Section 0
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One figure first. Each step below opens the next layer. The figures are the ones printed in full in Section 1: postcode 2017, flats and units, 2 bedrooms, June 2026.
Adequate sample n = 198 · June 2026
$1,180/week
Half of the 198 rents recorded here in June 2026 were below $1,180/week. Half were above it. The name for this figure is the median.
n = 198 bond lodgements counted · Period: June 2026 · Dataset: Data to June 2026 · Source: NSW rental bond lodgements
Show how rents compare
Where the other rents sat
Sort the 198 recorded rents from lowest to highest. A quarter of them were below $1,100/week. A quarter were above $1,270/week. The half in between is called the middle half.
The navy span is the middle half. The heavy tick is the middle rent. n = 198, June 2026, Data to June 2026.
The ruler runs from $900 to $1,450 in every panel of this release, so one span can be laid against another. How finely it is cut says how much evidence stands behind it. Here 198 lodgements carry a $25 cut. Where only five bonds were lodged, the ruler is cut in $100 steps instead. A figure from five bonds is not known to the nearest $25.
Show the last 12 months
Twelve months to June 2026
Each month is counted on its own. The number of lodgements counted runs from 139 in April 2026 to 529 in February 2026.
Figure 1. The middle rent stayed between $1,100 and $1,250 across the twelve months to June 2026. The heavy line is the middle rent, also called the median. The shaded band is the middle half of rents that month. Postcode 2017, flats and units, 2 bedrooms. Vertical axis: dollars per week. The number of lodgements counted runs from n = 139 to n = 529. Each month's n is in Table 1. Dataset: Data to June 2026.
Every month's three figures and its count are printed in Table 1, in Section 1 of this release.
Show where these figures come from
Source, sample size and dataset
- Sample size
- n = 198 bond lodgements
- Period covered
- June 2026 (one month)
- Dataset version
- Data to June 2026
- Cell
- Postcode 2017 · Flats/Units · 2 bedrooms
- Source
- NSW rental bond data (NSW Fair Trading)
- Method
- How these figures are calculated
A bond is lodged at the start of a tenancy. The lodgement records the weekly rent agreed. Lodgements are grouped by postcode, dwelling type, bedroom count and month. Each group is a cell, and n is the count of lodgements in it.
Sample sizes across this dataset are small. The middle cell holds 2 lodgements, and 86 per cent hold fewer than 10. Section 9 sets out the method in full.
Sections 1 to 9 print the same figures in full. They also cover other combinations, thinner samples, a combination with no lodgements, and figures entered by a reader.
Section 1
Waterloo and Zetland, units
Weekly rents recorded in bond lodgements for postcode 2017, flats and units, 2 bedrooms.
Selection 2017 · Flats/Units · 2 bedrooms
Adequate sample n = 198 · June 2026
$1,180/week
Read on a $25 scale
Half of the 198 rents recorded in June 2026 were below $1,180/week, and half were above. The name for this figure is the median.
Sorted from lowest to highest, a quarter of the 198 recorded rents were below $1,100/week. A quarter were above $1,270/week.
Cut in $25 steps: an adequate sample carries a fine reading. The ruler runs from $900 to $1,450 in every panel of this release, so one span can be laid against another. The navy span is the middle half. The heavy tick is the middle rent. n = 198, June 2026, Data to June 2026.
n = 198 · Period: June 2026 · Dataset: Data to June 2026 · Source: NSW rental bond lodgements
Sample size, period, dataset version and sources
- Sample size
- n = 198 bond lodgements
- Period covered
- June 2026 (one month)
- Dataset version
- Data to June 2026
- Cell
- Postcode 2017 · Flats/Units · 2 bedrooms
- Source
- NSW rental bond data (NSW Fair Trading)
- Method
- How these quartiles are calculated
What “middle half” and “quarter point” mean
Sort every recorded rent in this cell from lowest to highest. The lower quarter point is the rent one quarter of the way along: a quarter of these rents were below $1,100/week. The upper quarter point is three quarters of the way along: a quarter were above $1,270/week. The median sits in the middle, at $1,180/week.
The middle half is everything between the two quarter points. These figures come from n = 198 lodgements recorded in June 2026, Data to June 2026.
Show the last 12 months
Twelve months to June 2026
Each month is counted on its own. The number of lodgements counted runs from 139 in April 2026 to 529 in February 2026.
Figure 1. The middle rent stayed between $1,100 and $1,250 across the twelve months to June 2026. The heavy line is the middle rent, also called the median. The shaded band is the middle half of rents that month. Postcode 2017, flats and units, 2 bedrooms. Vertical axis: dollars per week. The number of lodgements counted runs from n = 139 to n = 529. Each month's n is in Table 1. Dataset: Data to June 2026.
| Period | Lower quarter | Median | Upper quarter | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | 1,020 | 1,100 | 1,240 | 317 |
| Aug 2025 | 1,050 | 1,150 | 1,250 | 339 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,060 | 1,150 | 1,250 | 278 |
| Oct 2025 | 980 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 204 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,050 | 1,150 | 1,290 | 173 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,000 | 1,100 | 1,250 | 331 |
| Jan 2026 | 1,080 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 525 |
| Feb 2026 | 1,150 | 1,250 | 1,350 | 529 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,100 | 1,250 | 1,320 | 185 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 139 |
| May 2026 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 180 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,100 | 1,180 | 1,270 | 198 |
Table 1 and Figure 1 · Periods July 2025 to June 2026 · n shown per row · Dataset: Data to June 2026 · Source: NSW rental bond lodgements
Section 2
Sutherland area, townhouses
Postcode 2232 covers Kirrawee, Grays Point, Kareela, Loftus, Sutherland, Woronora, and the Royal National Park localities of Audley, Bonnie Vale, Garie and Jibbon.
Very thin sample n = 5 · June 2026
Five lodgements were recorded for this combination in June 2026. Figures from a sample this small can move a long way from one month to the next.
$1,100/week
Read on a $100 scale — a very thin sample
Half of the 5 rents recorded in June 2026 were below $1,100/week, and half were above. Five recorded rents is a very thin sample.
Cut in $100 steps only: five lodgements do not carry a finer reading. Same $900 to $1,450 ruler as every other panel, so this span can be laid against Section 1's. The hatched span is the middle half. The heavy tick is the middle rent. n = 5, June 2026, Data to June 2026.
n = 5 · Period: June 2026 · Dataset: Data to June 2026 · Source: NSW rental bond lodgements
Sample size, period, dataset version and sources
- Sample size
- n = 5 bond lodgements (very thin)
- Period covered
- June 2026 (one month)
- Dataset version
- Data to June 2026
- Cell
- Postcode 2232 · Townhouse/Terrace · 3 bedrooms
- Source
- NSW rental bond data (NSW Fair Trading)
- Method
- How these quartiles are calculated
Section 3
A combination with no lodgements
Postcode 2017, houses, 5 bedrooms, June 2026.
No sample n = 0 · June 2026
n = 0
No reading: the scale is uncut
No lodgements recorded for this combination.
Nothing was lodged for houses with 5 bedrooms in postcode 2017 during June 2026. This is a recorded zero, not a missing value and not a failed request.
Change the selection above to see a different combination.
An uncut ruler. It runs from $900 to $1,450 like every other panel. With no lodgements there is nothing to graduate, no middle half to span and no middle rent to mark. n = 0, June 2026, Data to June 2026.
n = 0 · Period: June 2026 · Dataset: Data to June 2026 · Source: NSW rental bond lodgements
Sample size, period, dataset version and sources
- Sample size
- n = 0 bond lodgements
- Period covered
- June 2026 (one month)
- Dataset version
- Data to June 2026
- Cell
- Postcode 2017 · Houses · 5 bedrooms
- Source
- NSW rental bond data (NSW Fair Trading)
- Method
- How an empty cell is recorded
Section 4
Broadway and Ultimo, units
Postcode 2007, flats and units, 2 bedrooms. Quartiles are published for this cell; the individual lodgement records behind them are not.
Thin sample n = 16 · June 2026
$1,235/week
Read on a $50 scale — a thin sample
Half of the 16 rents recorded in June 2026 were below $1,235/week, and half were above. Sixteen recorded rents is a thin sample.
Cut in $50 steps: a thin sample does not carry the $25 reading used in Section 1. Same $900 to $1,450 ruler as every other panel, so this span can be laid against Section 1's. The hatched span is the middle half. The heavy tick is the middle rent. n = 16, June 2026, Data to June 2026.
Distribution not published for this cell
The four figures above are published for postcode 2007. The lodgement-by-lodgement records behind them are not published. So the spread between the quarter points cannot be drawn in more detail than the scale above.
Everything shown for this cell comes from those published figures: n = 16, June 2026, Data to June 2026.
n = 16 · Period: June 2026 · Dataset: Data to June 2026 · Source: NSW rental bond lodgements
Sample size, period, dataset version and sources
- Sample size
- n = 16 bond lodgements (thin)
- Period covered
- June 2026 (one month)
- Dataset version
- Data to June 2026
- Cell
- Postcode 2007 · Flats/Units · 2 bedrooms
- Available
- Quartiles and count only; no lodgement-level records
- Source
- NSW rental bond data (NSW Fair Trading)
- Method
- How these quartiles are calculated
Section 5
A proposed rent on the scale
The same scale as Section 1, with two entered figures placed on it: a current rent of $1,050/week and a proposed rent. Three proposed figures are shown.
Entered figures are marked as entered and are not part of the dataset. They are calculated in this browser. They are not stored and not sent anywhere. The comparison figures are the June 2026 quartiles for postcode 2017, flats and units, 2 bedrooms: n = 198, Data to June 2026.
Proposed $1,350/week
$1,350/week sits above $1,270/week, the point a quarter of comparable lodgements were above. Three quarters of comparable lodgements were below $1,270/week in June 2026 (n = 198).
Plumb lines drop from the entered figures to the scale. The dimension line below measures the gap between them. Navy is the June 2026 distribution: n = 198, Data to June 2026.
n = 198 · Period: June 2026 · Dataset: Data to June 2026 · Entered figures are not from the dataset
Proposed $1,180/week
$1,180/week is the middle rent of comparable lodgements. Half of comparable lodgements were below $1,180/week in June 2026 and half were above (n = 198).
Plumb lines drop from the entered figures to the scale. The dimension line below measures the gap between them. Navy is the June 2026 distribution: n = 198, Data to June 2026.
n = 198 · Period: June 2026 · Dataset: Data to June 2026 · Entered figures are not from the dataset
Proposed $1,100/week
$1,100/week is the point a quarter of comparable lodgements were below. A quarter of comparable lodgements were below $1,100/week in June 2026, and three quarters were above (n = 198).
Plumb lines drop from the entered figures to the scale. The dimension line below measures the gap between them. Navy is the June 2026 distribution: n = 198, Data to June 2026.
n = 198 · Period: June 2026 · Dataset: Data to June 2026 · Entered figures are not from the dataset
Section 6
Shared view
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Section 7
Interaction states
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State 1 — provenance opened on a statistic
$1,180/week
Read on a $25 scale
Half of the 198 rents recorded in June 2026 were below $1,180/week, and half were above.
n = 198 · Period: June 2026 · Dataset: Data to June 2026
Sample size, period, dataset version and sources
- Sample size
- n = 198 bond lodgements
- Period covered
- June 2026 (one month)
- Dataset version
- Data to June 2026
- Cell
- Postcode 2017 · Flats/Units · 2 bedrooms
- Source
- NSW rental bond data (NSW Fair Trading)
- Method
- How these quartiles are calculated
State 2 — a definition opened by tap
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What “middle half” and “quarter point” mean
Sort every recorded rent in this cell from lowest to highest. The lower quarter point is the rent one quarter of the way along: a quarter of these rents were below $1,100/week. A quarter were above $1,270/week. The median sits in the middle, at $1,180/week.
These figures come from n = 198 lodgements recorded in June 2026, Data to June 2026.
State 3 — selection controls open
Selection 2017 · Flats/Units · 2 bedrooms
State 4 — keyboard focus treatment
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Section 8
Notes and sources
The rule about rent increases, quoted in full
Quoted verbatim from the source named below. Not summarised and not reworded.
41 Rent increases
(1) The rent payable under a residential tenancy agreement may be increased only if—
(a) the tenant is given a written notice by the landlord or the landlord's agent specifying the increased rent and the day from which it is payable, and
(b) the notice is given at least 60 days before the increased rent is payable.
(1A) The rent payable under a residential tenancy agreement—
(a) may not be increased within 12 months after the start of the tenancy, and
(b) may not be increased more than once in any period of 12 months.
Residential Tenancies Act 2010 No 42 (NSW), section 41. Current version for 30 July 2026 to date. Checked 2 August 2026.
legislation.nsw.gov.au — Residential Tenancies Act 2010, section 41
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Advertised asking rents and lodged bond rents are different measurements. Everything in this release is lodged bond data: n and period are stated for every figure. Dataset: Data to June 2026.
Section 9
Methodology
A bond is lodged at the start of a tenancy. The lodgement records the weekly rent agreed. Lodgements are grouped by postcode, dwelling type, bedroom count and month. Each group is a cell.
The figures in this release are read straight off that sorted list. The middle rent, also called the median, is the one halfway along it. A quarter of the rents sit below the lower quarter point and a quarter sit above the upper quarter point.
For each cell, the recorded rents are sorted from lowest to highest. Three figures are then taken. The first is the rent one quarter of the way along. The second is the rent halfway along, which is the median. The third is the rent three quarters of the way along. The count of lodgements in the cell is n, published with every figure.
Sample sizes are small. Across the whole dataset the middle cell holds 2 lodgements, and 86 per cent hold fewer than 10. Every cell therefore carries a confidence tier, and the tier decides how finely the scale beside it is cut.
- Adequate, n of 30 or more. Ruler cut in $25 steps.
- Thin, n of 10 to 29. Ruler cut in $50 steps, span hatched.
- Very thin, n of 1 to 9. Ruler cut in $100 steps, span hatched more densely.
- No sample, n = 0. The ruler is drawn uncut, with no span and no middle rent.
A quartile taken from five lodgements is not known to the nearest $25, so the instrument does not offer to read it that way. Every ruler in this release covers the same $900 to $1,450. A span drawn in one panel can therefore be laid against a span drawn in another. Only the cutting changes with the sample.
Rents are dollars per week, as recorded. Figures are not adjusted for inflation, property condition, furnishing or any other characteristic.