Haberfield vs Lewisham

Lewisham is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 46 in Haberfield. In Haberfield, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. In Lewisham, about half of households rent and most homes are flats or apartments. Houses cost more in Haberfield: a median of $3.05 million, against $2.35 million in Lewisham. On these figures, Haberfield tends to suit couples and older residents, while Lewisham suits renters, young adults, and people living alone.

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

Haberfield

ahead on 6 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (9 vs 2)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (80% vs 29%)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (2 vs 1)
  • But Lewisham has more schools inside the suburb (5 vs 3)

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

First-home buyers

They split

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

  • Haberfield has cheaper units ($657,750 vs $915,000)
  • Lewisham has cheaper houses ($2,355,000 vs $3,050,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Lewisham

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (48% vs 18%)

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

Commuting to the city

Lewisham

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • gets more of its commuters onto trains and trams (7% vs 2%)
  • is more walkable (99/100 vs 88/100)

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

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Haberfield has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 12%)
  • Lewisham has more units and townhouses to downsize into (71% vs 20%)

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

Investors

Lewisham

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (28.3% vs 0.4%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Haberfield Lewisham
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.

Haberfield Lewisham
Walkability 88 / 99
Haberfield — Walkability: 88/100 Lewisham — Walkability: 99/100
Safety 60 / 29
Haberfield — Safety: 60/100 Lewisham — Safety: 29/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Haberfield — Low fire risk: 100/100 Lewisham — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Haberfield has more residents (6,480 vs 4,060); Haberfield skews older (46 vs 34).

Haberfield Lewisham
Population 6,480
+37% vs other
 4,060
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +0.4% +28.3%
Median age 46 34
Median household income $143,572/yr
+13% vs other
 $125,060/yr
Median weekly rent $530/wk
+2% vs other
 $520/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Haberfield Lewisham
0-4 3.8% / 5.2%
Haberfield — 0-4: 3.8% Lewisham — 0-4: 5.2%
5-14 12.7% / 8.3%
Haberfield — 5-14: 12.7% Lewisham — 5-14: 8.3%
15-19 7.3% / 3.2%
Haberfield — 15-19: 7.3% Lewisham — 15-19: 3.2%
20-24 5.6% / 7.2%
Haberfield — 20-24: 5.6% Lewisham — 20-24: 7.2%
25-34 7.8% / 27.0%
Haberfield — 25-34: 7.8% Lewisham — 25-34: 27.0%
35-44 10.2% / 17.8%
Haberfield — 35-44: 10.2% Lewisham — 35-44: 17.8%
45-54 16.0% / 11.1%
Haberfield — 45-54: 16.0% Lewisham — 45-54: 11.1%
55-64 14.5% / 8.6%
Haberfield — 55-64: 14.5% Lewisham — 55-64: 8.6%
65-74 10.9% / 6.2%
Haberfield — 65-74: 10.9% Lewisham — 65-74: 6.2%
75-84 6.9% / 3.3%
Haberfield — 75-84: 6.9% Lewisham — 75-84: 3.3%
85+ 4.5% / 2.3%
Haberfield — 85+: 4.5% Lewisham — 85+: 2.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (27.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Haberfield 56.7% couple families
Haberfield — Couple Families: 56.7% Haberfield — Lone Person: 25.9% Haberfield — One Parent Families: 13.6% Haberfield — Group Household: 2.6% Haberfield — Other Families: 1.2%
Lewisham 31.5% couple families
Lewisham — Couple Families: 31.5% Lewisham — Lone Person: 42.8% Lewisham — One Parent Families: 11.0% Lewisham — Group Household: 13.3% Lewisham — Other Families: 1.5%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Haberfield 17.5% renting
Haberfield — Owned Outright: 50.7% Haberfield — Mortgage: 31.8% Haberfield — Renting: 17.5%
Lewisham 48.1% renting
Lewisham — Owned Outright: 19.3% Lewisham — Mortgage: 32.6% Lewisham — Renting: 48.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Haberfield Lewisham
Bachelor Degree 20.3% / 28.8%
Haberfield — Bachelor Degree: 20.3% Lewisham — Bachelor Degree: 28.8%
Postgraduate Degree 9.3% / 13.4%
Haberfield — Postgraduate Degree: 9.3% Lewisham — Postgraduate Degree: 13.4%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.0% / 7.0%
Haberfield — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0% Lewisham — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.0%
Certificate III & IV 7.9% / 5.7%
Haberfield — Certificate III & IV: 7.9% Lewisham — Certificate III & IV: 5.7%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.4% / 3.4%
Haberfield — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.4% Lewisham — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (28.8%).

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.

Haberfield Lewisham
Italy 10.6% / 1.7%
Haberfield — Italy: 10.6% Lewisham — Italy: 1.7%
England 3.0% / 3.7%
Haberfield — England: 3.0% Lewisham — England: 3.7%
China 1.0% / 4.1%
Haberfield — China: 1.0% Lewisham — China: 4.1%
New Zealand 1.5% / 2.2%
Haberfield — New Zealand: 1.5% Lewisham — New Zealand: 2.2%
Vietnam — / 1.2%
Haberfield — Vietnam: not among its largest Lewisham — Vietnam: 1.2%
Greece 0.8% / —
Haberfield — Greece: 0.8% Lewisham — Greece: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (10.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Haberfield 79.7% houses
Haberfield — Houses: 79.7% Haberfield — Flats / Apartments: 8.0% Haberfield — Townhouses: 12.3%
Lewisham 28.6% houses
Lewisham — Houses: 28.6% Lewisham — Flats / Apartments: 58.2% Lewisham — Townhouses: 13.2%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Haberfield Lewisham
Median house price $3,050,000 $2,355,000
Median unit price $657,750 $915,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 30 days
from 32 sales
 26 days
from 10 sales

Unit price by bedroom count

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

Haberfield Lewisham
1 bed $595K / $675K
Haberfield — 1 bed: $595K (5 sales) Lewisham — 1 bed: $675K (11 sales)

5 vs 11 sales

2 bed $1.2M / $1.01M
Haberfield — 2 bed: $1.2M (5 sales) Lewisham — 2 bed: $1.01M (29 sales)

5 vs 29 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.

Haberfield Lewisham
2 bed $1.9M / $1.61M
Haberfield — 2 bed: $1.9M (15 sales) Lewisham — 2 bed: $1.61M (5 sales)

15 vs 5 sales

3 bed $2.62M / $2.36M
Haberfield — 3 bed: $2.62M (32 sales) Lewisham — 3 bed: $2.36M (12 sales)

32 vs 12 sales

4 bed $3.55M / $2.41M
Haberfield — 4 bed: $3.55M (48 sales) Lewisham — 4 bed: $2.41M (7 sales)

48 vs 7 sales

Zoning mix

Haberfield Lewisham
Residential 80% 63%
Infrastructure and transport 6% 28%
Parks and recreation 9% 2%
Industrial 4% 5%
Commercial 2% 1%
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

Haberfield Lewisham
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.

Haberfield Lewisham
Houses 1.5%
$1,400/wk on $4.82M
 —
Units — 5.1%
$740/wk on $749K

Ranking within NSW

Haberfield Lewisham
House price Higher than 93% of NSW Higher than 87% of NSW
Income Higher than 94% of NSW Higher than 87% of NSW
Schools Higher than 90% of NSW Higher than 42% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 95% of NSW Higher than 99% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 15% of NSW Higher than 25% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 100% of NSW Higher than 93% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 82% of NSW
same for both
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 1% of NSW —
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 71% of NSW

Liveability

Haberfield scores higher overall (89 vs 74); Lewisham is more walkable (99 vs 88).

Haberfield Lewisham
Grade A+ A
Score 89/100 74/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
same for both

Risk profile

Lewisham carries more crime risk (71 vs 40).

Haberfield Lewisham
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
40/100
 High
71/100
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 2
within 5 km
 6
within 5 km

Schools

Haberfield Lewisham
Inside the suburb 3 5
Rated above peers 2 1
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 1
same for both
Universities within 10 km 3
The University of Sydney, 4.0 km
 3
The University of Sydney, 3.3 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 4.0% 3.6%

Schools in Haberfield

  • Dobroyd Point Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Haberfield Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • St Joan of Arc Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary below peers

Schools in Lewisham

  • Christian Brothers' High School Lewisham Independent · Combined above peers
  • Lewisham Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Petersham Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • The John Berne School Independent · Secondary · Special school below peers
  • Eileen O'Connor Catholic College Catholic · Combined · Special school

Amenities in the suburb

Haberfield Lewisham
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 18 2
Parks & reserves 9 2
Childcare 8 4
GPs 1 0
Pharmacies 2 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 4 1
Waterways 1 0

Mobility

Haberfield Lewisham
Walkability score 88/100 99/100
Distance to Sydney 8.8 km 9.2 km
+5% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 15 min 18 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
 93/100
Rail · Tram · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 295.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 91.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 14.7%
postcode 2045
 2.0%
postcode 2049
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 27
postcode 2045
 12
postcode 2049

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.

Haberfield Lewisham
Worked from Home 57.2% / 67.1%
Haberfield — Worked from Home: 57.2% Lewisham — Worked from Home: 67.1%
Car (driver) 32.3% / 20.2%
Haberfield — Car (driver): 32.3% Lewisham — Car (driver): 20.2%
Train 1.2% / 7.1%
Haberfield — Train: 1.2% Lewisham — Train: 7.1%
Walked Only 2.7% / 2.1%
Haberfield — Walked Only: 2.7% Lewisham — Walked Only: 2.1%
Car (passenger) 2.8% / 1.3%
Haberfield — Car (passenger): 2.8% Lewisham — Car (passenger): 1.3%
Bus 2.2% / 0.9%
Haberfield — Bus: 2.2% Lewisham — Bus: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (67.1%).

Setting

Haberfield Lewisham
Elevation 21 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 24 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 8.1 km 6.1 km

NBN connectivity

Haberfield Lewisham
Connectivity score 75/100
same for both
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
2,664 premises
 14%
1,915 premises

Climate

Haberfield Lewisham
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)

Haberfield Lewisham
PM2.5 6.5 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 15.7 µg/m³ 16.1 µg/m³
NO₂ 0.62 pphm 0.79 pphm

Council rates

Haberfield Lewisham
Average residential rate $1,342/yr
same for both
Council Inner West
same for both

Federal electorate

Haberfield Lewisham
Division Grayndler
same for both
Member Anthony Albanese
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Haberfield Lewisham
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Haberfield

Inner Parks Premium Professionals

Lewisham

Apartments Easy Commute Gentrifying Inner Parks Professionals Trams Transport Hub Urban

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