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Renting and moving

• 999 new rental bonds were lodged with NSW Fair Trading for homes in postcode 2040 from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026.
• The median weekly rent on new bonds for flats, houses and townhouses in postcode 2040 was $850 (Sep 2025–Aug 2026, 956 bonds).
• 1,089 rental bonds were refunded for homes in postcode 2040 from Jul 2025 to Jun 2026.
• In 73% of those refunds, nothing was paid to the landlord or agent: the whole bond went back to the tenant.
• The median refunded bond had been held for 20.7 months.

Median weekly rent by home, postcode 2040, Sep 2025–Aug 2026:

• 1-bedroom unit$600
• 2-bedroom unit$787.50
• 3-bedroom unit$1,000
• 2-bedroom townhouse$875
• 3-bedroom townhouse$1,100
• 2-bedroom house$880
• 3-bedroom house$1,150
• 4-bedroom house$1,650

Moving out or in? An end of lease & move-in clean is priced by your rooms and covers the whole empty home.

Homes, households and weather

• At the 2021 Census, households in Leichhardt averaged 2.4 people.
• Homes in Leichhardt averaged 1 person per bedroom at the 2021 Census.
• At the 2021 Census, 26% of Leichhardt households were one person living alone.
• At the 2021 Census, 45% of families in Leichhardt were couples with children.
• At the 2021 Census, 22% of Leichhardt households had four or more people usually living in them.
• At the 2021 Census, 39% of occupied flats and apartments in Leichhardt were in blocks of four or more storeys.
• At Sydney (Observatory Hill), 5.6 km from the suburb, afternoon humidity averages 57% (64% in February) and rain falls on about 100 days a year; the wettest month is June. Damp months bring mould: how to get rid of mould.