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Empire Vale is a NSW suburb in Ballina LGA, matched to postcode 2478 — also covering Ballina, Ballina Dc, Coolgardie and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $770 in 2025, up 10.0% from $700 in 2024. That is about 11% above the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Empire Vale recorded 14 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026. 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 $800 a week and flats/units at $600. Townhouse bonds sat at $780 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $600; three-bedroom bonds $780. One-bedroom bonds sat at $428 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $900 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $625 and $870 a week. Fair Trading recorded 1,001 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $600 to $770 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Counts this small swing easily from year to year and should not be read as a trend on their own. Property offences: 6. Violent-related offences: 2. 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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Postcode-wide figure for 2478
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Postcode-wide figure for 2478
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