tumut sits below the New South Wales median, with the typical renter paying $245/week — 42% less than the state-wide $424/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 66% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 32% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (86%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 6,667, the median age is 42, and the most common occupation is Labourers. 9% of residents were born overseas. Tumut is 317km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.