Rental reviews in Sassafras, NSW 2622

Sassafras is a NSW suburb in Eurobodalla LGA, matched to postcode 2622 — also covering Araluen, Araluen North, Back Creek and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $500 in 2025, unchanged from $500 in 2024. That is about 28% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Sassafras recorded 4 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026. 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 $500 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $470; three-bedroom bonds $500. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $600 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $458 and $562 a week. Fair Trading recorded 72 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $430 to $500 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Counts this small swing easily from year to year and should not be read as a trend on their own. Property offences: 0. Violent-related offences: 2. 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.