Katoomba (NSW 2780): property prices, streets & suburb profile

Blue Mountains LGA · Latest published data July 2026 · Page updated August 2026 · Public government records

Katoomba · NSW 2780 · median house price (24 months)
$870,000+102.3%
vs 10 years ago (repeat-sales index, all dwellings)
Katoomba has about 6,360 dwellings on record, with 406 house and 54 unit sales recorded in the last two years across 161 streets.
Median house price
$870,000
406 sales, 24 months
Median unit price
$665,000
54 strata sales, 24 months
Median rent, 3-br house
$650/wk
123 bonds, 12 months
Gross rental yield
3.9%
3-br postcode rent vs house median
How tightly held
1 in 28
homes on record trades each year
Nearest train station
Katoomba Railway Station
0.1 km away

Katoomba house and unit prices

The median Katoomba house sold for $870,000 across the last 24 months; constant-quality growth is +102.3% over 10 years and +39.6% over 5 years.

1Y
3Y
5Y
10Y
Houses
+7.1%
+12.5%
+32.4%
+87.6%
Units
-9.9%
+19.8%
+36.3%
+86.8%

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
Katoomba
$910,000
Blue Mountains LGA
$1,050,000
NSW
$1,100,000
Houses (quarterly median)
Units (yearly median)
380k527k673k820k966k20172019202120232025
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PeriodHouses (quarterly median)Units (yearly median)
July 2015$475,000
Oct 2015$493,500
2016$495,000$356,250
Apr 2016$476,000
July 2016$507,500
Oct 2016$585,000
2017$600,000$425,000
Apr 2017$625,000
July 2017$615,000
Oct 2017$590,000
2018$635,000$425,000
Apr 2018$595,000
July 2018$545,000
Oct 2018$587,500
2019$600,000$400,000
Apr 2019$558,000
July 2019$625,000
Oct 2019$590,000
2020$630,000$422,500
Apr 2020$610,000
July 2020$602,500
Oct 2020$631,000
2021$750,000$518,500
Apr 2021$710,000
July 2021$760,000
Oct 2021$886,250
2022$855,000$580,000
Apr 2022$860,000
July 2022$860,000
Oct 2022$825,000
2023$835,000$540,000
Apr 2023$740,000
July 2023$818,750
Oct 2023$799,000
2024$860,000$550,000
Apr 2024$849,500
July 2024$782,500
Oct 2024$905,000
2025$850,000$722,500
Apr 2025$812,000
July 2025$880,000
Oct 2025$915,000
2026$920,000
Apr 2026$920,000
  • 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.

Katoomba street by street

Across 105 streets with enough house sales to compare, five-year medians on actively trading streets run from $440,000 on Railway Parade to $1,400,000 on Explorers Road.

Most expensive street (houses)

Explorers Road

$1,400,000 five-year median · 5 sales

Most affordable street (houses)

Railway Parade

$440,000 five-year median · 6 sales

Katoomba streets with a published median · last 10 years of sales
StreetHouse medianHouse salesUnit medianUnit sales
Banksia Park Road$1.60M5——
Ada Street$1.19M6$423k5
Echo Point Road$1.17M6$500k19
Abbotsford Road$1.10M7——
Warne Street$1.06M7——
Cliff Drive$980k43——
Carrington Avenue$953k6——
Ficus Street$945k5——
Coomonderry Street$940k14——
Explorers Road$938k8——
The Escarpments$935k45$503k8
Narrow Neck Road$908k70——
Merriwa Street$893k16—2
Warialda Street$871k12—1
Wellington Road$869k14——
Stuarts Road$863k32——
Cumberland Street$855k15——
Lurline Street$855k47$465k36
Essendene Road$850k9——
Miles Avenue$850k7——
Rodova Street$840k5——
Kamillaroi Road$834k12——
Hillview Road$830k9——
Stephen Street$830k10——
Cedar Street$820k29——
  • 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 Katoomba

Half of the 406 house sales in the last 24 months landed between $770,000 and $1,050,000.

024477194Median $870k$400k$600k$800k$1.00M$1.20M$1.40M
Middle 50% of sales: $770k – $1.05M
Median $870k
370 sales total
  • House sales only, 24 months. The unit median has its own figure at the top of the page.
  • Chart covers $400,000 to $1,400,000: 36 of the 406 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 Katoomba by bedrooms

A 3-bedroom house rents for a median $650/wk.

Median weekly rent · houses
1-bedroom
$430/wk
2-bedroom
$560/wk
3-bedroom
$650/wk
4-bedroom
$760/wk
Median weekly rent · units
1-bedroom
$380/wk
2-bedroom
$475/wk
  • From NSW rental bond lodgements for postcode 2780 (covers neighbouring suburbs too), 12 months to July 2026.
  • Bands with fewer than 10 bonds are hidden.
  • Biggest 12-month move: 3-bedroom townhouses +16.9% year on year.

Who lives in Katoomba

Katoomba has a median age of 48 and a median household income of $1,171 a week, and 63.5% of homes are owner-occupied.

Population (Katoomba)
8,268
Median age (Katoomba)
48 years
Median household income (Katoomba)
$1,171/wk
People per square kilometre
373
Average taxable income (postcode, 2023)
$69,191
Average household size (SA2)
2.1
Median mortgage repayment (SA2)
$1,733/month
Australian-born (postcode)
72.5%
SEIFA advantage decile (Katoomba)
4 of 10
Rooftop solar installs, 12 months (postcode)
168
How Katoomba homes are held
Owned outright
35.1% · 1,321
Owned with a mortgage
28.4% · 1,067
Rented
33.5% · 1,259
Katoomba homes by bedroom count
1 bedroom or studio
8.0% · 295
2 bedrooms
27.8% · 1,025
3 bedrooms
42.8% · 1,581
4 bedrooms
16.2% · 598
5 or more
5.2% · 193
ABS SEIFA 2021 deciles · 10 of 10 = most advantaged nationally
Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
from income, education, occupation and housing
4 of 10
Relative disadvantage (IRSD)
from low income, low education and unskilled occupations
3 of 10
Economic resources (IER)
from household income, wealth and housing costs
2 of 10
Education and occupation (IEO)
from qualifications and skilled work
8 of 10
  • Figures labelled Katoomba are for the suburb boundary itself (ABS 2021 Census). Anything labelled SA2 or postcode covers a wider area: SA2 "Katoomba - Leura" and postcode 2780 both extend beyond Katoomba.
  • 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 Katoomba

35.8% of Katoomba 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
35.8%
Flood mapping
No flood mapping available in our dataset
Heritage-flagged properties
2,346
Land zoning of properties
C4 Environmental Living (35%), R2 Low Density Residential (29%), E2 Commercial Centre (15%)
  • 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 Katoomba

Most Katoomba homes fall in the Katoomba Public School intake zone.

Schools located in Katoomba
SchoolSectorTypeICSEA
Katoomba High SchoolGovernmentSecondary1,034
Katoomba North Public SchoolGovernmentPrimary986
Katoomba Public SchoolGovernmentPrimary1,035
St Canice's Primary SchoolCatholicPrimary1,020
Public primary catchment (61% of homes)
Katoomba Public School
Public primary catchment (32% of homes)
Katoomba Nps
Public secondary catchment
Katoomba High School
Median school percentile nationally · ICSEA score
Katoomba · 4 schools
58th · 1027
Blue Mountains LGA
70th · 1055
Blue Mountains
66th · 1044
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 Katoomba

Break-ins, car theft and malicious damage run at 1,581 per 100,000 residents in postcode 2780, 5.3% above the NSW rate of 1,502.

Recorded incidents, Blue Mountains LGA (12m)
3,060
of which assault (LGA)
386
of which theft (LGA)
809
Recorded incidents, postcode 2780 (12m)
1,121
Break-ins, car theft and malicious damage · incidents per 100,000 residents
Postcode 2780 (Katoomba + neighbours)
1,581
Blue Mountains LGA
817
Blue Mountains
1,089
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 Katoomba.
  • 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.

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Katoomba: common questions

What is the median house price in Katoomba?
$870,000, based on 406 house sales over the 24 months to July 2026 (NSW Valuer General records).
What are the most and least expensive streets in Katoomba?
Among streets with enough sales in the last five years, Explorers Road has the highest house median at $1,400,000 (5 sales); Railway Parade has the lowest at $440,000 (6 sales).
How much have Katoomba property prices grown?
A repeat-sales index of Katoomba dwellings has risen 102.3% over 10 years and moved +39.6% over 5 years.
What does it cost to rent in Katoomba?
The median 3-bedroom house in postcode 2780 rents for $650/wk, from 123 bonds lodged in the last 12 months.
Which public schools serve Katoomba?
Katoomba Public School (public primary catchment (61% of homes)); Katoomba Nps (public primary catchment (32% of homes)); Katoomba High School (public secondary catchment).
Is Katoomba affected by bushfire or flood risk?
35.8% 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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Data sources

This page summarises public government datasets for general information. It is not financial, legal or property advice, figures can contain source errors, and postcode or SA2 statistics cover a wider area than the suburb itself. Verify anything material independently before acting on it.