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Empire Bay is a NSW suburb in Central Coast (NSW) LGA, matched to postcode 2257 — also covering Booker Bay, Box Head, Daleys Point and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $600 in 2025, up 7.1% from $560 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. Empire Bay recorded 37 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 44.8% from 67 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 $500. Townhouse bonds sat at $720 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $525; three-bedroom bonds $685. One-bedroom bonds sat at $390 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $850 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $500 and $750 a week. Fair Trading recorded 1,033 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 17 and violent-related offences 11. Theft made up the largest published share (14 incidents, 38%). Next was Against justice procedures (6). Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.
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+7.1% year-on-year
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Postcode-wide figure for 2257
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Postcode-wide figure for 2257
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Postcode-wide figure for 2257
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