Suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Wollongong
Dapto leads the 3-bedroom house list: rents agreed on new leases rose 42% since 2021, from $490 to $695 a week. Warrawong leads the 2-bedroom unit list, up 61% ($328 to $528).
This ranking orders Wollongong suburbs by how much the median rent agreed on new leases has risen since 2021, for 3-bedroom houses and 2-bedroom units separately. The figures come from rental bond records, so they are what tenants signed up to pay, not what landlords advertised.
Advertised rents would have told a different story. Checked against bond records in October 2026, they roughly doubled the rise at the top of the Sydney list (Ermington: advertised +99%, agreed +44%), because suburbs where bigger, dearer homes now make up more of the listings looked like suburbs where rents had soared. The change compares the median of the four quarters of 2021 with the latest four, and every one of those quarters needs at least 10 new bonds.
Wollongong suburbs where 3-bedroom house rents rose most
Change in the median rent agreed on new leases of 3-bedroom houses, from 2021 to the latest four quarters.
Dapto
NSW 2530 · 10,954 residents+42% since 2021 · $490 to $695 a week · postcode 2530 figures
Warilla
NSW 2528 · 6,226 residents+42% since 2021 · $492 to $700 a week · postcode 2528 figures
Corrimal
NSW 2518 · 6,972 residents+41% since 2021 · $565 to $795 a week · postcode 2518 figures
Port Kembla
NSW 2505 · 5,088 residents+40% since 2021 · $500 to $702 a week · postcode 2505 figures
Warrawong
NSW 2502 · 4,659 residents+40% since 2021 · $480 to $670 a week · postcode 2502 figures
Berkeley
NSW 2506 · 7,798 residents+39% since 2021 · $492 to $682 a week · postcode 2506 figures
Unanderra
NSW 2526 · 5,476 residents+39% since 2021 · $505 to $700 a week · postcode 2526 figures
Albion Park
NSW 2527 · 13,826 residents+38% since 2021 · $520 to $715 a week · postcode 2527 figures
Shell Cove
NSW 2529 · 7,591 residents+35% since 2021 · $565 to $765 a week · postcode 2529 figures
Fairy Meadow
NSW 2519 · 7,512 residents+35% since 2021 · $558 to $750 a week · postcode 2519 figures
Wollongong
NSW 2500 · 20,446 residents+34% since 2021 · $560 to $750 a week · postcode 2500 figures
Kiama
NSW 2533 · 7,904 residents+32% since 2021 · $602 to $794 a week · postcode 2533 figures
Thirroul
NSW 2515 · 6,348 residents+32% since 2021 · $778 to $1,029 a week · postcode 2515 figures
Figtree
NSW 2525 · 12,335 residents+31% since 2021 · $565 to $740 a week · postcode 2525 figures
Helensburgh
NSW 2508 · 6,576 residents+29% since 2021 · $612 to $792 a week · postcode 2508 figures
Ranked from 17 qualifying suburbs.
Wollongong suburbs where 2-bedroom unit rents rose most
Change in the median rent agreed on new leases of 2-bedroom units, from 2021 to the latest four quarters.
Warrawong
NSW 2502 · 4,659 residents+61% since 2021 · $328 to $528 a week · postcode 2502 figures
Fairy Meadow
NSW 2519 · 7,512 residents+49% since 2021 · $386 to $574 a week · postcode 2519 figures
Woonona
NSW 2517 · 12,374 residents+44% since 2021 · $386 to $558 a week · postcode 2517 figures
Warilla
NSW 2528 · 6,226 residents+44% since 2021 · $370 to $532 a week · postcode 2528 figures
Wollongong
NSW 2500 · 20,446 residents+43% since 2021 · $445 to $635 a week · postcode 2500 figures
Corrimal
NSW 2518 · 6,972 residents+42% since 2021 · $380 to $540 a week · postcode 2518 figures
Shell Cove
NSW 2529 · 7,591 residents+40% since 2021 · $455 to $635 a week · postcode 2529 figures
Port Kembla
NSW 2505 · 5,088 residents+38% since 2021 · $358 to $495 a week · postcode 2505 figures
Dapto
NSW 2530 · 10,954 residents+35% since 2021 · $388 to $522 a week · postcode 2530 figures
Thirroul
NSW 2515 · 6,348 residents+28% since 2021 · $520 to $665 a week · postcode 2515 figures
Kiama
NSW 2533 · 7,904 residents+23% since 2021 · $498 to $610 a week · postcode 2533 figures
Ranked from 11 qualifying suburbs.
Common questions about this ranking
What are the suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Wollongong?
Dapto leads the 3-bedroom house list: rents agreed on new leases rose 42% since 2021, from $490 to $695 a week. Warrawong leads the 2-bedroom unit list, up 61% ($328 to $528).
Are these advertised rents or rents people actually pay?
Rents people agreed to pay: every new lease lodges a bond with the state, and the bond record carries the weekly rent. Advertised rents were checked and not used. In October 2026 they roughly doubled the rise at the top of the Sydney list (Ermington: advertised +99%, agreed +44%), because suburbs where dearer homes now make up more of the listings looked like suburbs where rents had soared.
How is the rise measured?
The median rent of the four quarters of 2021 against the median of the latest four, for 3-bedroom houses and 2-bedroom units separately. Every one of those quarters needs at least 10 new bonds, so one thin quarter cannot put a suburb at the top.
Why does each Wollongong postcode appear only once?
New South Wales publishes bond figures by postcode, not by suburb. Every suburb in a postcode would show the same numbers, so each postcode is listed once, under its most populous suburb.
Why is there no list for Melbourne, Perth, Canberra or Darwin?
Victoria publishes bond rents only for groups of suburbs, and the ACT and the Northern Territory publish none we can use. Western Australia's figures start in 2023, so they cannot be compared with 2021.
Same list in other cities
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Rankings last computed 24 October 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.
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