Rental reviews in Killara, NSW 2071

Killara is a NSW suburb in Ku-ring-gai LGA, matched to postcode 2071 — also covering East Killara. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $845 in 2025, down 0.6% from $850 in 2024. That is about 22% above the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Killara recorded 138 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 21.1% from 175 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 $1,500 a week and flats/units at $780. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $800; three-bedroom bonds $1,100. One-bedroom bonds sat at $650 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $1,500 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $690 and $1,245 a week. Fair Trading recorded 371 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $650 to $845 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 59 and violent-related offences 44. Theft made up the largest published share (43 incidents, 31%). Next was Assault (23). The crime series is coded to this suburb name; the rent series, where shown, is the whole postcode. The two windows are not identical: rents are calendar year, recorded crime is the 12 months to March 2026. Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.