Suburb profile

Malabar NSW 2036

Malabar is located in the Eastern Suburbs region of New South Wales, postcode 2036. It has 1,765 properties across 33 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Malabar, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Malabar

Malabar, NSW 2036, sits in the Eastern Suburbs and neighbours Little Bay, Maroubra, Matraville and Chifley. Its 33 streets hold 1,765 properties, 1,224 of them houses and 541 units.

Census figures are for the Malabar - La Perouse area. It had 10,610 residents, a median age of 44 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $2,215 a week, the median mortgage repayment $3,200 a month and the median rent $535 a week. Of 3,534 dwellings, 1,641 were separate houses, 489 semi-detached, 1,388 flats and 5 other; 1,130 were owned outright, 974 owned with a mortgage and 1,292 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Malabar

  • 10,610Peoplelive in the area
  • 44Median ageyears
  • $2,215Median household incomea week
  • $535Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,641
  • Townhouses and semis489
  • Flats and apartments1,388
  • Other5

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$3,200a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,130Owned with a mortgage 974Rented 1,292Other 138

Schools in Malabar

  • Chifley Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Malabar Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • St Andrew's Catholic Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

Streets in Malabar

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.