Renting in Bourke, NSW 2840

Bourke is a NSW suburb in Bourke LGA, matched to postcode 2840 — also covering North Bourke, Louth, Wanaaring and 8 more. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $300 in 2025, unchanged from $300 in 2024. That is about 57% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Bourke recorded 1,206 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 1.1% from 1,193 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 $350 a week and flats/units at $190. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $255; three-bedroom bonds $350. One-bedroom bonds sat at $190 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $250 and $350 a week. Fair Trading recorded 84 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $235 to $300 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 373 and violent-related offences 342. Against justice procedures made up the largest published share (318 incidents, 26%). Next was Theft (275). 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.