Suburb profile

The Rocks NSW 2000

The Rocks is located in the Sydney City and Inner South region of New South Wales, postcode 2000. It has 2,174 properties across 21 streets, mostly units. Explore every street in The Rocks, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About The Rocks

The Rocks, NSW 2000, sits in the Sydney City and Inner South region and neighbours Millers Point, Sydney and Dawes Point. Its 21 streets hold 2,174 properties, 524 of them houses and 1,650 units.

Census figures are for the Sydney (North) - Millers Point area. It had 8,004 residents, a median age of 37 and an average household of 1.8 people. Median household income was $2,457 a week, the median mortgage repayment $3,000 a month and the median rent $640 a week. Of 3,848 dwellings, 25 were separate houses, 222 semi-detached, 3,571 flats and 12 other; 720 were owned outright, 487 owned with a mortgage and 2,534 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in The Rocks

  • 8,004Peoplelive in the area
  • 37Median ageyears
  • $2,457Median household incomea week
  • $640Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses25
  • Townhouses and semis222
  • Flats and apartments3,571
  • Other12

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$3,000a month
  • Household size1.8people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 720Owned with a mortgage 487Rented 2,534Other 107

For sale and rent in The Rocks

Travis ReeveTravis Reeve

$1,725,000 - $1,775,000

803/129 Harrington Street, The Rocks NSW 2000

1 bedroom 1 bathroom 2 car spaces 72 m² land Apartment

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Tim BreckellTim Breckell

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RT6E/185 Gloucester Street, The Rocks NSW 2000

4 bedrooms 4 bathrooms 2 car spaces 258 m² land Apartment

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Travis ReeveTravis Reeve

$10,500,000

701/38D Cumberland Street, The Rocks NSW 2000

3 bedrooms 3 bathrooms 2 car spaces Apartment

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All 6 homes for sale in The Rocks

Properties in The Rocks

Schools in The Rocks

  • Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre

    GovernmentPrimary and secondary

Local agents in The Rocks

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Agencies that specialise in The Rocks

Streets in The Rocks

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.