Renting in Kurnell, NSW 2231

Kurnell is a NSW suburb in Sutherland LGA, matched to postcode 2231. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $790 in 2025, up 3.9% from $760 in 2024. That is about 14% above the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Kurnell recorded 155 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 25.1% from 207 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 $1,000 a week and flats/units at $690. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $600; three-bedroom bonds $980. One-bedroom bonds sat at $470 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $550 and $1,000 a week. Fair Trading recorded 53 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $598 to $790 a week. Property offences totalled 47 and violent-related offences 37. Other offences made up the largest published share (44 incidents, 28%). Next was Theft (25). 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. Some person-offence categories are not itemised here because suburb geography under-counts them. Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.