Rental reviews in Upper Main Arm, NSW 2482

Upper Main Arm is a NSW suburb in Byron LGA, matched to postcode 2482 — also covering Goonengerry, Huonbrook, Koonyum Range and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $780 in 2025, up 11.4% from $700 in 2024. That is about 12% above the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Upper Main Arm recorded 26 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 3.7% from 27 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 $580. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $650; three-bedroom bonds $850. One-bedroom bonds sat at $475 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $1,050 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $600 and $950 a week. Fair Trading recorded 196 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $650 to $780 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 12 and violent-related offences 9. Malicious damage to property made up the largest published share (8 incidents, 31%). Next was Intimidation, stalking and harassment (5). 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.