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Freshwater (NSW 2096): property prices, streets & suburb profile
Northern Beaches LGA · Latest published data July 2026 · Page updated August 2026 · Public government records
Freshwater · NSW 2096 · median house price (24 months)
$4,057,500+93.5%
vs 10 years ago (repeat-sales index, all dwellings)
Freshwater has about 2,540 dwellings on record, with 128 house and 287 unit sales recorded in the last two years across 51 streets.
Median house price
$4,057,500
128 sales, 24 months
Median unit price
$1,265,000
287 strata sales, 24 months
Median rent, 3-br house
$1,672/wk
34 bonds, 12 months
Gross rental yield
2.1%
3-br postcode rent vs house median
How tightly held
1 in 12
homes on record trades each year
Nearest train station
Crows Nest Railway Station
9.5 km away
Freshwater house and unit prices
The median Freshwater house sold for $4,057,500 across the last 24 months; constant-quality growth is +93.5% over 10 years and +35.4% over 5 years.
1Y
3Y
5Y
10Y
Houses
+0.4%
+15.1%
+34.4%
+101.6%
Units
-2.3%
+25.0%
+22.5%
+66.7%
Change in 12-month median sale prices to July 2026 vs the same window 1, 3, 5 and 10 years earlier · NSW Valuer General records
Median house price · 12 months to July 2026
Freshwater
$4,057,500
Northern Beaches LGA
$2,800,000
NSW
$1,100,000
View as table
| Period | Houses (quarterly median) | Units (yearly median) |
|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | $2,100,000 | |
| Oct 2015 | $1,950,000 | |
| 2016 | $1,900,000 | $783,550 |
| Apr 2016 | $2,100,000 | |
| July 2016 | $1,958,500 | |
| Oct 2016 | $2,105,000 | |
| 2017 | $2,542,500 | $870,000 |
| Apr 2017 | $2,501,000 | |
| July 2017 | $2,600,000 | |
| Oct 2017 | $2,900,000 | |
| 2018 | $2,300,000 | $830,000 |
| Apr 2018 | $2,400,000 | |
| July 2018 | $2,392,500 | |
| Oct 2018 | $1,930,000 | |
| 2019 | $2,250,000 | $803,500 |
| Apr 2019 | $2,441,000 | |
| July 2019 | $2,465,000 | |
| Oct 2019 | $2,662,500 | |
| 2020 | $2,652,500 | $935,000 |
| Apr 2020 | $2,315,000 | |
| July 2020 | $2,325,000 | |
| Oct 2020 | $2,887,500 | |
| 2021 | $3,440,000 | $1,100,000 |
| Apr 2021 | $3,675,000 | |
| July 2021 | $3,775,000 | |
| Oct 2021 | $3,810,000 | |
| 2022 | $4,500,000 | $1,020,000 |
| Apr 2022 | $3,752,500 | |
| July 2022 | $3,280,000 | |
| Oct 2022 | $3,525,000 | |
| 2023 | $3,475,000 | $1,122,000 |
| Apr 2023 | $3,965,000 | |
| July 2023 | $4,062,502 | |
| Oct 2023 | $3,350,000 | |
| 2024 | $3,635,000 | $1,170,000 |
| Apr 2024 | $3,850,000 | |
| July 2024 | $3,937,500 | |
| Oct 2024 | $3,875,000 | |
| 2025 | $4,500,000 | $1,295,000 |
| Apr 2025 | $4,130,000 | |
| July 2025 | $3,980,000 | |
| Oct 2025 | $4,000,000 | |
| 2026 | $4,750,000 | |
| Apr 2026 | $3,837,500 |
- The headline growth figure uses a repeat-sales index of all dwellings (the same homes resold), which removes mix-of-what-sold noise; the tiles compare 12-month medians per dwelling type, so the two can differ slightly.
- Unit medians are yearly because strata volumes are low; treat them as indicative.
- Quarters with fewer than three house sales are left off the chart; one sale does not make a market median.
Freshwater street by street
Across 36 streets with enough house sales to compare, five-year medians on actively trading streets run from $2,550,000 on Palomar Parade to $7,400,000 on Ocean View Road.
Most expensive street (houses)
Ocean View Road
$7,400,000 five-year median · 11 sales
Most affordable street (houses)
Palomar Parade
$2,550,000 five-year median · 7 sales
Freshwater streets with a published median · last 10 years of sales
| Street | House median | House sales | Unit median | Unit sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean View Road | $6.41M | 19 | $1.16M | 41 |
| Undercliff Road | $5.00M | 25 | $2.85M | 17 |
| The Drive | $4.75M | 5 | $970k | 5 |
| Kooloora Avenue | $4.72M | 19 | $990k | 34 |
| Loch Street | $4.67M | 9 | — | 1 |
| Evans Street | $3.75M | 15 | $1.32M | 92 |
| Robert Street | $3.65M | 17 | — | 3 |
| Corella Street | $3.62M | 5 | $815k | 14 |
| Waine Street | $3.62M | 7 | $829k | 166 |
| Wyndora Avenue | $3.59M | 48 | $1.09M | 31 |
| Moore Road | $3.54M | 6 | $1.15M | 62 |
| Marmora Street | $3.50M | 7 | $2.93M | 12 |
| Foam Street | $3.48M | 9 | $1.09M | 21 |
| Carlton Street | $3.39M | 14 | $958k | 20 |
| Glen Street | $3.38M | 8 | — | — |
| Waratah Street | $3.36M | 9 | — | — |
| Coles Road | $3.32M | 17 | — | — |
| Charles Street | $3.30M | 9 | $993k | 10 |
| Ozone Street | $3.22M | 23 | — | — |
| Albert Street | $3.21M | 9 | $1.38M | 35 |
| Wilson Street | $3.20M | 23 | $915k | 5 |
| Brighton Street | $3.04M | 30 | $1.72M | 6 |
| Lawrence Street | $3.04M | 16 | $1.25M | 117 |
| Johnson Street | $3.02M | 26 | $1.12M | 5 |
| Oliver Street | $2.88M | 36 | $1.10M | 34 |
| Soldiers Avenue | $2.87M | 44 | $1.19M | 104 |
| Martin Street | $2.85M | 11 | $1.00M | 14 |
| Wyuna Avenue | $2.81M | 38 | $985k | 62 |
| Marlborough Avenue | $2.75M | 13 | — | 2 |
| Harbord Road | $2.67M | 22 | $1.10M | 41 |
| Eric Street | $2.64M | 7 | — | — |
| Surfers Parade | $2.48M | 25 | — | 4 |
| Wyadra Avenue | $2.47M | 18 | $1.00M | 58 |
| McDonald Street | $2.42M | 28 | $1.04M | 38 |
| Palomar Parade | $2.35M | 16 | $883k | 42 |
| Rowe Street | $1.98M | 5 | $735k | 52 |
| Cavill Street | — | — | $905k | 58 |
| Greenwood Place | — | — | $853k | 54 |
| Lodge Lane | — | 1 | $1.35M | 7 |
| Murray Road | — | 2 | $893k | 8 |
| Ronald Avenue | — | 2 | $980k | 41 |
| Seddon Hill Road | — | — | $2.03M | 6 |
- A street needs at least 5 sales of a type in 10 years to get a median, so streets quieter than that are left out entirely. Rankings use house sales only, so unit-heavy streets and residential parks are not mislabelled as cheap streets.
- The highlight cards quote each street's last-5-years median (at least 5 sales in that window), so they reflect prices a buyer could pay now; the table shows the full 10-year view.
- Prices are as-paid and not inflation-adjusted.
What buyers paid in Freshwater
Half of the 128 house sales in the last 24 months landed between $3,322,000 and $4,912,500.
Middle 50% of sales: $3.32M – $4.91M
Median $4.06M
117 sales total
- House sales only, 24 months. The unit median has its own figure at the top of the page.
- Chart covers $2,750,000 to $7,250,000: 11 of the 128 house sales fall outside it (the cheapest and dearest few) and are left out so a handful of outliers cannot distort the shape.
Rent in Freshwater by bedrooms
A 3-bedroom house rents for a median $1,672/wk.
Median weekly rent · houses
1-bedroom
$818/wk
2-bedroom
$1,000/wk
3-bedroom
$1,672/wk
4-bedroom
$2,250/wk
5-bedroom
$2,500/wk
Median weekly rent · units
1-bedroom
$740/wk
2-bedroom
$900/wk
3-bedroom
$1,525/wk
- From NSW rental bond lodgements for postcode 2096 (covers neighbouring suburbs too), 12 months to July 2026.
- Bands with fewer than 10 bonds are hidden.
- Biggest 12-month move: 1-bedroom houses +24.9% year on year.
Who lives in Freshwater
Freshwater has a median age of 37 and a median household income of $2,726 a week, and 60.7% of homes are owner-occupied.
Population (Freshwater)
9,186
Median age (Freshwater)
37 years
Median household income (Freshwater)
$2,726/wk
People per square kilometre
5,236
Average taxable income (postcode, 2023)
$140,639
Average household size (SA2)
2.5
Median mortgage repayment (SA2)
$3,033/month
Australian-born (postcode)
66.4%
SEIFA advantage decile (Freshwater)
10 of 10
Rooftop solar installs, 12 months (postcode)
125
How Freshwater homes are held
Owned outright
27.6% · 986
Owned with a mortgage
33.1% · 1,184
Rented
36.6% · 1,308
Freshwater homes by bedroom count
1 bedroom or studio
13.0% · 459
2 bedrooms
42.8% · 1,514
3 bedrooms
20.1% · 710
4 bedrooms
16.0% · 564
5 or more
8.1% · 288
ABS SEIFA 2021 deciles · 10 of 10 = most advantaged nationally
Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
from income, education, occupation and housing
10 of 10
Relative disadvantage (IRSD)
from low income, low education and unskilled occupations
10 of 10
Economic resources (IER)
from household income, wealth and housing costs
8 of 10
Education and occupation (IEO)
from qualifications and skilled work
10 of 10
- Figures labelled Freshwater are for the suburb boundary itself (ABS 2021 Census). Anything labelled SA2 or postcode covers a wider area: SA2 "Freshwater - Brookvale" and postcode 2096 both extend beyond Freshwater.
- SEIFA decile 1 is the lowest tenth of Australian areas on that index and 10 the highest. The four indices measure different things and often disagree, which is why all four are shown: a suburb can rank high on education and occupation while ranking mid on economic resources.
Bushfire, flood and planning in Freshwater
0.0% of Freshwater properties sit in a mapped bushfire-prone area; no flood mapping is available in our dataset for this suburb.
Properties in a mapped bushfire-prone area
0.0%
Flood mapping
No flood mapping available in our dataset
Heritage-flagged properties
3
Land zoning of properties
R2 Low Density Residential (87%), R3 Medium Density Residential (8%), E1 Local Centre (5%)
- Bushfire-prone land is the NSW RFS certified map; being inside it triggers extra building requirements, not a prediction of fire.
- Absence of flood mapping in our dataset is NOT evidence a property cannot flood: always order a council s10.7 certificate before buying.
Schools serving Freshwater
Most Freshwater homes fall in the Harbord Public School intake zone.
Schools located in Freshwater
| School | Sector | Type | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbord Public School | Government | Primary | 1,137 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus | Government | Secondary | 1,098 |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School | Catholic | Primary | 1,134 |
Public primary catchment
Harbord Public School
Public secondary catchment
Nbsc Balgowlah Boys / Nbsc Freshwater Snr / Nbsc Mackellar Girls / The Forest High School
Median school percentile nationally · ICSEA score
Freshwater · 3 schools
92nd · 1134
Northern Beaches LGA
88th · 1115
NSW
51st · 1009
Australia
51st · 1008
- ICSEA is ACARA's socio-educational index (average 1000). It describes the family backgrounds of the students enrolled, NOT how well a school teaches: a lower ICSEA means a less advantaged intake, not a worse school.
- Percentiles are ACARA's own national ranking, so the Australia bar is a published figure rather than our arithmetic. Each area shows the median of the mainstream schools sitting inside it; special schools are listed in the table but excluded from the medians.
- Catchments are NSW Department of Education intake zones; always confirm an address with the school.
Crime and safety around Freshwater
Break-ins, car theft and malicious damage run at 582 per 100,000 residents in postcode 2096, 61.3% below the NSW rate of 1,502.
Recorded incidents, Northern Beaches LGA (12m)
7,774
of which assault (LGA)
1,043
of which theft (LGA)
2,972
Recorded incidents, postcode 2096 (12m)
311
Break-ins, car theft and malicious damage · incidents per 100,000 residents
Postcode 2096 (Freshwater + neighbours)
582
Northern Beaches LGA
597
NSW
1,502
- Counts are BOCSAR recorded incidents for January 2025 to December 2025 at LGA and postcode grain: both cover several suburbs, so they include neighbours of Freshwater.
- Rates divide incidents by resident population (ABS 2021 Census), so they are comparable between areas in a way raw counts are not. Every tier uses the same offences and the same 12 months for January 2025 to December 2025.
- Two limits worth knowing: the rate counts residents only, so a postcode with a town centre, nightlife strip or shopping precinct carries crime generated by visitors against a small resident denominator and reads high; and the population is the 2021 Census, so a suburb that has grown fast since then reads high too.
Suburbs near Freshwater
Freshwater's median house price of $4,057,500 is the 2nd highest of the 4 Sydney Northern Beaches suburbs we cover.
Freshwater: common questions
- What is the median house price in Freshwater?
- $4,057,500, based on 128 house sales over the 24 months to July 2026 (NSW Valuer General records).
- What are the most and least expensive streets in Freshwater?
- Among streets with enough sales in the last five years, Ocean View Road has the highest house median at $7,400,000 (11 sales); Palomar Parade has the lowest at $2,550,000 (7 sales).
- How much have Freshwater property prices grown?
- A repeat-sales index of Freshwater dwellings has risen 93.5% over 10 years and moved +35.4% over 5 years.
- What does it cost to rent in Freshwater?
- The median 3-bedroom house in postcode 2096 rents for $1,672/wk, from 34 bonds lodged in the last 12 months.
- Which public schools serve Freshwater?
- Harbord Public School (public primary catchment); Nbsc Balgowlah Boys / Nbsc Freshwater Snr / Nbsc Mackellar Girls / The Forest High School (public secondary catchment).
- Is Freshwater affected by bushfire or flood risk?
- 0.0% of properties sit in the NSW RFS bushfire-prone land map. No flood mapping is available in our dataset for this suburb; that is not evidence properties cannot flood; check a council s10.7 certificate.
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