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Rockdale is a NSW suburb in Bayside (NSW) LGA, matched to postcode 2216 — also covering Banksia, Brighton Le Sands, Brighton-Le-Sands and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $690 in 2025, up 3.0% from $670 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. Rockdale recorded 1,009 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 11.7% from 903 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 $825 a week and flats/units at $670. Townhouse bonds sat at $765 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $700; three-bedroom bonds $900. One-bedroom bonds sat at $580 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $1,100 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $600 and $780 a week. Fair Trading recorded 1,508 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $445 to $690 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 472 and violent-related offences 217. Theft made up the largest published share (396 incidents, 39%). Next was Transport regulatory offences (142). 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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Postcode-wide figure for 2216
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Postcode-wide figure for 2216
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