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Mount Colah is a NSW suburb in Northern Beaches LGA, matched to postcode 2079. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $700 in 2025, down 2.8% from $720 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. Mount Colah recorded 112 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 21.7% from 143 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 $865 a week and flats/units at $605. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $620; three-bedroom bonds $800. One-bedroom bonds sat at $550 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $1,020 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $600 and $900 a week. Fair Trading recorded 135 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $482 to $700 a week. Property offences totalled 57 and violent-related offences 36. Theft made up the largest published share (36 incidents, 32%). Next was Malicious damage to property (20). 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.
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