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Carrington (Newcastle) is a NSW suburb in Newcastle LGA, matched to postcode 2294. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $730 in 2025, up 12.3% from $650 in 2024. That is about 5% above the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Carrington (Newcastle) recorded 172 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 5.5% from 163 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 $742 a week and flats/units at $580. Townhouse bonds sat at $640 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $650; three-bedroom bonds $800. Half of new bonds sat between $640 and $820 a week. Fair Trading recorded 109 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $525 to $730 a week. Property offences totalled 72 and violent-related offences 54. Theft made up the largest published share (49 incidents, 28%). Next was Against justice procedures (32). 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. Some person-offence categories are not itemised here because suburb geography under-counts them. Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.
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+12.3% year-on-year
+5.5% year-on-year
These figures describe rental bonds recorded across postcode 2294, not an individual property quote.
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Postcode-wide figure for 2294
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Postcode-wide figure for 2294
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Postcode-wide figure for 2294
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