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Kembla Grange is a NSW suburb in Wollongong LGA, matched to postcode 2526 — also covering Cordeaux, Cordeaux Heights, Farmborough Heights and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $700 in 2025, up 2.9% from $680 in 2024. That is close to the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Kembla Grange recorded 137 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 44.2% from 95 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 $720 a week and flats/units at $500. Townhouse bonds sat at $720 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $520; three-bedroom bonds $700. One-bedroom bonds sat at $450 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $800 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $570 and $800 a week. Fair Trading recorded 321 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $500 to $700 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 72 and violent-related offences 15. Theft made up the largest published share (65 incidents, 47%). Next was Transport regulatory offences (17). 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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+2.9% year-on-year
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These figures describe rental bonds recorded across postcode 2526, not an individual property quote.
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Postcode-wide figure for 2526
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Postcode-wide figure for 2526
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Postcode-wide figure for 2526
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