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Bobs Farm is a NSW suburb in Port Stephens LGA, matched to postcode 2316 — also covering Anna Bay, Boat Harbour, Fishermans Bay and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $695 in 2025, up 8.6% from $640 in 2024. That is close to the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Bobs Farm recorded 41 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 17.1% from 35 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 $720 a week and flats/units at $450. Townhouse bonds sat at $650 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $450; three-bedroom bonds $650. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $750 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $560 and $755 a week. Fair Trading recorded 97 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $530 to $695 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 11 and violent-related offences 9. Theft made up the largest published share (11 incidents, 27%). Next was Against justice procedures (7). 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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+8.6% year-on-year
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Postcode-wide figure for 2316
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Postcode-wide figure for 2316
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Postcode-wide figure for 2316
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