Suburb profile

Leichhardt NSW 2040

Leichhardt is located in the Inner West region of New South Wales, postcode 2040. It has 9,897 properties across 96 streets. Explore every street in Leichhardt, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Leichhardt

Leichhardt, NSW 2040, sits in the Inner West and neighbours Haberfield, Summer Hill, Annandale and Lewisham. Its 96 streets hold 9,897 properties, 5,524 of them houses and 4,373 units.

At the 2021 Census Leichhardt had 17,532 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $2,721 a week, the median mortgage repayment $3,447 a month and the median rent $600 a week. Of 6,848 dwellings, 2,691 were separate houses, 2,135 semi-detached, 1,974 flats and 42 other; 1,684 were owned outright, 2,352 owned with a mortgage and 2,701 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Leichhardt

  • 17,532Peoplelive in the area
  • 38Median ageyears
  • $2,721Median household incomea week
  • $600Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,691
  • Townhouses and semis2,135
  • Flats and apartments1,974
  • Other42

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$3,447a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,684Owned with a mortgage 2,352Rented 2,701Other 111

For sale and rent in Leichhardt

Harris Partners Real EstateHarris Partners Real Estate

Guide $1,550,000

186 Norton Street, Leichhardt NSW 2040

1 bathroom 1 car space 220 m² land Studio

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Properties in Leichhardt

Schools in Leichhardt

  • Kegworth Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Leichhardt Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Orange Grove Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • St Fiacre's Catholic Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

Local agents in Leichhardt

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Agencies that specialise in Leichhardt

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Streets in Leichhardt

A

  1. Ainsworth Street2 properties
  2. Albert Street81 properties
  3. Albion Street4 properties
  4. Allen Street354 properties
  5. Annesley Street88 properties
  6. Arthur Street58 properties
  7. Athol Street31 properties

B

  1. Balmain Road228 properties
  2. Beeson Street67 properties
  3. Bungay Street23 properties
  4. Burfitt Street181 properties

C

  1. Canal Road9 properties
  2. Carlisle Street198 properties
  3. Cary Street69 properties
  4. Catherine Street301 properties
  5. Charles Street69 properties
  6. Coleridge Street51 properties
  7. Cromwell Street47 properties

D

  1. Daniel Street55 properties
  2. Darley Road46 properties
  3. Davies Street30 properties
  4. Day Street124 properties
  5. Derbyshire Road68 properties

E

  1. Edith Lane1 property
  2. Edith Street185 properties
  3. Elswick Street347 properties
  4. Emily Street33 properties
  5. Emma Street72 properties
  6. Excelsior Street60 properties

F

  1. Falls Street41 properties
  2. Flat Street33 properties
  3. Flood Street658 properties
  4. Foster Street168 properties
  5. Fowler Street15 properties
  6. Francis Street103 properties

G

  1. George Street375 properties

H

  1. Hathern Street29 properties
  2. Hawthorne Street18 properties
  3. Hay Street142 properties
  4. Hearn Street32 properties
  5. Henry Street80 properties
  6. Hill Street93 properties
  7. Hubert Street73 properties

I

  1. Ivory Lane25 properties
  2. Ivory Street1 property

J

  1. James Street161 properties
  2. Jarrett Lane1 property
  3. Jarrett Street97 properties
  4. John Street107 properties
  5. Junior Street62 properties

K

  1. Kalgoorlie Street42 properties
  2. Kegworth Street27 properties

L

  1. Leichhardt Street90 properties
  2. Loftus Street19 properties
  3. Lords Road75 properties
  4. Lyall Street57 properties

M

  1. Macauley Street142 properties
  2. Mackenzie Street74 properties
  3. Macquarie Street45 properties
  4. Marion Street689 properties
  5. Marlborough Street96 properties
  6. Mcdonald Street40 properties
  7. Milton Street22 properties
  8. Moore Lane1 property
  9. Moore Street205 properties
  10. Myrtle Lane5 properties
  11. Myrtle Street50 properties

N

  1. National Street39 properties
  2. North Avenue61 properties
  3. North Street88 properties
  4. Norton Street982 properties

P

  1. Parramatta Road456 properties
  2. Pine Square1 property
  3. Prospect Street26 properties

R

  1. Redmond Street51 properties
  2. Regent Street2 properties
  3. Renwick Street157 properties
  4. Reuss Street50 properties
  5. Rofe Street84 properties
  6. Roseby Street27 properties

S

  1. Seale Street23 properties
  2. Short Street76 properties
  3. Skelton Street14 properties
  4. South Avenue54 properties
  5. Stanley Street39 properties
  6. Styles Street65 properties

T

  1. Tebbutt Street90 properties
  2. Thorby Avenue41 properties
  3. Thornley Street61 properties

U

  1. Upward Street207 properties

W

  1. Walter Street26 properties
  2. Waratah Street35 properties
  3. Wetherill Street79 properties
  4. Whites Creek Lane21 properties
  5. Whiting Street60 properties
  6. William Street107 properties

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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.