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Blackwall is a NSW suburb in Central Coast (NSW) LGA, matched to postcode 2256 — also covering Horsfield Bay, Koolewong, Little Wobby and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $600 in 2025, up 9.1% from $550 in 2024. That is about 14% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Blackwall recorded 81 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 31.9% from 119 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 $630 a week and flats/units at $500. Townhouse bonds sat at $670 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $520; three-bedroom bonds $680. One-bedroom bonds sat at $375 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $800 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $495 and $720 a week. Fair Trading recorded 567 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $450 to $600 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 40 and violent-related offences 18. Theft made up the largest published share (27 incidents, 33%). Next was Malicious damage to property (13). 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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+9.1% year-on-year
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These figures describe rental bonds recorded across postcode 2256, not an individual property quote.
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Postcode-wide figure for 2256
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Postcode-wide figure for 2256
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Postcode-wide figure for 2256
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