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Petersham NSW 2049

Petersham is located in the Sydney City and Inner South region of New South Wales, postcode 2049. It has 5,860 properties across 74 streets. Explore every street in Petersham, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Petersham

Petersham, NSW 2049, sits in the Sydney City and Inner South region and neighbours Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt, Marrickville and Stanmore. Its 74 streets hold 5,860 properties, 2,476 of them houses and 3,384 units.

Census figures are for the Petersham - Stanmore area. There were 19,898 residents, a median age of 36 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $2,303 a week, the median mortgage repayment $3,000 a month and the median rent $470 a week. Of 8,247 dwellings, 1,684 were separate houses, 2,919 semi-detached, 3,377 flats and 239 other; 1,724 were owned outright, 2,380 owned with a mortgage and 3,988 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Petersham

  • 19,898Peoplelive in the area
  • 36Median ageyears
  • $2,303Median household incomea week
  • $470Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,684
  • Townhouses and semis2,919
  • Flats and apartments3,377
  • Other239

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$3,000a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,724Owned with a mortgage 2,380Rented 3,988Other 155

For sale and rent in Petersham

Harris Partners Real EstateHarris Partners Real Estate
Updated 20 hours ago

Guide $1,600,000

24/5 Croydon Street, Petersham NSW 2049

3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 207 m² land Unit

Inspect Thu, 29 Oct 6:00pm

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Properties in Petersham

Schools in Petersham

  • Petersham Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Taverners Hill Infants School

    GovernmentPrimary

Local agents in Petersham

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Agencies that specialise in Petersham

All 6 agencies in Petersham

Streets in Petersham

A

  1. Addison Road22 properties
  2. Albany Road65 properties
  3. Albert Street158 properties
  4. Allans Avenue29 properties
  5. Andreas Street29 properties
  6. Audley Lane7 properties
  7. Audley Street225 properties

B

  1. Belgrave Street33 properties
  2. Bent Street33 properties
  3. Bishop Street43 properties
  4. Brighton Street181 properties
  5. Burns Street17 properties

C

  1. Charles Street51 properties
  2. Chester Street65 properties
  3. Church Street11 properties
  4. Coronation Avenue126 properties
  5. Corunna Road66 properties
  6. Croydon Street167 properties
  7. Crystal Street289 properties

D

  1. Denning Street26 properties
  2. Ducros Street22 properties

E

  1. Elswick Street18 properties

F

  1. Fisher Street199 properties
  2. Fishers Reserve25 properties
  3. Fort Street118 properties
  4. Fozzard Lane4 properties
  5. Frederick Street12 properties

G

  1. Gordon Street60 properties

H

  1. Hopetoun Street27 properties
  2. Hordern Avenue12 properties

J

  1. James Street7 properties
  2. Jarvie Avenue28 properties
  3. John Street145 properties

L

  1. Livingstone Road363 properties

M

  1. Margaret Street36 properties
  2. Maria Street79 properties
  3. Marshall Street54 properties
  4. Mcrae Street14 properties
  5. Merton Street23 properties
  6. Middleton Street115 properties
  7. Miller Lane1 property
  8. Miller Street27 properties
  9. Morgan Street68 properties

N

  1. Napier Street17 properties
  2. Nelson Place8 properties
  3. New Canterbury Road572 properties
  4. Newington Road8 properties

O

  1. Oxford Street33 properties

P

  1. Palace Street177 properties
  2. Parramatta Road204 properties
  3. Petersham Street13 properties
  4. Phillip Street107 properties

Q

  1. Queen Street43 properties

R

  1. Railway Street110 properties
  2. Railway Terrace2 properties
  3. Regent Street324 properties
  4. Robert Street19 properties
  5. Rose Street5 properties
  6. Rosford Avenue23 properties

S

  1. Sadlier Crescent93 properties
  2. Searl Street57 properties
  3. Shaw Street106 properties
  4. South Avenue1 property
  5. Stanmore Road190 properties
  6. Station Street116 properties

T

  1. Terminus Street33 properties
  2. The Avenue23 properties
  3. Trafalgar Street179 properties

W

  1. Wardell Road63 properties
  2. Wentworth Street14 properties
  3. West Street129 properties
  4. Westbourne Lane9 properties
  5. Westbourne Street67 properties

Y

  1. York Crescent15 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.