Woollahra is a suburb of Sydney, in Woollahra Council, with mainly dense residential and commercial development. The Double Bay is part of the surrounding geography.
Local school ICSEA scores sit well above the peer median, well above typical levels for comparable places. Household incomes are a relative strength, with household incomes 38% above the peer median, and working from home is another of the suburb's defining strengths, with working from home 27% above the peer median, and reported crime sits a little below the peer median. Reported offences have risen 14% year on year. Trade-offs centre on higher housing costs and weaker population growth, with median house prices 92% above the peer median.
Woollahra is a better fit for people who value lower crime and school quality more than lower housing costs.
Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.
Strengths and weaknesses
Mixed commercial-residential suburb · compared with mixed commercial-residential suburbs in New South Wales (130)
Strengths
Household incomes are a relative strength
Working from home is a relative strength
Reported crime sits a little below the peer median
Local school ICSEA scores sit well above the peer median
Weaknesses
Housing is among the most expensive in its peer group
Population growth is a relative weakness
What stands out
Overseas-born and multilingual community
Double Bay
Who it suits
Stars are audience-fit ratings derived from Suburb.Guide data, not demographic counts or user reviews.
Families★★★★☆
Professionals★★★★☆
Retirees★★★☆☆
Students★☆☆☆☆
Budget buyers★☆☆☆☆
Housing, growth and risk
How Woollahra compares
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median house price
$4.42M
+7.5% change
Median rent
$950/wk
Houses $1,850 · Units $950
Population (ERP)
7,015
-0.0% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
15.2%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#47
among Metro Sydney · Established
Crime rate
16th
percentile in state (higher = more crime)
Pop. growth
9th
percentile in NSW
Rented dwellings
37%
2021 Census tenure
Advantage (IRSAD)
10/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
97th
percentile among schools with ICSEA
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
64.9/100 — Good
State standing
Top 5% of New South Wales' suburbs
National rank
176th in Australia
State rank
89th in NSW
Peer rank
#47 among Metro Sydney · Established suburbs
Cohort rank
#72 among Metro Sydney suburbs
Data confidence
100%
Data sources & freshness
Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
Flats / units (January to March 2026)
$950
Houses (January to March 2026)
$1,850
All types (January to March 2026)
$950
Rental bonds lodged (January to March 2026)
105
Median house price (October to December 2025)
$4,418,000
Median price change
+7.5%
Median weekly rent from NSW DCJ rent tables. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
-0.0% annual · -0.9% over 5 years · 9th percentile in NSW
Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
-0.0%
5-year growth
-0.9%
Change in 1 year
-1
Change in 5 years
-61
Growth rank in NSW
9th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~7,050), extrapolated at +0.1% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
Population
7,189
Median age
42
Median household income / week
$3,013
Dwelling vacancy
15.2%
Unoccupied private dwellings
535 of 3,523
Median monthly mortgage
$4,000
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$670
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
37.6% / 25.6% / 36.8%
Employment rate
61.4%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
60% / 4.3% / 19.2%
Walked or cycled to work
5.5%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
532 / 928 / 1,506 (+ 6 other)
Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)
Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus
Data sources & freshness
2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
58.2% of adults have a university degree, compared with 27.8% across New South Wales. 4.2% have a trade or vocational qualification.
University qualified58.2% · 27.8% NSW
Diploma qualified7.8% · 9.3% NSW
Trade / vocational4.2% · 15% NSW
Year 12 or below29.8% · 47.9% NSW
Highest qualification field
Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).
Management and commerce31.7%
Society and culture24.6%
Health11.1%
Creative arts10.4%
Education5.3%
Engineering and related technologies4.9%
How these groups are defined
Measure
Definition
University qualified
Bachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualified
Advanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocational
Certificate III + IV
Year 12
Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12
Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below
People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)
University qualifications from the 2021 Census
Data sources & freshness
2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Tax & income
Median taxable income (2023–24)
$89,732
99th percentile in NSW · +53% vs Australia
Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$87,438
96th percentile in NSW · +34% vs Australia
Residents with rental investments
20.0%
82nd percentile in NSW · +45% vs Australia
Median super balance (2023–24)
$104,795
83rd percentile in NSW · +66% vs Australia
Residents with business income
13.0%
82nd percentile in NSW · +25% vs Australia
Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 2025 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.
Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
5,361
Taxpayers reporting net rent
1,099
Median net rent
$1,058
Taxpayers reporting business income
674
Taxable income vs state median
+60%
Salary / wages vs state median
+39%
Rental investment vs state median
+43%
Super vs state median
+49%
Business income vs state median
+30%
Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in NSW, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.
Data sources & freshness
Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary
Community & culture
15.8% speak a language other than English at home; 34.4% born overseas
Language at home
5,723 English only · 1,074 other
Non-English at home
15.8%
Born overseas
2,384 (34.4%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
24 (0.3%)
Australian citizens
6,142
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
23
Top languages other than English
Share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census).
Mandarin79 · 21%
French44 · 11.7%
Spanish43 · 11.4%
Greek29 · 7.7%
Russian24 · 6.4%
Cantonese21 · 5.6%
Italian21 · 5.6%
Japanese16 · 4.3%
Religion
41.3%No religion
No religion is the most common response at 41.3%, while Christianity accounts for 40%.
Measure
Suburb
State
No religion
41.3%
32.8%
Christianity
40%
47.6%
Other / not stated
18.7%
19.6%
Christian denominations
Denomination
Suburb
State
Catholic
19.1%
22.4%
Anglican
14.5%
11.9%
Eastern Orthodox
2.1%
2.5%
2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.
Data sources & freshness
2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences increased compared with the previous period.
Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025)
262
Against the person
56
Against property
130
Rate per 1,000 residents
37.3
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 128 residents
State crime-rate percentile
15.7th (higher = more crime)
Increase (daily rate)
+14.2%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
84
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
11.97
Most common offence types
Fraud39
Intimidation, Stalking And Harassment22
Malicious Damage To Property21
Steal From Dwelling15
Steal From Motor Vehicle14
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)
Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates
BOCSAR postcode crime statistics — NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research · Jan 2024 to Dec 2024 → Jan 2025 to Dec 2025; Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Updated · Rolling 12-month windows
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
Schools within 2 km
17
Median school ICSEA (17 schools)
1,162
Median ICSEA percentile
97th
Primary catchments overlapping suburb
4
Secondary catchments overlapping suburb
3
School list
Woollahra Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1193 · 99th percentile · LBOTE 46% · 667 students · Top SEA quarter 75% · 0.3 km awayView on My School →
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1164 · 97th percentile · LBOTE 42% · 196 students · Top SEA quarter 65% · 0.8 km awayView on My School →
Reddam HouseCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1203 · 99th percentile · Top SEA quarter 81% · 0.9 km awayView on My School →
Ascham SchoolCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1217 · 99th percentile · LBOTE 17% · 1,182 students · Top SEA quarter 84% · 1.1 km awayView on My School →
St Francis of Assisi Regional Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1167 · 97th percentile · LBOTE 45% · 151 students · Top SEA quarter 67% · 1.2 km awayView on My School →
Paddington Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1155 · 96th percentile · LBOTE 42% · 147 students · Top SEA quarter 60% · 1.3 km awayView on My School →
Double Bay Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1135 · 92th percentile · LBOTE 31% · 237 students · Top SEA quarter 54% · 1.4 km awayView on My School →
Glenmore Road Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1176 · 98th percentile · LBOTE 24% · 263 students · Top SEA quarter 71% · 1.4 km awayView on My School →
Moriah CollegeCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1141 · 94th percentile · LBOTE 4% · 1,339 students · Top SEA quarter 61% · 1.4 km awayView on My School →
Waverley Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1150 · 95th percentile · LBOTE 37% · 263 students · Top SEA quarter 61% · 1.4 km awayView on My School →
School catchments
Bellevue Hill PSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
Inner Sydney HSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
Paddington PSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
Randwick HSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
Rose Bay SCGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
Waverley PSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
Woollahra PSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
Government school intake zones that overlap this suburb boundary. Living in a catchment does not guarantee enrolment; check the education authority.
Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)
Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts
Data sources & freshness
NSW government school intake zones — NSW Department of Education · current · Updated · Open catchment polygons where published
Burton Brown Glenmore Heeley Stafford Broughton Hopetoun Paddington Jersey Rush HallCycling route
Centennial ParkCycling route
City – Bondi JunctionCycling route
Edgecliff RoadCycling route
Epping Manning Edward BathurstCycling route
Grafton Old South Head VictoriaCycling route
Jersey RoadCycling route
New Mclean - CameronCycling route
Oxford Street CyclewayCycling route
Queen StreetCycling route
Trelawney Street linkCycling route
Trumper ParkCycling route
Victoria RoadCycling route
Drinking water (6)
Chiswick GardensPark
Elm's ReservePark
Euroka ReservePark
Gaden ReservePark
Hall’s ReservePark
Harbourview ParkPark
Moncur ReservePark
Park (3)
Pat Thompson ParkPark
Plumb ReservePark
Raoul Wallenberg GardenPark
Saber St ReservePark
Holdsworth Street PlaygroundPlayground
Playground (5)
Public toilets
Cooper Park TennisSports centre
1 Bunna Place, Woollahra
Sports field
Swimming pool (176)
Places to stay(1)
Hughenden Boutique HotelHotel
14 Oxford Street, Woollahra
Entertainment(1)
Viewpoint
Transport(22)
22 bus stops
Other(54)
Artwork
Spanish StallionArtwork
Attraction
Bench (56)
Bicycle Parking (3)
BPCompressed Air
Woollahra Fire StationFire station
2 Forth Street, Woollahra
Suson AveryFlorist
Fountain (3)
Gallery (2)
OlsenGallery
Garden (9)
Holdsworth Communal GardenGarden
Nelson Street GardenGarden
BodallaIce Cream
Fletcher Gully WallInformation
Harbour View ParkInformation
History of the Tennis CourtsInformation
Information (4)
Jeder hat KraftInformation
Lower Cooper ParkInformation
Our Hidden GemInformation
Patricia ThompsonInformation
Stormwater Harvesting & Re-Use SystemInformation
The drain is just for rainInformation
The Holdsworth Rain GardenInformation
Thomas Alfred HallInformation
Welcome to Cooper ParkInformation
Welcome to Euroka ReserveInformation
Welcome to Pat Thompson ParkInformation
Phoenix PhonesMobile Phone
Parking (6)
The Hughenden Boutique HotelParking
Empowered Health & PerformancePhysiotherapist
Picnic Table (10)
All Saints’ ChurchPlace of worship
Emanuel SynagoguePlace of worship
7-9 Ocean Street
Holy Cross ChurchPlace of worship
Place of worship
85 Ocean Street
St Columbia Uniting ChurchPlace of worship
53A Ocean Street
The Sephardi SynagoguePlace of worship
Woollahra Seventh-day Adventist ChurchPlace of worship
219 Edgecliff Road, Woollahra
Australia PostPost Box
Post Box
Adelaide Street LibraryPublic Bookcase
Street LibraryPublic Bookcase
Shelter (19)
Emanuel GardensSocial Facility
118 Wallis Street
Ronald Coleman LodgeSocial Facility
88 Wallis Street
Woollahra Montefiore HomeSocial Facility
23 Nelson Street, Woollahra
TelstraTelephone
The Classic Safari CompanyTravel Agency
Waste Basket (14)
Yes
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)
Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000
Data sources & freshness
OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries
Places of worship
7 places of worship within ~1.5 km
All Saints’ Church
Emanuel Synagogue
7-9 Ocean Street
Holy Cross Church
Place of worship
85 Ocean Street
St Columbia Uniting Church
53A Ocean Street
The Sephardi Synagogue
Woollahra Seventh-day Adventist Church
219 Edgecliff Road, Woollahra
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
Usual max / min
25° / 17°
Rainfall
321 mm · ~40 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
Usual max / min
22° / 14°
Rainfall
359 mm · ~45 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
Usual max / min
17° / 8°
Rainfall
263 mm · ~33 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
Usual max / min
21° / 12°
Rainfall
242 mm · ~30 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)
Sydney Chevra Kadisha172 -178 Oxford Street WoollharaSHR
Waimea HouseWaimea Avenue, WoollahraSHR
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)
Heritage listings as established streetscape
Data sources & freshness
State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated
Hazards
Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via NSW bush fire prone land mapping. Flood cover uses NSW flood planning polygons against the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)
Bushfire and flood hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
Federal electorate
Wentworth
Member of Parliament
Allegra SPENDER (Independent)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
127,463
Turnout (2025)
89.1%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+1.7 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 49.4%Labor 50.6%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 1.2 km away).
Coalition 51.8%Labor 48.2%
2.4 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +3.8 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
WoollahraLabor 48.3% · Coalition 51.7% TPP (2025)0.1 km away
Woollahra SouthLabor 45.6% · Coalition 54.4% TPP (2025)0.3 km away
Bondi JunctionLabor 48.6% · Coalition 51.4% TPP (2025)0.7 km away
Paddington SouthLabor 57.6% · Coalition 42.4% TPP (2025)0.9 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)