Newcastle-Maitland
$4,153typical listing takes a month
- Nightly rate
- $381
- Nights booked
- ~166/yr
- Cautious a month
- $2,109
- Active listings
- 1,134
- House rent a month
- $3,120
Night cap: none (non-hosted stays allowed 365 nights)
NSW markets
NSW Airbnb markets: the numbers, town by town
Every NSW market we hold short-stay figures for, on one page: what a night costs, how many nights get booked, what a typical and a cautious listing take, and what the same council area pays on a long lease.
By the Temporary Rentals NSW editorUpdated 3 October 20263 min read
Numbers checked 29 Sep 2026 ยท AirROI estimates and NSW Government rents
The short answer
Of the markets here with 20 or more listings, Mayfield, Cooks Hill and Merewether had the highest typical takings, and the Hunter Valley the highest nightly rate. Every figure is an AirROI estimate for the 12 months to September 2026.
Nelson Bay
$3,967typical listing takes a month
- Nightly rate
- $588
- Nights booked
- ~95/yr
- Cautious a month
- $1,940
- Active listings
- 591
- House rent a month
- $2,903
Night cap: none (non-hosted stays allowed 365 nights)
Hunter Valley (Cessnock area)
$5,084typical listing takes a month
- Nightly rate
- $695
- Nights booked
- ~118/yr
- Cautious a month
- $2,721
- Active listings
- 544
- House rent a month
- $2,687
Night cap: none (non-hosted stays allowed 365 nights)
Port Stephens
$4,294typical listing takes a month
- Nightly rate
- $642
- Nights booked
- ~108/yr
- Cautious a month
- $2,123
- Active listings
- 398
- House rent a month
- $2,903
Night cap: none (non-hosted stays allowed 365 nights)
Lake Macquarie
$4,141typical listing takes a month
- Nightly rate
- $530
- Nights booked
- ~120/yr
- Cautious a month
- $2,160
- Active listings
- 179
- House rent a month
- $3,120
Night cap: none (non-hosted stays allowed 365 nights)
Newcastle (inner city)
$5,073typical listing takes a month
- Nightly rate
- $391
- Nights booked
- ~176/yr
- Cautious a month
- $2,879
- Active listings
- 170
- House rent a month
- $3,120
Night cap: none (non-hosted stays allowed 365 nights)
Merewether
$5,488typical listing takes a month
- Nightly rate
- $428
- Nights booked
- ~203/yr
- Cautious a month
- $3,517
- Active listings
- 74
- House rent a month
- $3,120
Night cap: none (non-hosted stays allowed 365 nights)
Cooks Hill
$5,915typical listing takes a month
- Nightly rate
- $433
- Nights booked
- ~214/yr
- Cautious a month
- $3,766
- Active listings
- 43
- House rent a month
- $3,120
Night cap: none (non-hosted stays allowed 365 nights)
Hamilton
$5,078typical listing takes a month
- Nightly rate
- $333
- Nights booked
- ~199/yr
- Cautious a month
- $2,333
- Active listings
- 30
- House rent a month
- $3,120
Night cap: none (non-hosted stays allowed 365 nights)
Charlestown
$3,946typical listing takes a month
- Nightly rate
- $297
- Nights booked
- ~207/yr
- Cautious a month
- $3,032
- Active listings
- 29
- House rent a month
- $3,120
Night cap: none (non-hosted stays allowed 365 nights)
The Hill
$4,831typical listing takes a month
- Nightly rate
- $477
- Nights booked
- ~174/yr
- Cautious a month
- $3,294
- Active listings
- 29
- House rent a month
- $3,120
Night cap: none (non-hosted stays allowed 365 nights)
Mayfield
$6,235typical listing takes a month
- Nightly rate
- $398
- Nights booked
- ~210/yr
- Cautious a month
- $2,203
- Active listings
- 24
- House rent a month
- $3,120
Night cap: none (non-hosted stays allowed 365 nights)
Jesmond
$897typical listing takes a month
- Nightly rate
- $230
- Nights booked
- ~48/yr
- Cautious a month
- $489
- Active listings
- 23
- House rent a month
- $3,120
Night cap: none (non-hosted stays allowed 365 nights)
AirROI market estimates, trailing 12 months, pulled 29 September 2026 (markets with 20 or more active listings). "Nights booked" is the middle listing's occupancy across a year. House rent is the NSW Government median for a new house lease in the council area, April to June 2026, times 52 and divided by 12. This is general information, not financial or tax advice. These are estimates from market data; your own place could earn more or less.
How to read the cards
- Nightly rate is the average across the market's listings.
- Nights booked is the middle listing's occupancy, as nights in a year.
- Typical and cautious are what the middle and the bottom-quarter listing took a month, gross.
- House rent is the long-lease benchmark for the same council area.
- Night cap: none of these Hunter council areas caps non-hosted stays; Greater Sydney, Ballina, parts of Clarence Valley and Muswellbrook cap them at 180 nights, and most of Byron Shire at 60.
More towns
Sydney, Byron Bay, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, the Blue Mountains, the South Coast and the Central Coast are not here yet. We add a town when we have bought its figures, rather than estimate it.
Common questions
Is Newcastle good for Airbnb?
Its middle listing took about $4,153 a month across the wider Newcastle-Maitland market, and more in Merewether and inner Newcastle. The Newcastle page has the detail.
Sources
This is general information, not financial or tax advice. These are estimates from market data; your own place could earn more or less.