Rushcutters Bay (NSW 2011): property prices, streets & suburb profile

Rushcutters Bay house and unit prices

Too few Rushcutters Bay house sales for a reliable median; the chart tracks what has sold; constant-quality growth is +57.0% over 10 years and +24.9% over 5 years.

• 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, and differ widely where what sold changed.
• 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.

Rushcutters Bay street by street

Rushcutters Bay has 14 streets with recorded sales in the last decade.

• 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.
• Sales that moved several properties on one dealing are left out, because the record repeats that dealing's whole price against every property in it.
• Prices are as-paid and not inflation-adjusted.

Rent in Rushcutters Bay by bedrooms

A 2-bedroom unit rents for a median $1,150/wk.

• From NSW rental bond lodgements for postcode 2011 (covers neighbouring suburbs too), 12 months to July 2026.
• Bands with fewer than 10 bonds are hidden.
• Biggest 12-month move: 0-bedroom units +12.5% year on year.

Who lives in Rushcutters Bay

Rushcutters Bay has a median age of 38 and a median household income of $1,877 a week, and 34.5% of homes are owner-occupied.

• Figures labelled Rushcutters Bay are for the suburb boundary itself (ABS 2021 Census). Anything labelled SA2 or postcode covers a wider area: SA2 "Potts Point - Woolloomooloo" and postcode 2011 both extend beyond Rushcutters Bay.
• 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 Rushcutters Bay

0.0% of Rushcutters Bay properties sit in a mapped bushfire-prone area; no flood mapping is available in our dataset for this suburb.

• 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 Rushcutters Bay

Most Rushcutters Bay homes fall in the Darlinghurst Public School intake zone.

• 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 Rushcutters Bay

Break-ins, car theft and malicious damage run at 1,540 per 100,000 residents in postcode 2011, about the same as the NSW rate.

• 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 Rushcutters Bay.
• 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 Rushcutters Bay

Rushcutters Bay's median unit price of $872,500 is the lowest of the 7 Sydney City & Inner suburbs we cover.

• Alexandria 2015

  $2,224,500 median house price

• Barangaroo 2000

  $3,999,999 median unit price

• Beaconsfield 2015

  $2,335,000 median house price

• Centennial Park 2021

  $7,800,000 median house price

• Chippendale 2008

  $1,865,000 median house price

• Darlinghurst 2010

  $2,800,000 median house price

• Darlington 2008

  $1,915,000 median house price

• Elizabeth Bay 2011

  $941,000 median unit price

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Rushcutters Bay: common questions

How much have Rushcutters Bay property prices grown?

A repeat-sales index of Rushcutters Bay dwellings has risen 57.0% over 10 years and moved +24.9% over 5 years.

What does it cost to rent in Rushcutters Bay?

The median 2-bedroom unit in postcode 2011 rents for $1,150/wk, from 524 bonds lodged in the last 12 months.

Which public schools serve Rushcutters Bay?

Darlinghurst Public School (primary); Inner Sydney High School (secondary).

Is Rushcutters Bay 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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