Woolloomooloo (NSW 2011): property prices, streets & suburb profile
Sydney LGA · Latest published data July 2026 · Page updated August 2026 · Public government records
Woolloomooloo house and unit prices
The median Woolloomooloo house sold for $2,050,000 across the last 24 months; constant-quality growth is +52.8% over 10 years and +22.1% over 5 years.
Change in 12-month median sale prices to June 2026 vs the same window 1, 3, 5 and 10 years earlier · NSW Valuer General records
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| Period | Houses (quarterly median) | Units (yearly median) |
|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | $1,190,000 | |
| Oct 2015 | $1,210,000 | |
| 2016 | $950,000 | |
| Apr 2016 | $1,725,000 | |
| Oct 2016 | $1,587,500 | |
| 2017 | $935,000 | |
| Oct 2017 | $1,250,000 | |
| 2018 | $937,500 | |
| Apr 2018 | $1,375,000 | |
| 2019 | $776,250 | |
| July 2019 | $1,740,000 | |
| 2020 | $1,200,000 | |
| 2021 | $1,175,000 | |
| July 2021 | $1,900,000 | |
| 2022 | $987,500 | |
| 2023 | $1,013,000 | |
| Oct 2023 | $2,326,000 | |
| 2024 | $1,985,000 | $1,180,000 |
| July 2024 | $1,460,000 | |
| 2025 | $1,067,500 | |
| July 2025 | $1,700,000 | |
| Oct 2025 | $3,650,000 |
- 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.
Woolloomooloo street by street
Across the 4 Woolloomooloo streets that qualify for the ranking, five-year medians run from $1,800,000 on Riley Street to $3,350,000 on Crown Street.
Most expensive street (houses)
Crown Street
$3,350,000 five-year median · 6 sales
Most affordable street (houses)
Riley Street
$1,800,000 five-year median · 5 sales
- under $2.10M
- $2.10M and above
Each dot is one house sale over the last five years, 23 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.
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| Street | Median | Sales (5 years) |
|---|---|---|
| Crown Street | $3.35M | 6 |
| Dowling Street | $2.10M | 7 |
| Bourke Street | $2.03M | 6 |
| Riley Street | $1.80M | 5 |
| Crown Street | $2.77M | 8 | $1.42M | 76 |
| Dowling Street | $2.15M | 8 | $748k | 60 |
| Brougham Street | $1.94M | 6 | $1.68M | 63 |
| Cathedral Street | $1.85M | 6 | $650k | 49 |
| Bourke Street | $1.80M | 13 | $915k | 30 |
| Riley Street | $1.77M | 6 | $2.04M | 18 |
| Kidmans Terrace | $1.35M | 7 | — | — |
| Boomerang Place | — | — | $775k | 7 |
| Cowper Wharf Rdwy | — | — | $1.05M | 137 |
| Forbes Street | — | 3 | $460k | 77 |
| Lincoln Crescent | — | — | $120k | 5 |
| McElhone Street | — | 2 | $1.25M | 18 |
| Palmer Street | — | 1 | $1.37M | 46 |
| Sir John Young Crescent | — | 3 | $981k | 64 |
| William Street | — | — | $1.03M | 59 |
- 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.
Rent in Woolloomooloo by bedrooms
Postcode 2011 rental bonds show current market rents by size.
- 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 Woolloomooloo
Woolloomooloo has a median age of 39 and a median household income of $2,001 a week, and 27.0% of homes are owner-occupied.
- Figures labelled Woolloomooloo 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 Woolloomooloo.
- 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 Woolloomooloo
0.0% of Woolloomooloo 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 Woolloomooloo
Most Woolloomooloo homes fall in the Plunkett Street Public School intake zone.
| Plunkett Street Public School | Government | Primary | 968 |
| Sydney Distance Education High School | Government | Secondary | 1,032 |
- 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 Woolloomooloo
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 Woolloomooloo.
- 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 Woolloomooloo
The most recent house sales on record in Woolloomooloo are from 2026, 2 of them. Search a street to see what it has been fetching.
| Dowling Street | 2026 | $3.10M |
| Crown Street | 2026 | $2.25M |
| Bourke Street | 2025 | $1.85M |
| Riley Street | 2025 | $1.80M |
| Crown Street | 2024 | $3.40M |
| Dowling Street | 2024 | $2.85M |
| Bourke Street | 2024 | $2.80M |
| Dowling Street | 2024 | $2.10M |
| Riley Street | 2024 | $1.87M |
| Crown Street | 2023 | $3.40M |
| Crown Street | 2023 | $3.30M |
| Dowling Street | 2023 | $2.42M |
| Bourke Street | 2023 | $2.04M |
| Dowling Street | 2023 | $1.75M |
| Riley Street | 2022 | $1.75M |
| Bourke Street | 2022 | $1.71M |
| Riley Street | 2022 | $1.25M |
| Crown Street | 2021 | $3.75M |
| Bourke Street | 2021 | $2.45M |
| Bourke Street | 2021 | $2.01M |
| Crown Street | 2021 | $2.00M |
| Dowling Street | 2021 | $1.90M |
| Dowling Street | 2021 | $1.65M |
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 Woolloomooloo
Woolloomooloo's median house price of $2,050,000 is the 12th 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
Woolloomooloo: common questions
- What is the median house price in Woolloomooloo?
- $2,050,000, based on 18 house sales over the 24 months to June 2026 (NSW Valuer General records).
- What are the most and least expensive streets in Woolloomooloo?
- Of the 4 Woolloomooloo streets that qualify for the five-year ranking, Crown Street has the highest house median at $3,350,000 (6 sales); Riley Street has the lowest at $1,800,000 (5 sales).
- How much have Woolloomooloo property prices grown?
- A repeat-sales index of Woolloomooloo dwellings has risen 52.8% over 10 years and moved +22.1% over 5 years.
- Which public schools serve Woolloomooloo?
- Plunkett Street Public School (primary); Inner Sydney High School (secondary).
- Is Woolloomooloo 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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