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Russell Vale is a NSW suburb in Wollongong LGA, matched to postcode 2517 — also covering Woonona, Woonona East. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $750 in 2025, up 15.4% from $650 in 2024. That is about 8% above the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Russell Vale recorded 94 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 10.6% from 85 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 $530. Townhouse bonds sat at $720 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $610; three-bedroom bonds $780. One-bedroom bonds sat at $460 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $1,000 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $650 and $890 a week. Fair Trading recorded 204 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $570 to $750 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 50 and violent-related offences 18. Theft made up the largest published share (44 incidents, 47%). Next was Against justice procedures (19). 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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