Suburb profile
Rushcutters Bay NSW 2011
Rushcutters Bay is located in the Sydney City and Inner South region of New South Wales, postcode 2011. It has 2,554 properties across 15 streets, almost all units. Explore every street in Rushcutters Bay, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Rushcutters Bay
Rushcutters Bay, NSW 2011, sits in the Sydney City and Inner South region and neighbours Darling Point, Darlinghurst, Elizabeth Bay and Paddington. Its 15 streets hold 2,554 properties, 2,397 of them units and 157 houses.
Census figures are for Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, the statistical area that contains the suburb. At the 2021 Census it had 18,187 residents, a median age of 39 and an average household of 1.5 people. Median household income was $2,041 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,500 a month and the median rent $490 a week. Of 10,076 dwellings, 8,979 were flats, 949 semi-detached, 34 separate houses and 62 other; 6,457 were rented, 1,810 owned outright and 1,581 owned with a mortgage.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Rushcutters Bay
- 18,187Peoplelive in the area
- 39Median ageyears
- $2,041Median household incomea week
- $490Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses34
- Townhouses and semis949
- Flats and apartments8,979
- Other62
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,500a month
- Household size1.5people on average
How homes are held
Properties in Rushcutters Bay
23/4 Waratah Street
Sold Nov 2025 · $680,000
1 bedroom 1 bathroom
3/50 Bayswater Road
Leased · $880 per week
1 bedroom 1 bathroom
27/68 Bayswater Road
Leased · $370 per week
1 bedroom 1 bathroom 0 m² land
4/26 Waratah Street
Leased · Contact agent
3 bedrooms 1 bathroom
2/26 Waratah Street
Leased · Contact agent
3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms
Local agents in Rushcutters Bay
Jay King
Director Harris Tripp
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 53
- Median sold price
- $1.38m
- Median days on market
- 34
Christopher Afsari
Licensed Real Estate Agent Harris Tripp
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 54
- Median sold price
- $1.38m
- Median days on market
- 34
Agencies that specialise in Rushcutters Bay
Streets in Rushcutters Bay
- Bayswater Road1,086 properties
- Clement Place87 properties
- Clement Street145 properties
- Elizabeth Bay Road81 properties
- Evans Road44 properties
- Holdsworth Avenue75 properties
- Kellett Place14 properties
- Kings Cross Road32 properties
- Kurraghein Avenue24 properties
- Mclachlan Avenue37 properties
- Queens Avenue45 properties
- Roslyn Gardens549 properties
- Roslyn Street97 properties
- Waratah Street198 properties
- Ward Avenue40 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
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.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.