State · NSW
New South Wales
New South Wales has 4,536 suburbs in 28 regions, with 4,883,049 properties across 133,447 streets. Explore each region's profile, property history, homes for sale and rent, and the agents who sell in New South Wales. Its largest regions include Inner South West, Sydney City and Inner South, and Parramatta.
About New South Wales
New South Wales has 28 regions and 4,536 suburbs. Its 133,447 streets hold 4,883,049 properties, 3,142,559 of them houses and 1,740,490 units. The regions with the most properties are Inner South West with 316,050, Sydney City and Inner South with 303,042, Parramatta with 256,270 and North Shore and Hornsby with 255,582.
At the 2021 Census New South Wales had 8,072,163 residents, a median age of 39 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $1,829 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month and the median rent $420 a week. Of 2,900,468 dwellings, 1,902,734 were separate houses, 340,582 semi-detached and 630,030 flats; 914,537 were owned outright, 942,804 owned with a mortgage and 944,585 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in New South Wales
- 8,072,163Peoplelive in the area
- 39Median ageyears
- $1,829Median household incomea week
- $420Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,902,734
- Townhouses and semis340,582
- Flats and apartments630,030
- Other19,374
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,167a month
- Household size2.6people on average
How homes are held
Regions in New South Wales
- Blacktown53 suburbs
- Capital Region467 suburbs
- Central Coast148 suburbs
- Central West424 suburbs
- Coffs Harbour and Grafton205 suburbs
- Eastern Suburbs36 suburbs
- Far West and Orana206 suburbs
- Hills District and Hawkesbury83 suburbs
- Hunter Valley326 suburbs
- Illawarra107 suburbs
- Inner South West71 suburbs
- Inner West39 suburbs
- Macarthur77 suburbs
- Mid North Coast350 suburbs
- Murray169 suburbs
- New England and North West370 suburbs
- Newcastle and Lake Macquarie148 suburbs
- North Shore and Hornsby67 suburbs
- Northern Beaches62 suburbs
- Northern Rivers368 suburbs
- Parramatta51 suburbs
- Penrith and the Blue Mountains85 suburbs
- Riverina263 suburbs
- Ryde24 suburbs
- South West Sydney64 suburbs
- Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven171 suburbs
- Sutherland Shire50 suburbs
- Sydney City and Inner South47 suburbs
For sale and rent in New South Wales
Lee-Anne Klaus
$895,000
1 / 17 William Street, Tweed Heads South NSW 2486
Conor Allen
W W. Preview
29 Edwin Street, Drummoyne NSW 2047
Inspect Thu, 29 Oct 12:30pm
Vincent Zhang
$1,380,000 - $1,450,000
7 Govetts Street, The Ponds NSW 2769
Inspect Sat, 31 Oct 1:00pm
Morison Shang$700 Per Week
B612/3 Network Place, North Ryde NSW 2113
Inspect Wed, 28 Oct 5:30pm
Available Wed, 11 Nov
$600 per week
11/29 Dressler Ct, Merrylands West NSW 2160
Inspect Sat, 31 Oct 11:45am
Available Fri, 30 Oct
Isabel Xuanru Dong$990 Per Week
71 Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery NSW 2018
Available Tue, 10 Nov
Agents who sell in New South Wales
Ben Pike
Managing Director Pulse Property Agents
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 191
- Median sold price
- $1.63m
- Median days on market
- 27
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 105
- Median sold price
- $855k
- Median days on market
- 37
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 102
- Median sold price
- $1.49m
- Median days on market
- 35
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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.