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NSW 2011 · Sydney
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ABS 2021
Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Elizabeth Bay NSW
Market data updated September 2026.
Elizabeth Bay has a 12-month growth rate of 14.7% for units.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Elizabeth Bay is $1,030,000, which has increased 14.7% since the same time last year. One-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $920,000, Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $1,960,000, Three-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $4,980,000, Four-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $12,400,000 in Elizabeth Bay. The median rent for units and apartments in Elizabeth Bay is $725 per week and has increased 3.6% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Elizabeth Bay is 3,095 offences per 100,000 residents — 10% below the Greater Sydney benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Elizabeth Bay.
Overall crime rate
3,095
offences per 100,000 residents
10% belowGreater Sydney
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Elizabeth Bay NSW 2011 is in New South Wales, within Greater Sydney.
4,878 people call Elizabeth Bay home, with an average of 1.5 people per household and a median household income of $2,116 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
58.3% of workers in Elizabeth Bay worked from home on Census day — noticeably more common than across Greater Sydney.
5.8% of Elizabeth Bay residents were born in England, about twice the rate across Greater Sydney.
53.2% of people in Elizabeth Bay described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Elizabeth Bay NSW 2011.
3.9% of Elizabeth Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.
966 family households lived in Elizabeth Bay; 14.8% were couple families and 6.5% were one-parent families.
13.7% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Elizabeth Bay had 4,878 residents at the 2021 Census.
43.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
34.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 0.3% of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth Bay.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 98.6% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
22.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.
16.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.
60.5% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Elizabeth Bay had 1.5 people.
One-person households made up 62.0% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.
Two-person households represented 31.3%, while 1.6% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
58.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.
11.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.
5.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.7% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
44.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.
One-car households formed 45.7% of the total.
9.9% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
38.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 61.5% reported a different address.
34.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
78.9% of residents used only English at home.
15.2% used a language other than English at home.
0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
34.6% of Elizabeth Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 65.4% was born in Australia.
0.7% of residents were born in China.
0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.3%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 37.5% of ancestry responses in Elizabeth Bay.
Australian ancestry made up 21.5% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 3.3% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
46.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.
Managers accounted for 22.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.
Health care and social assistance employed 9.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 69.5%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.
46.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.2% worked part time.
Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
60.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.
10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
7.3% reported asthma, 6.1% arthritis and 2.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
43.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 21.6% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 8.8%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,116 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,582.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 58.3% in Elizabeth Bay, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.
Outright ownership was 22.6% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.
Renting accounted for 60.5% in Elizabeth Bay, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
There is not yet enough consistent market data for a dependable house median. The nearby suburb links make it easier to compare the wider market while local observations build.
The Census counted 966 local families, and 3.9% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
The free data does not have a dependable bedroom breakdown for this suburb. Compare the current house and unit medians above, then use live listings to see what a $1.5m budget buys today.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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