What we found
- $4.12m at Strathfield, the top of the line. Strathfield, in Sydney's inner west, had the dearest median house of the stops shown, in June 2026.
- $1.01m at Woy Woy, 64 minutes out. Woy Woy, on the New South Wales Central Coast, had the cheapest median house of the thirteen, in June 2026.
- Land at a ninth of Redfern's. A square metre of land at Woy Woy was worth about $1,774 in June 2026, against $16,507 at Redfern, Sydney.
- The drop comes after Pennant Hills. Medians held above $2m from Redfern to Pennant Hills, then fell away to $1.01m at Woy Woy.
Our research: What the land under a home is worth
The story: how far out do you have to go for a $1 million house in Sydney?
The ride runs from Central, in Haymarket, to Woy Woy on the New South Wales Central Coast. Woy Woy is 43.8 km from the city centre, and on the ride we filmed it took 64 minutes.
For most of that ride the median house price stays above $2m. Redfern is $2.29m, Petersham $2.37m, Ashfield $2.28m and Burwood $2.88m, all in Sydney's inner west, in June 2026.
Strathfield is the peak at $4.12m, 10.6 km out. Past it the line turns north through Rhodes at $2.19m, Epping at $2.17m and Pennant Hills at $2.03m.
Hornsby, 21.0 km out and about 34 minutes into the ride, is the first real step down at $1.64m. Berowra is $1.68m and Brooklyn, the suburb around Hawkesbury River station, $1.71m. Then the line crosses the river and Woy Woy comes in at $1.01m.
What is the land under these homes worth?
The price of a house is one thing and the land under it is another. Redfern, Sydney has the dearest land on the line, about $16,507 a square metre in June 2026.
It falls fast going out. Petersham is about $9,169, Strathfield about $5,894, Burwood about $5,594 and Ashfield about $5,170.
Past Epping, at about $2,857, the line settles near $2,000. Pennant Hills is about $2,364, Brooklyn about $2,425, Berowra about $2,222 and Hornsby about $2,068.
Woy Woy is the cheapest at about $1,774, roughly a ninth of Redfern's. A typical Redfern block is about 139 square metres. A typical Woy Woy block is about 569. That is four times the land for less than half the price.
Haymarket is the odd one at about $2,951. The middle block there runs about 590 square metres and carries an apartment building, so its land spreads across many homes.
Which stations on the line have the cheapest homes?
Of the thirteen stops shown, Woy Woy has both the cheapest median house, at $1.01m in June 2026, and the cheapest land.
For a buyer under $800,000 the unit medians matter more. Along the whole line Cowan and Mount Colah, in Sydney's far north, were $621,000 and $662,000 in June 2026. Meadowbank was $701,000, Pennant Hills $703,000 and Woy Woy $774,000.
Hornsby is 21.0 km from the city centre and Woy Woy 43.8 km. The train we filmed runs straight through from Central to both.
How was this made?
The footage is a driver's view of the whole ride, filmed by RailViewAus. It is sped up between stations and slowed through each one. The clock on screen counts minutes from Central.
The prices are our own. For each station we take its suburb's median house price for June 2026. We also take what a square metre of that suburb's land is worth. Central is placed in Haymarket and Hawkesbury River in Brooklyn.
A suburb median is a middle figure, not a price for any one home. Houses and units move differently, and a suburb of mostly flats, like Haymarket, reads low on land per square metre.
How we made this reel
- One ride, filmed from the cab. The driver's view from Central to Woy Woy, filmed by RailViewAus, sped up between stations.
- A price at every stop. The median house price for the suburb each station sits in, June 2026.
- And what the land under it is worth. What a square metre of land is worth in each of those suburbs, from our own valuations.
What it means for you
- The same money buys more further out. A median unit at Woy Woy was $774,000 in June 2026, against $1.04m at Redfern, Sydney.
- Compare the land, not just the price. Two homes at the same price can sit on land worth very different amounts.
- Count the minutes before the dollars. The report gives the distance from any suburb to the city centre.
Where to see it on Microburbs
- Median sale price, in every suburb report. Open Market and see the median house and unit price, pocket by pocket.
- Land value per square metre. The same tab gives what a square metre of land is worth across the suburb.
Get the data
The data behind this reel, for any suburb, is live in our API: what the land is worth per square metre, block by block. In Bondi, Sydney, the middle block was worth $2,446 a square metre, and land made up 85% of a typical $1,380,000 price.
Try it now, free. This request is free for our sample suburbs, one in each state and territory, with no sign up and no card:
curl "https://api.microburbs.com.au/v1/suburbs/Bondi/market/land-values" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer test"
What it sent back on 12 November 2026, cut to one block of 118:
{
"data": {
"area_name": "Bondi",
"area_level": "suburb",
"median_lv_sqm": 2446.0,
"median_land_size": 188.0,
"median_land_value": 1198609,
"median_price": 1380000,
"land_share_of_price": 0.849,
"n_parcels": 5281,
"mbs": [
{
"mb": "10825880000",
"lv_sqm": 11986.681465038846,
"n_parcels": 7
}
]
}
}
See the full API docs for every request, the price of each and how to get a key for the rest of Australia.
What is land worth in your suburb?
Median sale price, in every suburb report. Open Market and see the median house and unit price, pocket by pocket.
