Average rent in Yass, NSW — 2026

Yass sits below the New South Wales median, with the typical renter paying $340/week — 20% less than the state-wide $424/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 73% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 23% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (88%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 6,763, the median age is 42, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 9% of residents were born overseas. Yass is 236km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.