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+55.6%
vs 10 years ago (repeat-sales index, all dwellings)
Surry Hills has about 10,526 dwellings on record, with 217 house and 526 unit sales recorded in the last two years across 105 streets.
Median house price
$2,425,000
217 sales, 24 months
Median unit price
$887,500
526 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 28
homes on record trades each year
Nearest station
Surry Hills Light Rail Stop
Light rail, 0.2 km away
That 3.1% is gross. Work out what a house in Surry Hills returns after vacancy and holding costs, starting from the $2,425,000 median house price and $1,450/wk median 3-bedroom rent above.
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 +55.6% over 10 years and +22.8% over 5 years.
Property type
1Y
3Y
5Y
10Y
Houses
+4.6%
+25.0%
+28.9%
+69.0%
Units
-6.9%
-0.7%
-10.2%
+3.4%
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
$2,501,000
Sydney LGA
$2,330,000
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 | $1,562,500 | $825,000 |
| Apr 2016 | $1,525,000 | |
| July 2016 | $1,600,000 | |
| Oct 2016 | $1,850,000 | |
| 2017 | $2,037,500 | $891,000 |
| Apr 2017 | $1,615,000 | |
| July 2017 | $1,606,250 | |
| Oct 2017 | $2,000,000 | |
| 2018 | $2,037,500 | $885,000 |
| Apr 2018 | $1,451,250 | |
| July 2018 | $1,637,500 | |
| Oct 2018 | $1,726,000 | |
| 2019 | $1,427,500 | $780,000 |
| Apr 2019 | $1,600,000 | |
| July 2019 | $1,705,000 | |
| Oct 2019 | $1,825,000 | |
| 2020 | $1,810,000 | $870,000 |
| Apr 2020 | $1,810,000 | |
| July 2020 | $1,900,000 | |
| Oct 2020 | $1,840,000 | |
| 2021 | $1,887,500 | $940,000 |
| Apr 2021 | $2,290,000 | |
| July 2021 | $2,054,546 | |
| Oct 2021 | $2,450,000 | |
| 2022 | $2,150,000 | $880,000 |
| Apr 2022 | $1,660,000 | |
| July 2022 | $1,685,000 | |
| Oct 2022 | $2,075,000 | |
| 2023 | $2,062,500 | $860,000 |
| Apr 2023 | $1,838,800 | |
| July 2023 | $2,305,000 | |
| Oct 2023 | $2,360,000 | |
| 2024 | $2,320,000 | $930,000 |
| Apr 2024 | $2,300,000 | |
| July 2024 | $2,012,500 | |
| Oct 2024 | $2,425,000 | |
| 2025 | $2,830,000 | $880,000 |
| Apr 2025 | $2,330,000 | |
| July 2025 | $2,437,500 | |
| 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, 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.
Surry Hills street by street
Across the 42 Surry Hills streets that qualify for the ranking, five-year medians run from $1,265,000 on McElhone Place to $3,250,000 on Jesmond Street.
Most expensive street (houses)
Jesmond Street
$3,250,000 five-year median · 5 sales
Most affordable street (houses)
McElhone Place
$1,265,000 five-year median · 10 sales
House sales over the last five years, by price
422 sales
- under $2.00M
- $2.00M to $2.50M
- $2.50M and above
Each dot is one house sale over the last five years, 422 in all, placed at the address that sold and shaded by what it fetched. Prices are as paid, with part shares and multi-property dealings left out.
View as table
| Street | Median | Sales (5 years) |
|---|---|---|
| Jesmond Street | $3.25M | 5 |
| Richards Avenue | $3.21M | 8 |
| Bourke Street | $3.20M | 37 |
| Parkham Street | $3.16M | 5 |
| Albion Street | $3.11M | 14 |
| Devonshire Street | $3.10M | 8 |
| Tudor Street | $3.00M | 5 |
| Riley Street | $3.00M | 21 |
| Ridge Street | $2.90M | 10 |
| Nickson Street | $2.75M | 11 |
| Mort Street | $2.70M | 5 |
| Waterloo Street | $2.62M | 6 |
| Little Riley Street | $2.58M | 10 |
| South Dowling Street | $2.58M | 12 |
| Buckingham Street | $2.52M | 6 |
| Belmore Street | $2.51M | 6 |
| Arthur Street | $2.45M | 19 |
| Lansdowne Street | $2.38M | 9 |
| Commonwealth Street | $2.36M | 13 |
| Cleveland Street | $2.34M | 12 |
| Phelps Street | $2.33M | 12 |
| Crown Street | $2.33M | 16 |
| Griffin Street | $2.17M | 5 |
| Marlborough Street | $2.14M | 8 |
| Bennett Street | $2.12M | 9 |
| High Holborn Street | $2.10M | 6 |
| Fitzroy Street | $2.06M | 14 |
| Prospect Street | $2.05M | 15 |
| Marshall Street | $2.00M | 13 |
| Rainford Street | $1.98M | 14 |
| Chapman Street | $1.92M | 7 |
| Smith Street | $1.91M | 6 |
| Goodlet Street | $1.90M | 17 |
| Reservoir Street | $1.86M | 13 |
| Cooper Street | $1.85M | 11 |
| Wilton Street | $1.79M | 8 |
| Ann Street | $1.73M | 10 |
| Campbell Street | $1.64M | 6 |
| Corben Street | $1.53M | 6 |
| Mackey Street | $1.52M | 6 |
| Samuel Street | $1.50M | 6 |
| McElhone Place | $1.26M | 10 |
Surry Hills streets with a published median · last 10 years of sales
| Nobbs Street | $3.40M | 6 | $1.25M | 35 |
| Richards Avenue | $3.19M | 15 | — | 2 |
| Tudor Street | $3.00M | 5 | — | — |
| Jesmond Street | $2.92M | 6 | — | 3 |
| Bourke Street | $2.81M | 75 | $690k | 219 |
| Ridge Street | $2.67M | 24 | — | — |
| South Dowling Street | $2.58M | 18 | $808k | 8 |
| Albion Street | $2.55M | 27 | $1.12M | 36 |
| Nickson Street | $2.55M | 22 | $1.06M | 18 |
| Davies Street | $2.41M | 5 | $1.30M | 34 |
| Mort Street | $2.40M | 9 | — | — |
| Waterloo Street | $2.40M | 13 | $1.07M | 18 |
| Belmore Street | $2.37M | 8 | — | 3 |
| Riley Street | $2.35M | 55 | $654k | 118 |
| Parkham Street | $2.34M | 10 | — | — |
| Bellevue Street | $2.33M | 10 | $863k | 44 |
| Crown Street | $2.24M | 36 | $708k | 36 |
| Arthur Street | $2.23M | 36 | $705k | 12 |
| Lansdowne Street | $2.18M | 16 | — | — |
| Griffin Street | $2.16M | 8 | — | — |
| Commonwealth Street | $2.05M | 31 | $1.46M | 30 |
| Kendall Street | $2.05M | 5 | — | — |
| Cleveland Street | $2.01M | 19 | $706k | 12 |
| Clifton Reserve | $2.01M | 5 | — | — |
| Prospect Street | $1.99M | 26 | — | 1 |
| Rainford Street | $1.98M | 18 | $1.17M | 9 |
| High Holborn Street | $1.95M | 14 | — | 3 |
| Buckingham Street | $1.93M | 10 | $1.00M | 56 |
| Foveaux Street | $1.91M | 6 | $895k | 67 |
| 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 | $890k | 112 |
| Mary Street | $1.82M | 8 | $925k | 26 |
| Reservoir Street | $1.81M | 28 | $1.27M | 45 |
| Bennett Street | $1.80M | 16 | — | — |
| Norton Street | $1.80M | 5 | — | — |
| Phelps Street | $1.73M | 29 | — | — |
| Belvoir Street | $1.70M | 7 | $710k | 8 |
| Marshall Street | $1.70M | 23 | $1.37M | 15 |
| Ann Street | $1.70M | 18 | $950k | 11 |
| Smith Street | $1.66M | 10 | — | 3 |
| Adelaide Street | $1.66M | 8 | $1.08M | 11 |
| Chapman Street | $1.64M | 14 | — | — |
| Little Riley Street | $1.63M | 18 | $2.08M | 6 |
| Goodlet Street | $1.63M | 40 | $788k | 44 |
| Wilton Street | $1.62M | 12 | — | 4 |
| Alexander Street | $1.59M | 13 | — | — |
| Mackey Street | $1.59M | 9 | — | — |
| Steel Street | $1.56M | 8 | — | — |
| Goodchap Street | $1.55M | 10 | — | 1 |
| Campbell Street | $1.51M | 8 | $803k | 93 |
| Corben Street | $1.50M | 13 | $1.39M | 14 |
| Brumby Street | $1.45M | 7 | $700k | 5 |
| Samuel Street | $1.44M | 10 | — | — |
| Little Bloomfield Street | $1.42M | 7 | — | — |
| Batman Lane | $1.29M | 5 | — | — |
| McElhone Place | $1.25M | 13 | — | — |
| Terry Street | $898k | 6 | — | — |
| Bedford Street | — | — | $800k | 7 |
| Brisbane Street | — | — | $800k | 31 |
| Butt Street | — | — | $1.30M | 27 |
| Chalmers Street | — | 1 | $1.05M | 95 |
| Cleveland Avenue | — | — | $756k | 6 |
| Dawson Street | — | 3 | $814k | 8 |
| Denham Street | — | 4 | $1.82M | 5 |
| Elizabeth Street | — | 2 | $764k | 270 |
| Fitzroy Place | — | — | $1.29M | 6 |
| Flinders Street | — | — | $940k | 16 |
| Foster Street | — | — | $1.09M | 28 |
| Goulburn Lane | — | — | $787k | 7 |
| Goulburn Street | — | — | $915k | 279 |
| Holt Street | — | — | $810k | 46 |
| Hutchinson Street | — | 4 | $1.35M | 51 |
| Kippax Street | — | 2 | $1.14M | 82 |
| Little Bourke Street | — | 1 | $1.14M | 6 |
| Pelican Street | — | — | $1.11M | 159 |
| Poplar Street | — | — | $689k | 32 |
| Randle Street | — | — | $630k | 11 |
| Rutland Street | — | — | $720k | 5 |
| Short Street | — | — | $730k | 17 |
| Waine Street | — | — | $325k | 39 |
| Wentworth Avenue | — | — | $2.05M | 25 |
- 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.
- The highlight cards rank on house sales only, using each street's last-5-years median (at least 5 sales in that window), so unit-heavy streets are not mislabelled as cheap and the figures reflect prices a buyer could pay now; the table shows the full 10-year view.
- A street is left out of the ranking when its five-year median sits below three-fifths of its own 10-year median, or far below the suburb's median (a bar set higher for streets with no older sales of their own to stand behind them). Those windows are usually land sold before the houses went up, or a part share of a home priced as though it were the whole. Those streets stay in the table with their 10-year median.
- Prices are as-paid and not inflation-adjusted.
What buyers paid in Surry Hills
Half of the 217 house sales in the last 24 months landed between $1,915,000 and $3,100,000.
Middle 50% of sales: $1.92M – $3.10M
Median $2.42M
198 sales total
- House sales only, 24 months. The unit median is quoted separately.
- Chart covers $1,250,000 to $4,750,000: 19 of the 217 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 Street Public School intake zone.
Schools located in Surry Hills
| 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 Street Public School
Public primary catchment (22% of homes)
Bourke Street 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.
Recent house sales in Surry Hills
The most recent house sales on record in Surry Hills are from 2026, 35 of them. Search a street to see what it has been fetching.
| Bourke Street | 2026 | $5.00M |
| Fitzroy Street | 2026 | $4.80M |
| Riley Street | 2026 | $4.50M |
| Bourke Street | 2026 | $4.00M |
| Ridge Street | 2026 | $3.55M |
| Little Riley Street | 2026 | $3.40M |
| Marshall Street | 2026 | $3.30M |
| Devonshire Street | 2026 | $3.25M |
| Arthur Street | 2026 | $3.13M |
| Mort Street | 2026 | $3.01M |
| Phelps Street | 2026 | $2.85M |
| Cleveland Street | 2026 | $2.80M |
| Rainford Street | 2026 | $2.73M |
| Rainford Street | 2026 | $2.65M |
| Bennett Street | 2026 | $2.58M |
| Nickson Street | 2026 | $2.52M |
| Goodlet Street | 2026 | $2.46M |
| Lansdowne Street | 2026 | $2.37M |
| Marshall Street | 2026 | $2.31M |
| Ann Street | 2026 | $2.23M |
| Rainford Street | 2026 | $2.16M |
| Buckingham Street | 2026 | $2.15M |
| Smith Street | 2026 | $2.15M |
| Goodlet Street | 2026 | $2.14M |
| Bourke Street | 2026 | $2.12M |
| Cleveland Street | 2026 | $2.10M |
| Commonwealth Street | 2026 | $2.08M |
| Prospect Street | 2026 | $1.95M |
| Bennett Street | 2026 | $1.83M |
| Smith Street | 2026 | $1.69M |
| Samuel Street | 2026 | $1.57M |
| Chapman Street | 2026 | $1.52M |
| Reservoir Street | 2026 | $1.35M |
| Corben Street | 2026 | $1.18M |
| Marlborough Street | 2026 | $975k |
| Rainford Street | 2025 | $16.50M |
| Bourke Street | 2025 | $12.40M |
| Buckingham Street | 2025 | $6.50M |
| Riley Street | 2025 | $5.40M |
| Albion Street | 2025 | $5.30M |
| Bourke Street | 2025 | $4.35M |
| Ridge Street | 2025 | $4.05M |
| Lansdowne Street | 2025 | $4.00M |
| Little Riley Street | 2025 | $3.95M |
| Richards Avenue | 2025 | $3.90M |
| Cooper Street | 2025 | $3.90M |
| Little Riley Street | 2025 | $3.80M |
| Crown Street | 2025 | $3.70M |
| Bourke Street | 2025 | $3.63M |
| Nickson Street | 2025 | $3.62M |
| Bourke Street | 2025 | $3.61M |
| Mort Street | 2025 | $3.54M |
| Parkham Street | 2025 | $3.50M |
| Commonwealth Street | 2025 | $3.36M |
| Arthur Street | 2025 | $3.35M |
| Riley Street | 2025 | $3.23M |
| Richards Avenue | 2025 | $3.21M |
| Richards Avenue | 2025 | $3.19M |
| Parkham Street | 2025 | $3.17M |
| Richards Avenue | 2025 | $3.15M |
One row per house sale on record for the last five years, by street and the year it sold. Sale prices are as paid. Part shares and multi-property dealings are excluded, and unit sales are not included here.
Suburbs near Surry Hills
Surry Hills's median house price of $2,425,000 is the 6th highest of the 18 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
Surry Hills: common questions
- What is the median house price in Surry Hills?
- $2,425,000, based on 217 house sales over the 24 months to July 2026 (NSW Valuer General records).
- What are the most and least expensive streets in Surry Hills?
- Of the 42 Surry Hills streets that qualify for the five-year ranking, Jesmond Street has the highest house median at $3,250,000 (5 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 55.6% over 10 years and moved +22.8% 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 Street Public School (primary, zoned for 78% of homes); Bourke Street Public School (primary, zoned for 22% of homes); Inner Sydney High School (secondary).
- 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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