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Townsend is a NSW suburb in Clarence Valley LGA, matched to postcode 2463 — also covering Ashby, Ashby Heights, Ashby Island and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $525 in 2025, up 7.6% from $488 in 2024. That is about 24% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Townsend recorded 70 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 32.1% from 53 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 $560 a week and flats/units at $410. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $460; three-bedroom bonds $550. One-bedroom bonds sat at $320 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $650 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $450 and $600 a week. Fair Trading recorded 172 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $430 to $525 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 34 and violent-related offences 21. Theft made up the largest published share (24 incidents, 34%). Next was Intimidation, stalking and harassment (11). 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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+7.6% year-on-year
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Postcode-wide figure for 2463
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