Suburb profile

Waterloo NSW 2017

Waterloo is located in the Sydney City and Inner South region of New South Wales, postcode 2017. It has 13,622 properties across 56 streets, mostly units. Explore every street in Waterloo, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Waterloo

Waterloo, NSW 2017, sits in the Sydney City and Inner South region and neighbours Kensington, Moore Park, Redfern and Zetland. Its 56 streets hold 13,622 properties, 12,178 of them units and 1,444 houses.

At the Census Waterloo had 16,379 residents, a median age of 33 and an average household of 1.8 people. Median household income was $2,028 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,500 a month and the median rent $530 a week. Of 8,046 dwellings, 7,330 were flats, 655 semi-detached, 40 separate houses and 12 other; 5,846 were rented, 1,431 owned with a mortgage and 495 owned outright.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Waterloo

  • 16,379Peoplelive in the area
  • 33Median ageyears
  • $2,028Median household incomea week
  • $530Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses40
  • Townhouses and semis655
  • Flats and apartments7,330
  • Other12

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,500a month
  • Household size1.8people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 495Owned with a mortgage 1,431Rented 5,846Other 274

For sale and rent in Waterloo

Leo Bo LiuLeo Bo Liu

$600,000

94/15 Potter Street, Waterloo NSW 2017

1 bedroom 1 bathroom 0 car spaces Apartment

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Cathy Yuan TianCathy Yuan Tian

Must To Be Sold $1,300,000-$1,330,000

672 Elizabeth Street, Waterloo NSW 2017

2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space 151.8 m² land Terrace

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Cathy Yuan TianCathy Yuan Tian

For Sale – Access via 804 Bourke Street

114/788-822 Bourke Street, Waterloo NSW 2017

2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 car space Apartment

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Properties in Waterloo

Schools in Waterloo

  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School

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Local agents in Waterloo

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Agencies that specialise in Waterloo

All 6 agencies in Waterloo

Streets in Waterloo

A

  1. Allen Street222 properties
  2. Amelia Street102 properties
  3. Archibald Avenue433 properties

B

  1. Beaumont Street12 properties
  2. Botany Road305 properties
  3. Bourke Street914 properties
  4. Brisbane Lane2 properties
  5. Broome Street218 properties
  6. Bruce Street2 properties
  7. Brunswick Street2 properties

C

  1. Cains Place12 properties
  2. Clarendon Street4 properties
  3. Cooper Street125 properties
  4. Cope Street515 properties
  5. Crescent Street262 properties
  6. Crystal Street303 properties

D

  1. Danks Street678 properties
  2. Douglas Street10 properties
  3. Dunkerley Place265 properties

E

  1. Elizabeth Street843 properties

G

  1. Gadigal Avenue526 properties
  2. George Street1,101 properties
  3. Gibson Street1 property

H

  1. Hatbox Place8 properties
  2. Hawksley Street14 properties
  3. Hunter Street208 properties

J

  1. James Street11 properties
  2. John Street219 properties

K

  1. Kellick Street68 properties
  2. Kensington Mews32 properties
  3. Kensington Street77 properties

L

  1. Lachlan Street823 properties
  2. Lenton Parade67 properties

M

  1. Mcevoy Street436 properties
  2. Morehead Street65 properties
  3. Murray Street46 properties

O

  1. O'Dea Avenue318 properties

P

  1. Phillip Street793 properties
  2. Pitt Street828 properties
  3. Potter Street432 properties
  4. Powell Street148 properties

R

  1. Raglan Street162 properties
  2. Reeve Street14 properties

S

  1. Sam Sing Street526 properties
  2. Samuel Terry Avenue1 property
  3. Short Street6 properties
  4. South Dowling Street447 properties
  5. Surry Lane6 properties

T

  1. Taylor Street1 property
  2. Thread Lane240 properties
  3. Tung Hop Street111 properties

U

  1. Union Street6 properties

V

  1. Vescey Street9 properties

W

  1. Walker Street122 properties
  2. Wellington Street400 properties

Y

  1. Young Street121 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.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.