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Surry Hills (NSW 2010): property prices, streets & suburb profile
Sydney LGA · Latest published data July 2026 · Page updated August 2026 · Public government records
Surry Hills · NSW 2010 · median house price (24 months)
$2,425,000+55.9%
vs 10 years ago (repeat-sales index, all dwellings)
Surry Hills has about 10,526 dwellings on record, with 238 house and 764 unit sales recorded in the last two years across 108 streets.
Median house price
$2,425,000
238 sales, 24 months
Median unit price
$950,000
764 strata sales, 24 months
Median rent, 3-br house
$1,450/wk
136 bonds, 12 months
Gross rental yield
3.1%
3-br postcode rent vs house median
How tightly held
1 in 21
homes on record trades each year
Nearest train station
Surry Hills Light Rail Stop
0.2 km away
Surry Hills house and unit prices
The median Surry Hills house sold for $2,425,000 across the last 24 months; constant-quality growth is +55.9% over 10 years and +23.2% over 5 years.
1Y
3Y
5Y
10Y
Houses
+3.8%
+22.5%
+28.4%
+65.9%
Units
-11.7%
-8.9%
-13.7%
+0.9%
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
Surry Hills
$2,480,500
Sydney LGA
$2,350,000
NSW
$1,100,000
View as table
| Period | Houses (quarterly median) | Units (yearly median) |
|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | $1,660,000 | |
| Oct 2015 | $1,375,000 | |
| 2016 | $1,600,000 | $850,000 |
| Apr 2016 | $1,525,000 | |
| July 2016 | $1,650,000 | |
| Oct 2016 | $1,850,000 | |
| 2017 | $2,037,500 | $893,500 |
| Apr 2017 | $1,615,000 | |
| July 2017 | $1,606,250 | |
| Oct 2017 | $2,000,000 | |
| 2018 | $2,037,500 | $950,000 |
| Apr 2018 | $1,451,250 | |
| July 2018 | $1,637,500 | |
| Oct 2018 | $1,785,000 | |
| 2019 | $1,427,500 | $840,000 |
| Apr 2019 | $1,600,000 | |
| July 2019 | $1,705,000 | |
| Oct 2019 | $1,875,000 | |
| 2020 | $1,810,000 | $1,012,500 |
| Apr 2020 | $1,810,000 | |
| July 2020 | $1,940,000 | |
| Oct 2020 | $2,410,000 | |
| 2021 | $1,900,000 | $979,000 |
| Apr 2021 | $2,290,000 | |
| July 2021 | $2,054,546 | |
| Oct 2021 | $2,450,000 | |
| 2022 | $2,285,000 | $970,000 |
| Apr 2022 | $1,660,000 | |
| July 2022 | $1,685,000 | |
| Oct 2022 | $2,075,000 | |
| 2023 | $2,062,500 | $940,000 |
| Apr 2023 | $2,150,000 | |
| July 2023 | $2,305,000 | |
| Oct 2023 | $2,360,000 | |
| 2024 | $2,365,000 | $972,500 |
| Apr 2024 | $2,300,000 | |
| July 2024 | $2,012,500 | |
| Oct 2024 | $2,425,000 | |
| 2025 | $2,820,000 | $976,000 |
| Apr 2025 | $2,353,000 | |
| July 2025 | $2,412,500 | |
| Oct 2025 | $2,655,000 | |
| 2026 | $2,267,500 | |
| Apr 2026 | $2,365,000 |
- 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.
Surry Hills street by street
Across 63 streets with enough house sales to compare, five-year medians on actively trading streets run from $1,265,000 on McElhone Place to $3,414,000 on Sophia Street.
Most expensive street (houses)
Sophia Street
$3,414,000 five-year median · 6 sales
Most affordable street (houses)
McElhone Place
$1,265,000 five-year median · 10 sales
Surry Hills streets with a published median · last 10 years of sales
| Street | House median | House sales | Unit median | Unit sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Street | $3.41M | 6 | — | — |
| Nobbs Street | $3.40M | 6 | $1.26M | 36 |
| Richards Avenue | $3.19M | 15 | — | 3 |
| Tudor Street | $3.00M | 5 | — | — |
| Jesmond Street | $2.92M | 6 | — | 3 |
| Bourke Street | $2.85M | 78 | $960k | 490 |
| South Dowling Street | $2.80M | 20 | $958k | 38 |
| Ridge Street | $2.69M | 25 | — | — |
| Albion Street | $2.58M | 28 | $1.00M | 87 |
| Nickson Street | $2.52M | 25 | $1.06M | 18 |
| Davies Street | $2.41M | 5 | $1.30M | 34 |
| Mort Street | $2.40M | 9 | — | — |
| Waterloo Street | $2.40M | 13 | $1.18M | 20 |
| Belmore Street | $2.37M | 8 | — | 3 |
| Riley Street | $2.35M | 57 | $688k | 141 |
| Parkham Street | $2.34M | 10 | — | — |
| Raper Street | $2.30M | 5 | — | — |
| Arthur Street | $2.28M | 38 | $608k | 26 |
| Bellevue Street | $2.25M | 11 | $845k | 53 |
| Crown Street | $2.25M | 39 | $943k | 130 |
| Lansdowne Street | $2.18M | 17 | — | — |
| Griffin Street | $2.17M | 9 | — | — |
| Cleveland Street | $2.15M | 26 | $706k | 12 |
| Commonwealth Street | $2.05M | 31 | $1.46M | 30 |
| Prospect Street | $2.04M | 28 | $1.63M | 13 |
| Clifton Reserve | $2.01M | 5 | — | — |
| High Holborn Street | $2.00M | 15 | — | 3 |
| Rainford Street | $1.98M | 18 | $1.17M | 9 |
| Kendall Street | $1.96M | 6 | — | — |
| Buckingham Street | $1.93M | 10 | $975k | 59 |
| Denham Street | $1.92M | 5 | $1.82M | 5 |
| Foveaux Street | $1.91M | 6 | $1.00M | 100 |
| Fitzroy Street | $1.87M | 32 | $613k | 14 |
| Marlborough Street | $1.86M | 12 | $1.60M | 7 |
| Nichols Street | $1.85M | 10 | — | — |
| Devonshire Street | $1.82M | 14 | — | — |
| Cooper Street | $1.82M | 13 | $850k | 160 |
| Mary Street | $1.82M | 8 | $1.07M | 30 |
| Reservoir Street | $1.81M | 28 | $1.31M | 73 |
| Norton Street | $1.80M | 5 | — | — |
| Bennett Street | $1.77M | 17 | — | — |
| Belvoir Street | $1.70M | 7 | $888k | 14 |
| Smith Street | $1.69M | 11 | — | 3 |
| Phelps Street | $1.68M | 31 | — | — |
| Ann Street | $1.68M | 19 | $950k | 11 |
| Marshall Street | $1.67M | 24 | $1.37M | 15 |
| Adelaide Street | $1.66M | 8 | $1.03M | 12 |
| Chapman Street | $1.64M | 14 | — | — |
| Mackey Street | $1.63M | 10 | — | — |
| Goodlet Street | $1.63M | 40 | $795k | 49 |
| Wilton Street | $1.62M | 12 | — | 4 |
| Little Riley Street | $1.62M | 19 | $2.08M | 6 |
| Alexander Street | $1.59M | 13 | — | — |
| Steel Street | $1.56M | 8 | — | — |
| Goodchap Street | $1.55M | 10 | — | 1 |
| Campbell Street | $1.51M | 8 | $865k | 105 |
| Corben Street | $1.50M | 13 | $1.39M | 14 |
| Samuel Street | $1.44M | 10 | — | — |
| Brumby Street | $1.43M | 8 | $1.15M | 29 |
| Little Bloomfield Street | $1.42M | 7 | — | — |
| Batman Lane | $1.29M | 5 | — | — |
| McElhone Place | $1.25M | 13 | — | — |
| Terry Street | $898k | 6 | — | — |
| Bedford Street | — | — | $813k | 8 |
| Brisbane Street | — | — | $800k | 47 |
| Butt Street | — | — | $1.29M | 28 |
| Chalmers Street | — | 1 | $1.02M | 99 |
| Cleveland Avenue | — | — | $756k | 6 |
| Dawson Street | — | 3 | $808k | 9 |
| Elizabeth Street | — | 2 | $785k | 340 |
| Fitzroy Place | — | — | $1.51M | 41 |
| Flinders Street | — | — | $820k | 47 |
| Foster Street | — | — | $1.17M | 29 |
| Goulburn Lane | — | — | $787k | 7 |
| Goulburn Street | — | — | $973k | 346 |
| Holt Street | — | — | $816k | 55 |
| Hutchinson Street | — | 4 | $1.18M | 123 |
| Kippax Street | — | 2 | $1.14M | 87 |
| Little Bourke Street | — | 1 | $1.14M | 6 |
| Pelican Street | — | — | $1.12M | 184 |
| Poplar Street | — | — | $779k | 130 |
| Randle Street | — | — | $678k | 18 |
| Rutland Street | — | — | $885k | 11 |
| Short Street | — | — | $733k | 18 |
| Waine St Carspace | — | — | $380k | 12 |
| Waine Street | — | — | $338k | 50 |
| Wentworth Avenue | — | — | $1.98M | 26 |
- 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 Surry Hills
Half of the 238 house sales in the last 24 months landed between $1,923,750 and $3,007,250.
Middle 50% of sales: $1.92M – $3.01M
Median $2.42M
218 sales total
- House sales only, 24 months. The unit median has its own figure at the top of the page.
- Chart covers $1,250,000 to $4,750,000: 20 of the 238 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 Surry Hills by bedrooms
A 3-bedroom house rents for a median $1,450/wk.
Median weekly rent · houses
1-bedroom
$705/wk
2-bedroom
$1,055/wk
3-bedroom
$1,450/wk
4-bedroom
$1,650/wk
Median weekly rent · units
1-bedroom
$730/wk
2-bedroom
$1,080/wk
3-bedroom
$1,410/wk
- From NSW rental bond lodgements for postcode 2010 (covers neighbouring suburbs too), 12 months to July 2026.
- Bands with fewer than 10 bonds are hidden.
- Biggest 12-month move: 4-bedroom townhouses +13.3% year on year.
Who lives in Surry Hills
Surry Hills has a median age of 35 and a median household income of $2,308 a week, and 32.2% of homes are owner-occupied.
Population (Surry Hills)
15,828
Median age (Surry Hills)
35 years
Median household income (Surry Hills)
$2,308/wk
People per square kilometre
12,024
Average taxable income (postcode, 2023)
$135,900
Average household size (SA2)
1.7
Median mortgage repayment (SA2)
$2,964/month
Australian-born (postcode)
50.4%
SEIFA advantage decile (Surry Hills)
10 of 10
Rooftop solar installs, 12 months (postcode)
23
How Surry Hills homes are held
Owned outright
13.8% · 1,071
Owned with a mortgage
18.4% · 1,429
Rented
65.4% · 5,088
Surry Hills homes by bedroom count
1 bedroom or studio
43.5% · 3,341
2 bedrooms
37.0% · 2,842
3 bedrooms
13.5% · 1,038
4 bedrooms
4.2% · 325
5 or more
1.7% · 134
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
7 of 10
Economic resources (IER)
from household income, wealth and housing costs
1 of 10
Education and occupation (IEO)
from qualifications and skilled work
10 of 10
- Figures labelled Surry Hills are for the suburb boundary itself (ABS 2021 Census). Anything labelled SA2 or postcode covers a wider area: SA2 "Darlinghurst" and postcode 2010 both extend beyond Surry Hills.
- 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 Surry Hills
0.0% of Surry Hills 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
8,534
Land zoning of properties
MU1 Mixed Use (71%), R1 General Residential (27%), E1 Local Centre (2%)
- 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 Surry Hills
Most Surry Hills homes fall in the Crown St Public School intake zone.
Schools located in Surry Hills
| School | Sector | Type | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bourke Street Public School | Government | Primary | 1,135 |
| Crown Street Public School | Government | Primary | 1,114 |
| Inner Sydney High School | Government | Secondary | 1,104 |
| Sydney Distance Education Primary School | Government | Primary | 1,094 |
| Sydney Girls High School | Government | Secondary | 1,193 |
Public primary catchment (78% of homes)
Crown St Public School
Public primary catchment (22% of homes)
Bourke St Public School
Public secondary catchment
Inner Sydney High School
Median school percentile nationally · ICSEA score
Surry Hills · 5 schools
88th · 1114
Sydney LGA
90th · 1125
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 Surry Hills
Break-ins, car theft and malicious damage run at 3,241 per 100,000 residents in postcode 2010, 115.8% above the NSW rate of 1,502.
Recorded incidents, Sydney LGA (12m)
41,715
of which assault (LGA)
4,339
of which theft (LGA)
13,240
Recorded incidents, postcode 2010 (12m)
5,842
Break-ins, car theft and malicious damage · incidents per 100,000 residents
Postcode 2010 (Surry Hills + neighbours)
3,241
Sydney LGA
2,415
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 Surry Hills.
- 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 Surry Hills
Surry Hills's median house price of $2,425,000 is the highest of the 3 Sydney City & Inner suburbs we cover.
Surry Hills: common questions
- What is the median house price in Surry Hills?
- $2,425,000, based on 238 house sales over the 24 months to July 2026 (NSW Valuer General records).
- What are the most and least expensive streets in Surry Hills?
- Among streets with enough sales in the last five years, Sophia Street has the highest house median at $3,414,000 (6 sales); McElhone Place has the lowest at $1,265,000 (10 sales).
- How much have Surry Hills property prices grown?
- A repeat-sales index of Surry Hills dwellings has risen 55.9% over 10 years and moved +23.2% over 5 years.
- What does it cost to rent in Surry Hills?
- The median 3-bedroom house in postcode 2010 rents for $1,450/wk, from 136 bonds lodged in the last 12 months.
- Which public schools serve Surry Hills?
- Crown St Public School (public primary catchment (78% of homes)); Bourke St Public School (public primary catchment (22% of homes)); Inner Sydney High School (public secondary catchment).
- Is Surry Hills 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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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.