Randwick
146,484 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 36 km², 14 suburbs. Council website: randwick.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
146,484
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.2% in a year
Density
4,035/km²
36 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$3.1M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$35
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
3.2 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
14
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
- $2,305/week
- Median rent
- $550/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $3,033/month
- Households renting
- 46.4%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 10 of 10
Suburbs
14 suburbs where Randwick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maroubra | 30,722 | All | $3.0MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Randwick | 28,943 | All | $3.7MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Coogee (NSW) | 14,634 | All | $4.6MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Kingsford (NSW) | 13,492 | All | $2.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Kensington (NSW) | 11,927 | All | $3.6MDec 2025 | – / 0% | |
| Matraville | 9,925 | All | $2.6MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| South Coogee | 5,611 | All | $4.7MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Clovelly | 4,887 | All | $5.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Little Bay | 4,817 | All | $2.8MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Malabar | 4,714 | All | $3.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | |
| Chifley (NSW) | 3,490 | All | $2.7MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Phillip Bay | 721 | All | $2.7MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| La Perouse | 366 | All | $3.0MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Port Botany | All | – / 0% |
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 13 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $2.6M
- Median of suburb medians
- $3.0M
- Highest suburb median
- $5.3M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 11 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
- 129
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 860
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 1,715
- 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
- Kingsford Smith · Matt THISTLETHWAITE (ALP)96%
- Wentworth · Allegra SPENDER (IND)4%
State districts
- Maroubra · Michael Daley (ALP)49%
- Coogee · Marjorie O'Neill (ALP)42%
- Heffron · Ron Hoenig (ALP)9%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 3 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 12 Sep 2026.
- Listings cut
- 3
- of 100 tracked
- Share cut
- 3.0%
- Typical cut
- 2.8%
- median over every cut listing
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.