Sydney
241,797 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 27 km², 29 suburbs. Council website: cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
241,797
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.8% in a year
Density
9,056/km²
27 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
$34
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
7.6 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
29
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
- 34
- Median household income
- $2,212/week
- Median rent
- $550/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,700/month
- Households renting
- 64.1%
- Average household
- 1.9 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 9 of 10
Suburbs
29 suburbs where Sydney holds most residents, plus 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 16,667 | All | – / 0% | 10 | |
| Waterloo (NSW) | 16,379 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | 0% / 0% | 10 |
| Surry Hills | 15,828 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Newtown (NSW) | 14,690 | 46% | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Rosebery (NSW) | 13,533 | 81% | $2.7MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Redfern | 13,072 | All | $2.1MDec 2025 | 0% / 0% | 10 |
| Paddington (NSW) | 12,701 | 22% | $3.7MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Pyrmont | 12,658 | All | $2.2MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Zetland | 12,622 | All | $2.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Glebe (NSW) | 11,680 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Darlinghurst | 10,615 | All | $3.0MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Erskineville | 9,657 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Alexandria | 9,649 | All | $2.4MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Camperdown (NSW) | 9,381 | 64% | $2.1MDec 2025 | – / 0% | |
| Haymarket | 8,305 | All | – / 0% | 10 | |
| Chippendale | 7,803 | All | $2.0MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Ultimo | 7,410 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Potts Point | 7,183 | All | $2.8MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Forest Lodge | 4,965 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Elizabeth Bay | 4,878 | All | – / 0% | 10 | |
| Woolloomooloo | 3,792 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Darlington (Sydney - NSW) | 2,597 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | 0% / 0% | |
| Rushcutters Bay | 2,335 | All | – / 0% | 10 | |
| Centennial Park (NSW) | 2,225 | All | $7.6MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Millers Point | 1,735 | All | $2.7MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Beaconsfield (NSW) | 1,172 | All | $2.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| The Rocks (Sydney - NSW) | 629 | All | – / 0% | 10 | |
| Eveleigh | 606 | All | 0% / 0% | 5 | |
| Dawes Point | 385 | All | $3.7MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Barangaroo | 220 | All | – / 0% | 10 | |
| Moore Park | 18 | 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.
Flood planning land
0%
Over 4 of 31 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Observed surface water (1986–present)
3%
Over 30 of 31 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 21 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
- $7.6M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 23 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 672
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 228
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,927
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 5,167
- 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
- Sydney · Tanya PLIBERSEK (ALP)84%
- Wentworth · Allegra SPENDER (IND)16%
State districts
- Sydney · Alex Greenwich (IND)43%
- Heffron · Ron Hoenig (ALP)24%
- Newtown · Jenny Leong (GRN)22%
- Balmain · Kobi Shetty (GRN)11%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 5 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
- 27
- of 413 tracked
- Share cut
- 6.5%
- Typical cut
- 2.9%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Rosebery (NSW) (10), Zetland (9), Pyrmont (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.