Suburb profile
East Sydney NSW 2010
East Sydney is located in the Sydney City and Inner South region of New South Wales, postcode 2010. It has 10,911 properties across 88 streets, mostly units. Explore every street in East Sydney, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About East Sydney
East Sydney, NSW 2010, sits in the Sydney City and Inner South region and neighbours Edgecliff, Paddington, Potts Point and Surry Hills. Its 88 streets hold 10,911 properties, 2,677 of them houses and 8,234 units.
Census figures are for Darlinghurst, which has 10,615 residents, a median age of 37 and an average household of 1.7 people. Median household income is $2,279 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,964 a month and the median rent $550 a week. Of 5,384 dwellings, 48 were separate houses, 1,054 semi-detached, 4,243 flats and 17 other; 907 were owned outright, 1,038 owned with a mortgage and 3,332 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in East Sydney
- 10,615Peoplelive in the area
- 37Median ageyears
- $2,279Median household incomea week
- $550Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses48
- Townhouses and semis1,054
- Flats and apartments4,243
- Other17
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,964a month
- Household size1.7people on average
How homes are held
Schools in East Sydney
SCEGGS Darlinghurst
IndependentPrimary and secondary
SCEGGS Darlinghurst
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Sydney Grammar School
IndependentSecondary
Streets in East Sydney
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Neighbouring suburbs
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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.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.