Renting in Broadwater, NSW 2472

Broadwater (Richmond Valley) is a NSW suburb in Richmond Valley LGA, matched to postcode 2472 — also covering Woodburn, New Italy, Rileys Hill and 4 more. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $550 in 2025, up 19.0% from $462 in 2024. That is about 21% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Broadwater (Richmond Valley) recorded 40 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 36.5% from 63 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 $568 a week. One-bedroom bonds sat at $285 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $655 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $500 and $652 a week. Fair Trading recorded 52 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $430 to $550 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 21 and violent-related offences 10. Theft made up the largest published share (15 incidents, 38%). Next was Against justice procedures (6). 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.