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Blackheath is a NSW suburb in Lithgow LGA, matched to postcode 2785 — also covering Megalong, Megalong Valley, Shipley. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $580 in 2025, up 5.5% from $550 in 2024. That is about 16% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Blackheath recorded 140 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 18.1% from 171 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 $580 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $525; three-bedroom bonds $590. One-bedroom bonds sat at $450 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $650 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $500 and $621 a week. Fair Trading recorded 101 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $450 to $580 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 61 and violent-related offences 46. Theft made up the largest published share (44 incidents, 31%). Next was Assault (22). The crime series is coded to this suburb name; the rent series, where shown, is the whole postcode. The two windows are not identical: rents are calendar year, recorded crime is the 12 months to March 2026. Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.
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Postcode-wide figure for 2785
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Postcode-wide figure for 2785
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Postcode-wide figure for 2785
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