Suburb profile

Tempe NSW 2044

Tempe is located in the Sydney City and Inner South region of New South Wales, postcode 2044. It has 1,713 properties across 47 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Tempe, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Tempe

Tempe, NSW 2044, sits in the Sydney City and Inner South region and neighbours Arncliffe, Marrickville, Mascot and Sydenham. Its 47 streets hold 1,713 properties, 1,503 of them houses and 210 units.

Census figures are for the Sydenham - Tempe - St Peters area, which has 8,278 residents, a median age of 36 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income is $2,619 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,900 a month and the median rent $630 a week. Of 3,176 dwellings, 1,325 were separate houses, 1,124 semi-detached, 683 flats and 37 other; 768 were owned outright, 1,189 owned with a mortgage and 1,153 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Tempe

  • 8,278Peoplelive in the area
  • 36Median ageyears
  • $2,619Median household incomea week
  • $630Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,325
  • Townhouses and semis1,124
  • Flats and apartments683
  • Other37

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,900a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 768Owned with a mortgage 1,189Rented 1,153Other 66

Properties in Tempe

Schools in Tempe

  • Tempe Public School

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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.