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Watsons Bay
New South Wales · Census 2021
Watsons Bay is a coastal suburb of Woollahra.
Median house price
Rolling median of settled transfers, state Valuer-General open data (CC BY 4.0). New South Wales average of suburb medians: $1.4M.
How it compares
Percentiles rank this suburb against New South Wales suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. The state and national figures are the average of the latest suburb medians in that area, not a transaction-weighted median.
People & housing
Local amenities
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 34%
- Top language at home
- Greek · 1%
- No religion
- 34%
- Born overseas
- 29%
- English only at home
- 90%
Schools by sector
- Nearest secondary
- 2.5 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Woollahra
- Population / area
- 63,303 · 12 km²
- Density
- 5,147/km²
- Federal grants
- $2.01M/yr · $32/resident
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Wentworth
- Federal MP
- Allegra Spender (IND)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 51% 2PP
- State electorate
- Vaucluse
- State MP
- Kellie Sloane (LIB)
Comparable suburbs
Closest by median house price across NSW.
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); New South Wales Valuer-General settled transfers (CC BY 4.0); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.