Sydney (NSW 2000): property prices, streets & suburb profile

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

Sydney · NSW 2000 · median house price (24 months)
n/a+33.6%
vs 10 years ago (repeat-sales index, all dwellings)
Sydney has about 18,173 dwellings on record, with 1 house and 1,076 unit sales recorded in the last two years across 38 streets.
Median unit price
$1,040,000
1076 strata sales, 24 months
Median rent, 3-br house
$1,515/wk
16 bonds, 12 months
How tightly held
1 in 34
homes on record trades each year
Nearest train station
City Centre Monorail Station
0.1 km away

Sydney house and unit prices

Too few Sydney house sales for a reliable median; the chart tracks what has sold; constant-quality growth is +33.6% over 10 years and +11.7% over 5 years.

1Y
3Y
5Y
10Y
Units
0.0%
-10.2%
-13.3%
-1.0%

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

Units (yearly median)
903k1.04M1.17M1.31M1.44M20162018202020222024
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PeriodUnits (yearly median)
2016$1,100,000
2017$1,375,000
2018$1,167,500
2019$950,000
2020$1,100,000
2021$1,266,500
2022$1,175,000
2023$1,193,000
2024$1,100,000
2025$1,050,000
  • 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.

Sydney street by street

Sydney has 38 streets with recorded sales in the last decade.

Sydney streets with a published median · last 10 years of sales
StreetHouse medianHouse salesUnit medianUnit sales
Alberta Street——$1.18M42
Bathurst Street——$1.85M595
Bond Street——$785k77
Bridge Street——$750k88
Castlereagh Street——$1.13M238
Clarence Street——$1.25M215
Commonwealth Street——$956k20
Day Street——$1.09M93
Dixon Street——$415k41
Elizabeth Street—1$1.55M301
George Street——$935k170
Harbour Street——$980k129
Hosking Place——$600k112
Hunter Street——$1.21M5
Kent Street——$740k327
King Street——$2.17M177
Lime Street——$2.67M7
Liverpool Street——$1.45M405
Loftus Street——$2.87M85
Macquarie Street——$4.50M412
Market Street——$1.06M136
Murray Street——$1.38M76
O'Connell Street——$2.51M10
Park Street——$675k61
Phillip Street——$3.30M27
  • 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.

Rent in Sydney by bedrooms

A 3-bedroom house rents for a median $1,515/wk.

Median weekly rent · houses
1-bedroom
$900/wk
2-bedroom
$1,325/wk
3-bedroom
$1,515/wk
Median weekly rent · units
1-bedroom
$900/wk
2-bedroom
$1,350/wk
3-bedroom
$2,000/wk
4-bedroom
$3,000/wk
  • From NSW rental bond lodgements for postcode 2000 (covers neighbouring suburbs too), 12 months to July 2026.
  • Bands with fewer than 10 bonds are hidden.
  • Biggest 12-month move: 4-bedroom units -29.4% year on year.

Who lives in Sydney

Sydney has a median age of 32 and a median household income of $2,227 a week, and 24.2% of homes are owner-occupied.

Population (Sydney)
16,667
Median age (Sydney)
32 years
Median household income (Sydney)
$2,227/wk
People per square kilometre
5,670
Average taxable income (postcode, 2023)
$98,270
Average household size (SA2)
1.8
Median mortgage repayment (SA2)
$3,000/month
Australian-born (postcode)
22.3%
SEIFA advantage decile (Sydney)
10 of 10
Rooftop solar installs, 12 months (postcode)
2
How Sydney homes are held
Owned outright
13.3% · 945
Owned with a mortgage
10.9% · 778
Rented
72.0% · 5,117
Sydney homes by bedroom count
1 bedroom or studio
42.8% · 2,989
2 bedrooms
46.1% · 3,217
3 bedrooms
10.3% · 719
4 bedrooms
0.6% · 45
5 or more
0.1% · 7
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
3 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 Sydney are for the suburb boundary itself (ABS 2021 Census). Anything labelled SA2 or postcode covers a wider area: SA2 "Sydney (North) - Millers Point" and postcode 2000 both extend beyond Sydney.
  • 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 Sydney

0.0% of Sydney 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
7,756
Land zoning of properties
SP5 Metropolitan Centre (99%), RE1 Public Recreation (1%), R1 General Residential (0%)
  • 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 Sydney

Most Sydney homes fall in the Fort St Public School intake zone.

Schools located in Sydney
SchoolSectorTypeICSEA
Australian International High SchoolIndependentSecondary1,028
Conservatorium High SchoolGovernmentSecondary1,194
Fort Street Public SchoolGovernmentPrimary1,094
Macquarie Grammar SchoolIndependentSecondary1,027
St Andrew's Cathedral Gawura SchoolIndependentPrimary817
St Andrew's Cathedral SchoolIndependentCombined1,189
St Mary's Cathedral CollegeCatholicCombined1,125
Public primary catchment (94% of homes)
Fort St Public School
Public primary catchment (5% of homes)
Crown St Public School
Public secondary catchment (99% of homes)
Inner Sydney High School
Public secondary catchment (1% of homes)
Ssc Balmain / Ssc Blackwattle Bay
Median school percentile nationally · ICSEA score
Sydney · 7 schools
83rd · 1094
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 Sydney

Break-ins, car theft and malicious damage run at 3,433 per 100,000 residents in postcode 2000, 128.6% 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 2000 (12m)
15,397
Break-ins, car theft and malicious damage · incidents per 100,000 residents
Postcode 2000 (Sydney + neighbours)
3,433
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 Sydney.
  • 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 Sydney

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Sydney: common questions

How much have Sydney property prices grown?
A repeat-sales index of Sydney dwellings has risen 33.6% over 10 years and moved +11.7% over 5 years.
What does it cost to rent in Sydney?
The median 3-bedroom house in postcode 2000 rents for $1,515/wk, from 16 bonds lodged in the last 12 months.
Which public schools serve Sydney?
Fort St Public School (public primary catchment (94% of homes)); Crown St Public School (public primary catchment (5% of homes)); Inner Sydney High School (public secondary catchment (99% of homes)); Ssc Balmain / Ssc Blackwattle Bay (public secondary catchment (1% of homes)).
Is Sydney 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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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.