Waverley
73,345 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 9 km², 9 suburbs. Council website: waverley.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
73,345
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.6% in a year
Density
7,803/km²
9 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$4.2M
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
2.5 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
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
- 35
- Median household income
- $2,854/week
- Median rent
- $670/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $3,500/month
- Households renting
- 49.0%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 10 of 10
Suburbs
9 suburbs where Waverley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bondi Beach | 11,513 | All | $4.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Bondi | 10,411 | All | $4.4MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Bondi Junction | 10,361 | All | $2.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Rose Bay (NSW) | 9,911 | 41% | $5.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Vaucluse | 9,510 | 31% | $9.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| North Bondi | 9,290 | All | $5.0MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Bronte | 7,166 | All | $5.8MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Waverley (NSW) | 4,216 | All | $3.8MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Dover Heights | 4,044 | All | $6.8MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Queens Park (NSW) | 3,143 | All | $3.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Tamarama | 1,478 | All | $7.1MDec 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 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
- $4.5M
- Highest suburb median
- $7.1M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 10 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 354
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 173
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 920
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 1,842
- 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
- Wentworth · Allegra SPENDER (IND)100%
State districts
- Coogee · Marjorie O'Neill (ALP)54%
- Vaucluse · Kellie Sloane (LIB)46%
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. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.