Average rent in Wallsend - Elermore Vale, NSW — 2026

Wallsend - Elermore Vale sits below the New South Wales median, with the typical renter paying $380/week — 10% less than the state-wide $424/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 64% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 32% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (80%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 20,958, the median age is 40, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 15% of residents were born overseas. Wallsend - Elermore Vale is 115km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.