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Waterloo is a NSW suburb in Sydney LGA, matched to postcode 2017 — also covering Waterloo Dc, Zetland. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $1,050 in 2025, up 5.0% from $1,000 in 2024. That is about 51% above the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Waterloo recorded 2,390 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 14.8% from 2,082 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 $1,100 a week and flats/units at $1,050. Townhouse bonds sat at $1,100 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $1,150; three-bedroom bonds $1,500. One-bedroom bonds sat at $820 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $1,600 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $850 and $1,250 a week. Fair Trading recorded 6,742 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $610 to $1,050 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 1,071 and violent-related offences 527. Theft made up the largest published share (838 incidents, 35%). Next was Against justice procedures (305). 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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