Zetland (NSW 2017): property prices, streets & suburb profile

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

Zetland · NSW 2017 · median house price (24 months)
$2,230,000+19.1%
vs 10 years ago (repeat-sales index, all dwellings)
Zetland has about 7,982 dwellings on record, with 24 house and 936 unit sales recorded in the last two years across 41 streets.
Median house price
$2,230,000
24 sales, 24 months
Median unit price
$995,000
936 strata sales, 24 months
Median rent, 3-br house
$1,300/wk
39 bonds, 12 months
Gross rental yield
3.0%
3-br postcode rent vs house median
How tightly held
1 in 17
homes on record trades each year
Nearest train station
Green Square Railway Station
0.6 km away

Zetland house and unit prices

The median Zetland house sold for $2,230,000 across the last 24 months; constant-quality growth is +19.1% over 10 years and +7.9% over 5 years.

1Y
3Y
5Y
10Y
Houses
+13.4%
+32.1%
n/a
+52.3%
Units
+2.0%
-0.5%
+8.6%
-4.3%

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
Zetland
$2,280,000
Sydney LGA
$2,300,000
NSW
$1,100,000
Houses (quarterly median)
Units (yearly median)
869k1.35M1.84M2.32M2.80M20172019202120232025
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PeriodHouses (quarterly median)Units (yearly median)
July 2015$1,470,000
Oct 2015$1,620,000
2016$1,015,000
Apr 2016$1,825,000
Oct 2016$1,505,000
2017$1,520,000$970,000
July 2017$1,467,500
Oct 2017$2,087,500
2018$915,000
Apr 2018$2,000,000
Oct 2018$1,540,000
2019$915,000
2020$920,000
Apr 2020$1,807,500
Oct 2020$2,087,500
2021$981,120
July 2021$1,922,500
Oct 2021$1,884,000
2022$1,925,000$990,000
Apr 2022$1,500,000
Oct 2022$1,725,888
2023$1,023,000
Apr 2023$1,900,000
July 2023$2,585,000
Oct 2023$2,670,000
2024$2,462,500$1,035,000
July 2024$1,985,000
Oct 2024$2,600,000
2025$971,500
July 2025$2,100,000
Oct 2025$2,315,000
Apr 2026$2,600,000
  • 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.

Zetland street by street

Across 6 streets with enough house sales to compare, five-year medians on actively trading streets run from $2,050,000 on Portman Street to $2,235,000 on Hansard Street.

Most expensive street (houses)

Hansard Street

$2,235,000 five-year median · 7 sales

Most affordable street (houses)

Portman Street

$2,050,000 five-year median · 20 sales

Zetland streets with a published median · last 10 years of sales
StreetHouse medianHouse salesUnit medianUnit sales
Tilford Street$2.12M14$663k10
Elizabeth Street$1.95M36$830k57
Hansard Street$1.86M14—1
Portman Street$1.80M31$1.09M58
Epsom Road$1.69M6$915k323
Merton Street$1.58M6——
Ascot Avenue——$678k78
Bindon Place——$700k17
Botany Road—1$1.15M192
Bourke Street—3$980k29
Cooper Place——$865k33
Defries Avenue——$920k289
Ebsworth Street——$1.18M250
Fuse Street——$1.20M55
Gadigal Avenue——$930k405
Geddes Avenue——$1.13M114
George Julius Avenue——$1.06M269
Grandstand Parade—2$925k227
Hinchcliffe Place——$1.12M100
Hutchinson Walk——$968k136
Joynton Avenue—1$942k474
Kingsborough Way——$980k283
Kirby Walk——$907k24
Lamond Lane——$990k36
Letitia Street——$940k147
  • 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 Zetland by bedrooms

A 3-bedroom house rents for a median $1,300/wk.

Median weekly rent · houses
1-bedroom
$800/wk
2-bedroom
$1,175/wk
3-bedroom
$1,300/wk
4-bedroom
$1,525/wk
Median weekly rent · units
1-bedroom
$850/wk
2-bedroom
$1,200/wk
3-bedroom
$1,550/wk
4-bedroom
$1,770/wk
  • From NSW rental bond lodgements for postcode 2017 (covers neighbouring suburbs too), 12 months to July 2026.
  • Bands with fewer than 10 bonds are hidden.
  • Biggest 12-month move: 2-bedroom houses +15.2% year on year.

Who lives in Zetland

Zetland has a median age of 30 and a median household income of $2,192 a week, and 27.2% of homes are owner-occupied.

Population (Zetland)
12,622
Median age (Zetland)
30 years
Median household income (Zetland)
$2,192/wk
People per square kilometre
15,685
Average taxable income (postcode, 2023)
$89,670
Average household size (SA2)
1.8
Median mortgage repayment (SA2)
$2,500/month
Australian-born (postcode)
35.1%
SEIFA advantage decile (Zetland)
10 of 10
Rooftop solar installs, 12 months (postcode)
12
How Zetland homes are held
Owned outright
7.4% · 451
Owned with a mortgage
19.8% · 1,197
Rented
70.5% · 4,267
Zetland homes by bedroom count
1 bedroom or studio
30.6% · 1,832
2 bedrooms
56.8% · 3,400
3 bedrooms
11.1% · 662
4 bedrooms
1.4% · 82
5 or more
0.2% · 11
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
9 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 Zetland are for the suburb boundary itself (ABS 2021 Census). Anything labelled SA2 or postcode covers a wider area: SA2 "Waterloo" and postcode 2017 both extend beyond Zetland.
  • 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 Zetland

0.0% of Zetland 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
249
Land zoning of properties
MU1 Mixed Use (50%), R1 General Residential (41%), E1 Local Centre (9%)
  • 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 Zetland

Most Zetland homes fall in the Green Square Public School intake zone.

Public primary catchment
Green Square Public School
Public secondary catchment
Alexandria Park Cs
  • 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 Zetland

Break-ins, car theft and malicious damage run at 2,793 per 100,000 residents in postcode 2017, 86.0% 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 2017 (12m)
3,049
Break-ins, car theft and malicious damage · incidents per 100,000 residents
Postcode 2017 (Zetland + neighbours)
2,793
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 Zetland.
  • 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 Zetland

Zetland's median house price of $2,230,000 is the 2nd highest of the 3 Sydney City & Inner suburbs we cover.

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Zetland: common questions

What is the median house price in Zetland?
$2,230,000, based on 24 house sales over the 24 months to July 2026 (NSW Valuer General records).
What are the most and least expensive streets in Zetland?
Among streets with enough sales in the last five years, Hansard Street has the highest house median at $2,235,000 (7 sales); Portman Street has the lowest at $2,050,000 (20 sales).
How much have Zetland property prices grown?
A repeat-sales index of Zetland dwellings has risen 19.1% over 10 years and moved +7.9% over 5 years.
What does it cost to rent in Zetland?
The median 3-bedroom house in postcode 2017 rents for $1,300/wk, from 39 bonds lodged in the last 12 months.
Which public schools serve Zetland?
Green Square Public School (public primary catchment); Alexandria Park Cs (public secondary catchment).
Is Zetland 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.