Enmore vs Marrickville

In both, about half of households rent. In Marrickville, about half of homes are flats or apartments. Houses cost more in Marrickville: a median of $2.11 million, against $1.85 million in Enmore. Enmore is closer to the city centre: 6.2 km, against 10.2 km. On these figures, Enmore tends to suit share households.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Marrickville

ahead on 5 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (22 vs 1)
  • has more parks and reserves (24 vs 2)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (9 vs 0)

Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Enmore has cheaper houses ($1,850,000 vs $2,110,000)
  • Marrickville has cheaper units ($950,000 vs $1,061,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Enmore

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (6.2 km vs 10.2 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (15 min vs 21 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Enmore has more units and townhouses to downsize into (83% vs 68%)
  • Marrickville has more GPs (10 vs 0)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.

Investors

Enmore

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (3.6% vs 3.0%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

Enmore and Marrickville drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Enmore Marrickville
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Enmore Marrickville
Walkability 96 / 99
Enmore — Walkability: 96/100 Marrickville — Walkability: 99/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Enmore — Low fire risk: 100/100 Marrickville — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Marrickville has more residents (26,570 vs 3,871); Marrickville skews older (37 vs 35).

Enmore Marrickville
Population 3,871 26,570
+586% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -0.2% -0.1%
Median age 35 37
Median household income $120,068/yr
+6% vs other
 $112,840/yr
Median weekly rent $500/wk
+4% vs other
 $480/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Enmore Marrickville
0-4 3.9% / 4.7%
Enmore — 0-4: 3.9% Marrickville — 0-4: 4.7%
5-14 7.0% / 8.7%
Enmore — 5-14: 7.0% Marrickville — 5-14: 8.7%
15-19 3.2% / 3.7%
Enmore — 15-19: 3.2% Marrickville — 15-19: 3.7%
20-24 8.6% / 6.0%
Enmore — 20-24: 8.6% Marrickville — 20-24: 6.0%
25-34 25.8% / 22.0%
Enmore — 25-34: 25.8% Marrickville — 25-34: 22.0%
35-44 18.4% / 16.8%
Enmore — 35-44: 18.4% Marrickville — 35-44: 16.8%
45-54 13.6% / 13.7%
Enmore — 45-54: 13.6% Marrickville — 45-54: 13.7%
55-64 9.8% / 10.4%
Enmore — 55-64: 9.8% Marrickville — 55-64: 10.4%
65-74 5.8% / 7.3%
Enmore — 65-74: 5.8% Marrickville — 65-74: 7.3%
75-84 2.6% / 4.8%
Enmore — 75-84: 2.6% Marrickville — 75-84: 4.8%
85+ 1.0% / 1.9%
Enmore — 85+: 1.0% Marrickville — 85+: 1.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Enmore 44.3% lone person
Enmore — Lone Person: 44.3% Enmore — Couple Families: 25.4% Enmore — Group Household: 18.7% Enmore — One Parent Families: 9.1% Enmore — Other Families: 2.4%
Marrickville 40.1% lone person
Marrickville — Lone Person: 40.1% Marrickville — Couple Families: 31.8% Marrickville — Group Household: 12.4% Marrickville — One Parent Families: 13.6% Marrickville — Other Families: 2.2%
Lone Person Couple Families Group Household One Parent Families Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Enmore 50.6% renting
Enmore — Owned Outright: 19.3% Enmore — Mortgage: 30.0% Enmore — Renting: 50.6%
Marrickville 47.6% renting
Marrickville — Owned Outright: 24.2% Marrickville — Mortgage: 28.2% Marrickville — Renting: 47.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Enmore Marrickville
England 5.1% / 3.4%
Enmore — England: 5.1% Marrickville — England: 3.4%
Vietnam 1.3% / 5.6%
Enmore — Vietnam: 1.3% Marrickville — Vietnam: 5.6%
Greece 1.4% / 3.9%
Enmore — Greece: 1.4% Marrickville — Greece: 3.9%
New Zealand 2.1% / 2.0%
Enmore — New Zealand: 2.1% Marrickville — New Zealand: 2.0%
China 0.8% / 1.3%
Enmore — China: 0.8% Marrickville — China: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.6%).

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Enmore Marrickville
Bachelor Degree 29.8% / 24.5%
Enmore — Bachelor Degree: 29.8% Marrickville — Bachelor Degree: 24.5%
Postgraduate Degree 13.0% / 10.2%
Enmore — Postgraduate Degree: 13.0% Marrickville — Postgraduate Degree: 10.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.4% / 7.5%
Enmore — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.4% Marrickville — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.5%
Certificate III & IV 6.1% / 7.5%
Enmore — Certificate III & IV: 6.1% Marrickville — Certificate III & IV: 7.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.9% / 2.7%
Enmore — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.9% Marrickville — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (29.8%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Enmore 36.5% flats / apartments
Enmore — Flats / Apartments: 36.5% Enmore — Townhouses: 46.2% Enmore — Houses: 17.3%
Marrickville 49.5% flats / apartments
Marrickville — Flats / Apartments: 49.5% Marrickville — Townhouses: 18.5% Marrickville — Houses: 32.0%
Flats / Apartments Townhouses Houses

Property market

Enmore Marrickville
Median house price $1,850,000 $2,110,000
Median unit price $1,061,000 $950,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 24 days
from 31 sales
 26 days
from 189 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Enmore Marrickville
2 bed $1.58M / $1.87M
Enmore — 2 bed: $1.58M (26 sales) Marrickville — 2 bed: $1.87M (75 sales)

26 vs 75 sales

3 bed $1.8M / $2.11M
Enmore — 3 bed: $1.8M (40 sales) Marrickville — 3 bed: $2.11M (121 sales)

40 vs 121 sales

4 bed $2.54M / $2.71M
Enmore — 4 bed: $2.54M (13 sales) Marrickville — 4 bed: $2.71M (59 sales)

13 vs 59 sales

5 bed $3.01M / $3.48M
Enmore — 5 bed: $3.01M (8 sales) Marrickville — 5 bed: $3.48M (8 sales)

8 vs 8 sales

Zoning mix

Marrickville has more industrially zoned land (18% vs 0%).

Enmore Marrickville
Residential 82% 55%
Industrial 0% 18%
Parks and recreation 1% 11%
Infrastructure and transport 9% 10%
Commercial 7% 4%
Environmental 0% 2%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Enmore Marrickville
New dwellings approved 849
across Inner West
same for both
Approvals change year on year -25%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Enmore Marrickville
Houses 3.6%
$1,100/wk on $1.6M
 3.0%
$1,100/wk on $1.91M
Units — 4.0%
$700/wk on $900K

Ranking within NSW

Enmore Marrickville
House price Higher than 85% of NSW Higher than 87% of NSW
Income Higher than 84% of NSW Higher than 78% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 48% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 99% of NSW
same for both
Affordability Higher than 27% of NSW Higher than 18% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 95% of NSW Higher than 89% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 82% of NSW Higher than 85% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 49% of NSW Higher than 21% of NSW
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 25% of NSW

Liveability

Enmore scores higher overall (96 vs 70).

Enmore Marrickville
Grade A+ A
Score 96/100 70/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
same for both

Risk profile

Enmore Marrickville
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime — High
78/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 8
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Enmore Marrickville
Inside the suburb 0 9
Rated above peers 0 2
Rated at peers 0 3
Rated below peers 0 2
Universities within 10 km 3
The University of Sydney, 1.6 km
 3
The University of Sydney, 3.5 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 2.9% 2.3%

Schools in Enmore

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Marrickville

  • Casimir Catholic College Catholic · Secondary above peers
  • Wilkins Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Ferncourt Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Marrickville Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • St Brigid's Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Marrickville High School Government · Secondary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Enmore Marrickville
Supermarkets 3 13
Cafes & restaurants 24 100
Parks & reserves 2 24
Childcare 1 22
GPs 0 10
Pharmacies 0 9
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 1 8
Fuel stations 1 4
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 0 4

Mobility

Marrickville sits further from the CBD (10.2 km vs 6.2 km).

Enmore Marrickville
Walkability score 96/100 99/100
Distance to Sydney 6.2 km 10.2 km
+65% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 15 min 21 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
 79/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 42.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 583.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 2.4%
postcode 2042
 1.5%
postcode 2204
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 10
postcode 2042
 15
postcode 2204

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Enmore Marrickville
Worked from Home 62.6% / 58.3%
Enmore — Worked from Home: 62.6% Marrickville — Worked from Home: 58.3%
Car (driver) 18.1% / 25.6%
Enmore — Car (driver): 18.1% Marrickville — Car (driver): 25.6%
Train 5.3% / 6.1%
Enmore — Train: 5.3% Marrickville — Train: 6.1%
Walked Only 6.5% / 4.3%
Enmore — Walked Only: 6.5% Marrickville — Walked Only: 4.3%
Bus 3.1% / 2.2%
Enmore — Bus: 3.1% Marrickville — Bus: 2.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (62.6%).

Setting

Enmore Marrickville
Elevation 35 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 16 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 5.2 km 4.2 km

NBN connectivity

Enmore Marrickville
Connectivity score 74/100 76/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 3%
2,066 premises
 9%
14,558 premises

Climate

Enmore Marrickville
Annual rainfall 1,129 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 27.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 9.5°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Enmore Marrickville
PM2.5 5.3 µg/m³ 6.5 µg/m³
PM10 12.9 µg/m³ 16.1 µg/m³
NO₂ 0.73 pphm 0.79 pphm

Council rates

Enmore Marrickville
Average residential rate $1,342/yr
same for both
Council Inner West
same for both

Federal electorate

Enmore Marrickville
Division Grayndler
same for both
Member Anthony Albanese
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Enmore Marrickville
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Enmore

Apartments Cafe Culture Inner Nightlife Parks Premium Professionals Townhouses Urban

Marrickville

Apartments Cafe Culture Gentrifying Inner Nightlife Parks Premium Professionals Urban

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