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Catherine Hill Bay is a NSW suburb in Lake Macquarie LGA, matched to postcode 2281 — also covering Blacksmiths, Cams Wharf, Caves Beach and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $655 in 2025, up 9.2% from $600 in 2024. That is about 6% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Catherine Hill Bay recorded 55 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 52.8% from 36 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 $750 a week and flats/units at $540. Townhouse bonds sat at $600 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $570; three-bedroom bonds $698. One-bedroom bonds sat at $400 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $900 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $550 and $850 a week. Fair Trading recorded 329 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $500 to $655 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 33 and violent-related offences 13. Theft made up the largest published share (21 incidents, 38%). Next was Malicious damage to property (10). Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.
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Postcode-wide figure for 2281
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Postcode-wide figure for 2281
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