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Merewether is a NSW suburb in Newcastle LGA, matched to postcode 2291 — also covering Merewether Heights, The Junction. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $700 in 2025, up 6.1% from $660 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. Merewether recorded 836 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 17.1% from 1,009 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 $850 a week and flats/units at $600. Townhouse bonds sat at $750 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $620; three-bedroom bonds $850. One-bedroom bonds sat at $480 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $1,200 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $590 and $900 a week. Fair Trading recorded 554 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $518 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 537 and violent-related offences 169. Theft made up the largest published share (475 incidents, 57%). Next was Assault (82). 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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+6.1% year-on-year
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These figures describe rental bonds recorded across postcode 2291, not an individual property quote.
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Postcode-wide figure for 2291
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Postcode-wide figure for 2291
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Postcode-wide figure for 2291
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