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Fernside is a NSW suburb in Ballina LGA, matched to postcode 2480 — also covering Back Creek, Bentley, Bexhill and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $550 in 2025, up 10.0% from $500 in 2024. That is about 21% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Fernside recorded 6 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 $600 a week and flats/units at $420. Townhouse bonds sat at $580 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $440; three-bedroom bonds $590. One-bedroom bonds sat at $350 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $700 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $430 and $650 a week. Fair Trading recorded 1,107 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $420 to $550 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: 0. 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 2480
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Postcode-wide figure for 2480
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