Suburb profile

Lakemba NSW 2195

Lakemba is located in the Inner South West region of New South Wales, postcode 2195. It has 8,158 properties across 43 streets. Explore every street in Lakemba, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Lakemba

Lakemba, NSW 2195, sits in the Inner South West region and neighbours Belmore, Wiley Park, Greenacre and Punchbowl. Its 43 streets hold 8,158 properties, 2,715 of them houses and 5,443 units.

At the 2021 Census Lakemba had 17,092 residents, a median age of 32 and an average household of 3.1 people. Median household income was $1,227 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,712 a month and the median rent $350 a week. Of 4,950 dwellings, 1,264 were separate houses, 201 semi-detached and 3,453 flats, with 14 other. Tenure split into 994 owned outright, 918 owned with a mortgage and 2,875 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Lakemba

  • 17,092Peoplelive in the area
  • 32Median ageyears
  • $1,227Median household incomea week
  • $350Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,264
  • Townhouses and semis201
  • Flats and apartments3,453
  • Other14

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,712a month
  • Household size3.1people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 994Owned with a mortgage 918Rented 2,875Other 163

Properties in Lakemba

Schools in Lakemba

  • Al Hikma College

    IndependentPrimary

  • Al-Faisal College - Lakemba

    IndependentPrimary

  • Hampden Park Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Lakemba Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Rissalah College

    IndependentPrimary and secondary

Local agents in Lakemba

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Agencies that specialise in Lakemba

Streets in Lakemba

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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.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.