Rental reviews in Lemon Tree Passage, NSW 2319

Lemon Tree Passage is a NSW suburb in Port Stephens LGA, matched to postcode 2319 — also covering Mallabula, Tanilba Bay, Tilligerry Creek. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $585 in 2025, up 8.3% from $540 in 2024. That is about 16% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Lemon Tree Passage recorded 159 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 11.2% from 179 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 $600 a week and flats/units at $472. Townhouse bonds sat at $540 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $490; three-bedroom bonds $580. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $660 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $520 and $650 a week. Fair Trading recorded 182 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $430 to $585 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 49 and violent-related offences 59. Theft made up the largest published share (33 incidents, 21%). Next was Intimidation, stalking and harassment (27). 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.