Lane Cove
43,094 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 11 km², 9 suburbs. Council website: lanecove.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
43,094
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.2% in a year
Density
4,104/km²
11 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$3.7M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$37
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
3.9 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
9
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
- 37
- Median household income
- $2,801/week
- Median rent
- $540/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,980/month
- Households renting
- 37.2%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 10 of 10
Suburbs
9 suburbs where Lane Cove holds most residents. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Cove | 12,363 | All | $3.2MDec 2025 | – / 9% | 10 |
| Lane Cove North | 11,773 | 79% | $2.9MDec 2025 | – / 32% | 10 |
| St Leonards (NSW) | 7,212 | 37% | $3.2MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Greenwich | 5,469 | All | $3.9MDec 2025 | – / 23% | 10 |
| Riverview (NSW) | 3,148 | All | $4.1MDec 2025 | – / 6% | 10 |
| Lane Cove West | 3,146 | All | $3.1MDec 2025 | – / 33% | 10 |
| Longueville | 2,116 | All | $5.7MDec 2025 | – / 33% | 10 |
| Northwood (NSW) | 916 | All | $5.0MDec 2025 | – / 22% | 10 |
| Linley Point | 382 | All | $4.7MDec 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.
Observed surface water (1986–present)
<1%
Over 8 of 9 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 9 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $2.9M
- Median of suburb medians
- $3.9M
- Highest suburb median
- $5.7M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 7 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 407
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 61
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 360
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 821
- 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
- Bennelong · Jerome LAXALE (ALP)93%
- Bradfield · Nicolette BOELE (IND)7%
State districts
- Lane Cove · Anthony Roberts (LIB)93%
- Willoughby · Tim James (LIB)7%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 1 suburb 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 12 Sep 2026.
- Listings cut
- 6
- of 88 tracked
- Share cut
- 6.8%
- Typical cut
- 4.0%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Lane Cove (6). 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.