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Punchbowl (Canterbury-Bankstown) is a NSW suburb in Canterbury-Bankstown LGA, matched to postcode 2196 — also covering Roselands. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $633 in 2025, up 2.1% from $620 in 2024. That is about 9% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Punchbowl (Canterbury-Bankstown) recorded 1,165 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 0.3% from 1,162 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 $800 a week and flats/units at $550. Townhouse bonds sat at $910 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $550; three-bedroom bonds $785. One-bedroom bonds sat at $495 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $945 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $520 and $791 a week. Fair Trading recorded 950 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $380 to $633 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 519 and violent-related offences 311. Theft made up the largest published share (441 incidents, 38%). Next was Assault (156). 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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+2.1% year-on-year
+0.3% year-on-year
These figures describe rental bonds recorded across postcode 2196, not an individual property quote.
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Postcode-wide figure for 2196
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Postcode-wide figure for 2196
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Postcode-wide figure for 2196
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