2026 · 1,883 suburbs with a published median
New South Wales property market, 2026
Median prices and the state’s most affordable and highest-priced suburbs, from the figures each suburb’s own page publishes.
Avg median house
$1.4M
across 1,883 suburbs
Avg median unit
$345K
where a unit median is published
Avg annual growth
+3.7%
house prices, last 12 months
Prices are medians of house sales recorded by the NSW Valuer General. A suburb needs five recorded sales in the year before a median is published.
State of the market
New South Wales in 2026
New South Wales is Australia's most expensive housing market by a wide margin. Sydney's median house price sits around $1.6M to $1.7M in 2026, with a structural undersupply of well-located stock keeping the harbour-city market firm even as borrowing capacity catches up to elevated rates. Regional NSW (Newcastle, Central Coast, Wollongong) has compressed the discount to Sydney over the last five years, and the Hunter and Illawarra now trade at premiums older buyers wouldn't have predicted. Lifestyle suburbs along the coast, Byron, Kiama, Port Macquarie, have held the COVID-era gains. Investor demand is back at scale; rental vacancies in metro Sydney remain below 1.5%.
Top 10 New South Wales suburbs by annual growth
| # | Suburb | Median price | Annual growth | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradfield2556 | $12,000,000 | +25.0% | View → |
| 2 | Church Point2105 | $3,862,500 | +25.0% | View → |
| 3 | Mulbring2323 | $1,375,000 | +25.0% | View → |
| 4 | Kearsley2325 | $730,000 | +24.8% | View → |
| 5 | Woollahra2025 | $5,250,000 | +24.7% | View → |
| 6 | Claremont Meadows2747 | $1,322,000 | +24.6% | View → |
| 7 | Pokolbin2320 | $1,850,000 | +24.6% | View → |
| 8 | Binalong2584 | $582,000 | +24.5% | View → |
| 9 | Clifton Grove2800 | $1,500,000 | +24.5% | View → |
| 10 | Taren Point2229 | $2,300,000 | +24.2% | View → |
New South Wales's most affordable suburbs
| # | Suburb | Median price | Annual growth | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collarenebri2833 | $105,000 | -16.0% | View → |
| 2 | Hay South2711 | $105,000 | -17.3% | View → |
| 3 | Tottenham2873 | $120,000 | +20.0% | View → |
| 4 | Brewarrina2839 | $130,000 | - | View → |
| 5 | Pooncarie2648 | $150,000 | - | View → |
| 6 | Sunset Strip2879 | $152,500 | - | View → |
| 7 | Ravenswood2824 | $161,000 | -2.4% | View → |
| 8 | Binnaway2395 | $165,000 | -19.5% | View → |
| 9 | Bendick Murrell2803 | $169,000 | - | View → |
| 10 | Menindee2879 | $169,000 | +17.4% | View → |
New South Wales's highest median prices
| # | Suburb | Median price | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradfield2556 | $12,000,000 | View → |
| 2 | Bellevue Hill2023 | $11,000,000 | View → |
| 3 | Watsons Bay2030 | $9,550,000 | View → |
| 4 | Centennial Park2021 | $9,500,000 | View → |
| 5 | Vaucluse2030 | $8,925,000 | View → |
| 6 | Darling Point2027 | $8,100,000 | View → |
| 7 | Dover Heights2030 | $7,360,000 | View → |
| 8 | Double Bay2028 | $7,340,000 | View → |
| 9 | Tamarama2026 | $7,100,000 | View → |
| 10 | Queenscliff2096 | $6,650,000 | View → |
Other state reports
Data source
Prices are medians of house sales recorded by the NSW Valuer General. A suburb needs five recorded sales in the year before a median is published. A suburb is listed only when its own page publishes the median, so the tables are shorter than the state. Averages are of suburb medians, not of sales. Full methodology →
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