Inner West
193,125 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 35 km², 20 suburbs. Council website: innerwest.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
193,125
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.0% in a year
Density
5,487/km²
35 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$2.1M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$36
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
4.5 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
10 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
20
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 38
- Median household income
- $2,340/week
- Median rent
- $500/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $3,000/month
- Households renting
- 43.8%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 10 of 10
Suburbs
20 suburbs where Inner West holds most residents, plus 4 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marrickville | 26,570 | All | $2.2MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Ashfield (NSW) | 23,012 | All | $2.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Leichhardt (NSW) | 15,158 | All | $2.2MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Newtown (NSW) | 14,690 | 54% | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Dulwich Hill | 14,046 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Croydon Park (NSW) | 10,929 | 8% | $2.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Croydon (NSW) | 10,755 | 40% | $2.4MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Balmain | 10,454 | All | $2.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Annandale (NSW) | 9,487 | All | $2.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Camperdown (NSW) | 9,381 | 36% | $2.1MDec 2025 | – / 0% | |
| Rozelle | 8,553 | All | $2.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Petersham | 8,200 | All | $2.2MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Lilyfield | 7,641 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Stanmore (NSW) | 7,619 | All | $2.4MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Summer Hill (Inner West - NSW) | 7,288 | All | $2.6MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Haberfield | 6,480 | All | $2.6MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Hurlstone Park | 5,001 | 9% | $2.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Lewisham (NSW) | 4,060 | All | $2.2MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Enmore (Inner West - NSW) | 3,871 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| St Peters (NSW) | 3,629 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Tempe | 3,550 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Birchgrove | 3,228 | All | $3.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Balmain East | 1,900 | All | $4.0MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Sydenham (NSW) | 1,100 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 20 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $1.7M
- Median of suburb medians
- $2.3M
- Highest suburb median
- $4.0M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 21 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 401
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 160
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,039
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 1,884
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Grayndler · Anthony ALBANESE (ALP)74%
- Sydney · Tanya PLIBERSEK (ALP)24%
- Reid · Sally SITOU (ALP)2%
State districts
- Summer Hill · Jo Haylen (ALP)43%
- Balmain · Kobi Shetty (GRN)31%
- Newtown · Jenny Leong (GRN)19%
- Heffron · Ron Hoenig (ALP)5%
- Strathfield · Jason Yat-Sen Li (ALP)3%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 2 suburbs of this council. An aggregate only: published at 3 or more cut listings council-wide (cuts in every crawled suburb count), and a suburb is named only when it has 3 of its own. Computed 24 Sep 2026; newest crawl observation 11 Sep 2026.
- Listings cut
- 6
- of 68 tracked
- Share cut
- 8.8%
- Typical cut
- 3.5%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Leichhardt (NSW) (4). All price drops →
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Asking-price cuts: Shorted listing crawl, aggregates only. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.