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South Bowenfels is a NSW suburb in Blue Mountains LGA, matched to postcode 2790 — also covering Ben Bullen, Blackmans Flat, Bowenfels and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $435 in 2025, up 8.8% from $400 in 2024. That is about 37% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. South Bowenfels recorded 59 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 31.1% from 45 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 $450 a week and flats/units at $302. Townhouse bonds sat at $440 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $370; three-bedroom bonds $450. One-bedroom bonds sat at $270 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $600 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $370 and $500 a week. Fair Trading recorded 414 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $320 to $435 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 14 and violent-related offences 13. Drug offences made up the largest published share (11 incidents, 19%). Next was Against justice procedures (9). Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.
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