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Balmain East is a NSW suburb in Inner West LGA, matched to postcode 2041 — also covering Balmain, Birchgrove. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $860 in 2025, up 1.2% from $850 in 2024. That is about 24% above the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Balmain East recorded 108 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 13.7% from 95 a year earlier. These are police-recorded incidents, not convictions, and they are not adjusted for how many people live or visit here. House bonds typically leased at $1,158 a week and flats/units at $710. Townhouse bonds sat at $1,075 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $890; three-bedroom bonds $1,350. One-bedroom bonds sat at $630 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $1,965 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $650 and $1,175 a week. Fair Trading recorded 767 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $680 to $860 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 31 and violent-related offences 29. Theft made up the largest published share (22 incidents, 20%). Next was Other offences (20). The crime series is coded to this suburb name; the rent series, where shown, is the whole postcode. Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.
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+1.2% year-on-year
+13.7% year-on-year
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