Suburb profile
Waterfall NSW 2233
Waterfall is located in the Sutherland Shire region of New South Wales, postcode 2233. It has 238 properties across 10 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Waterfall, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Waterfall
Waterfall, NSW 2233, sits in the Sutherland Shire and neighbours Goarra, Uloola, Heathcote and Lilyvale. Its 10 streets hold 238 properties, 231 of them houses and 7 units.
Census figures are for the Heathcote - Waterfall area, which covers the whole suburb. It had 6,673 residents, a median age of 42 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $2,239 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,513 a month and the median rent $520 a week. Of 2,325 dwellings, 1,763 were separate houses, 240 semi-detached and 283 flats, with 31 other. Of the same 2,325, 919 were owned outright, 1,018 owned with a mortgage and 271 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Waterfall
- 6,673Peoplelive in the area
- 42Median ageyears
- $2,239Median household incomea week
- $520Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,763
- Townhouses and semis240
- Flats and apartments283
- Other31
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,513a month
- Household size2.7people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Waterfall
Waterfall Public School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Waterfall.
Streets in Waterfall
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.
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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.