Rental reviews in Waverley, NSW 2024

Waverley is a NSW suburb in Waverley LGA, matched to postcode 2024 — also covering Bronte, Charing Cross. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $975 in 2025, up 2.6% from $950 in 2024. That is about 40% above the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Waverley recorded 300 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 19.8% from 374 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 $1,800 a week and flats/units at $900. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $1,000; three-bedroom bonds $1,400. One-bedroom bonds sat at $730 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $2,495 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $800 and $1,250 a week. Fair Trading recorded 610 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $690 to $975 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 57 and violent-related offences 64. Against justice procedures made up the largest published share (144 incidents, 48%). Next was Theft (37). 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.