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Chittaway Bay is a NSW suburb in Central Coast (NSW) LGA, matched to postcode 2261 — also covering Bateau Bay, Bay Village, Berkeley Vale and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $600 in 2025, up 9.1% from $550 in 2024. That is about 14% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Chittaway Bay recorded 76 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 16.9% from 65 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 $650 a week and flats/units at $492. Townhouse bonds sat at $622 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $520; three-bedroom bonds $650. One-bedroom bonds sat at $380 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $800 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $500 and $710 a week. Fair Trading recorded 1,606 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $460 to $600 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 23 and violent-related offences 31. Theft made up the largest published share (17 incidents, 22%). Next was Assault (15). 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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+9.1% year-on-year
+16.9% year-on-year
These figures describe rental bonds recorded across postcode 2261, not an individual property quote.
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Postcode-wide figure for 2261
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Postcode-wide figure for 2261
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Postcode-wide figure for 2261
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