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Forster is a NSW suburb in Mid-Coast LGA, matched to postcode 2428 — also covering Blueys Beach, Boomerang Beach, Booti Booti and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $520 in 2025, up 6.1% from $490 in 2024. That is about 25% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Forster recorded 1,566 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 11.2% from 1,408 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 $625 a week and flats/units at $420. Townhouse bonds sat at $570 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $440; three-bedroom bonds $600. One-bedroom bonds sat at $320 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $670 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $415 and $640 a week. Fair Trading recorded 870 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $400 to $520 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 667 and violent-related offences 357. Theft made up the largest published share (522 incidents, 33%). Next was Against justice procedures (325). 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 2428
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