St Leonards vs Wollstonecraft

St Leonards is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 38 in Wollstonecraft. In both, the large majority of homes are flats or apartments. In St Leonards, most households rent and most households are people living alone. In Wollstonecraft, about half of households rent and about half of households are people living alone. Units cost more in Wollstonecraft: a median of $1.26 million, against $1.13 million in St Leonards. On these figures, St Leonards tends to suit 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

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • St Leonards has more childcare (9 vs 2)
  • Wollstonecraft carries lower crime risk (22/100 vs 65/100)

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

First-home buyers

St Leonards

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper units ($1,130,000 vs $1,262,500)

Weighs unit prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

St Leonards

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (70% vs 50%)

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

Commuting to the city

Too close to call

Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Downsizers and retirees

Wollstonecraft

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (22/100 vs 65/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (16% vs 7%)
  • But St Leonards has more GPs (6 vs 0)

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

Investors

St Leonards

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (31.2% vs -2.5%)

Weighs unit yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
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.

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Walkability 99 / 100
St Leonards — Walkability: 99/100 Wollstonecraft — Walkability: 100/100
Safety 35 / 78
St Leonards — Safety: 35/100 Wollstonecraft — Safety: 78/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
St Leonards — Low fire risk: 100/100 Wollstonecraft — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Wollstonecraft skews older (38 vs 34).

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Population 7,212 8,115
+13% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +31.2% -2.5%
Median age 34 38
Median household income $128,700/yr $137,228/yr
+7% vs other
Median weekly rent $600/wk
+4% vs other
 $576/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
0-4 5.5% / 5.4%
St Leonards — 0-4: 5.5% Wollstonecraft — 0-4: 5.4%
5-14 5.5% / 7.5%
St Leonards — 5-14: 5.5% Wollstonecraft — 5-14: 7.5%
15-19 1.6% / 2.7%
St Leonards — 15-19: 1.6% Wollstonecraft — 15-19: 2.7%
20-24 5.6% / 5.2%
St Leonards — 20-24: 5.6% Wollstonecraft — 20-24: 5.2%
25-34 33.4% / 21.6%
St Leonards — 25-34: 33.4% Wollstonecraft — 25-34: 21.6%
35-44 24.7% / 19.0%
St Leonards — 35-44: 24.7% Wollstonecraft — 35-44: 19.0%
45-54 9.9% / 13.0%
St Leonards — 45-54: 9.9% Wollstonecraft — 45-54: 13.0%
55-64 6.8% / 9.5%
St Leonards — 55-64: 6.8% Wollstonecraft — 55-64: 9.5%
65-74 4.9% / 9.2%
St Leonards — 65-74: 4.9% Wollstonecraft — 65-74: 9.2%
75-84 1.9% / 5.3%
St Leonards — 75-84: 1.9% Wollstonecraft — 75-84: 5.3%
85+ 0.4% / 1.7%
St Leonards — 85+: 0.4% Wollstonecraft — 85+: 1.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (33.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

St Leonards 57.9% lone person
St Leonards — Lone Person: 57.9% St Leonards — Couple Families: 23.8% St Leonards — Group Household: 10.1% St Leonards — One Parent Families: 6.8% St Leonards — Other Families: 1.4%
Wollstonecraft 49.8% lone person
Wollstonecraft — Lone Person: 49.8% Wollstonecraft — Couple Families: 29.8% Wollstonecraft — Group Household: 9.3% Wollstonecraft — One Parent Families: 8.7% Wollstonecraft — Other Families: 2.4%
Lone Person Couple Families Group Household One Parent Families Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

St Leonards 69.6% renting
St Leonards — Owned Outright: 12.4% St Leonards — Mortgage: 17.9% St Leonards — Renting: 69.6%
Wollstonecraft 49.9% renting
Wollstonecraft — Owned Outright: 27.6% Wollstonecraft — Mortgage: 22.5% Wollstonecraft — Renting: 49.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Bachelor Degree 36.4% / 34.6%
St Leonards — Bachelor Degree: 36.4% Wollstonecraft — Bachelor Degree: 34.6%
Postgraduate Degree 19.6% / 16.7%
St Leonards — Postgraduate Degree: 19.6% Wollstonecraft — Postgraduate Degree: 16.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.3% / 8.2%
St Leonards — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.3% Wollstonecraft — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.2%
Certificate III & IV 3.9% / 4.5%
St Leonards — Certificate III & IV: 3.9% Wollstonecraft — Certificate III & IV: 4.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.1% / 4.3%
St Leonards — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.1% Wollstonecraft — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (36.4%).

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.

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
China 9.6% / 3.9%
St Leonards — China: 9.6% Wollstonecraft — China: 3.9%
England 3.3% / 6.4%
St Leonards — England: 3.3% Wollstonecraft — England: 6.4%
India 5.5% / 2.7%
St Leonards — India: 5.5% Wollstonecraft — India: 2.7%
Japan 4.4% / 1.2%
St Leonards — Japan: 4.4% Wollstonecraft — Japan: 1.2%
New Zealand 2.6% / 2.6%
St Leonards — New Zealand: 2.6% Wollstonecraft — New Zealand: 2.6%
South Africa — / 2.2%
St Leonards — South Africa: not among its largest Wollstonecraft — South Africa: 2.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (9.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

St Leonards 96.9% flats / apartments
St Leonards — Flats / Apartments: 96.9% St Leonards — Townhouses: 0.3% St Leonards — Houses: 2.8%
Wollstonecraft 79.2% flats / apartments
Wollstonecraft — Flats / Apartments: 79.2% Wollstonecraft — Townhouses: 13.5% Wollstonecraft — Houses: 7.3%
Flats / Apartments Townhouses Houses

Property market

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Median house price — $6,953,500
Median unit price $1,130,000 $1,262,500
Median land price —
same for both

Unit price by bedroom count

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

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
1 bed $800K / $802K
St Leonards — 1 bed: $800K (114 sales) Wollstonecraft — 1 bed: $802K (25 sales)

114 vs 25 sales

2 bed $1.38M / $1.27M
St Leonards — 2 bed: $1.38M (109 sales) Wollstonecraft — 2 bed: $1.27M (53 sales)

109 vs 53 sales

3 bed $2.15M / $1.7M
St Leonards — 3 bed: $2.15M (29 sales) Wollstonecraft — 3 bed: $1.7M (21 sales)

29 vs 21 sales

Zoning mix

Wollstonecraft has more land zoned for conservation (22% vs 0%); St Leonards has more commercially zoned land (16% vs 0%).

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Residential 28% 63%
Infrastructure and transport 34% 9%
Environmental 0% 22%
Commercial 16% 0%
Industrial 14% 0%
Parks and recreation 8% 6%
Planning zones cover 100% of St Leonards and 99% of Wollstonecraft. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.
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

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
New dwellings approved 249
across Willoughby
 455
across North Sydney
Approvals change year on year +458% -69%

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.

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Houses —
same for both
Units 4.3%
$1,000/wk on $1.22M
 4.2%
$850/wk on $1.05M

Ranking within NSW

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
House price Higher than 95% of NSW Higher than 99% of NSW
Income Higher than 88% of NSW Higher than 91% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 99% of NSW Higher than 100% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 8% of NSW Higher than 3% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 99% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 86% of NSW Higher than 79% of NSW
Rental yield (units) Higher than 36% of NSW Higher than 31% of NSW

Liveability

Wollstonecraft scores higher overall (97 vs 88).

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Grade A+
same for both
Score 88/100 97/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
same for both

Risk profile

St Leonards carries more crime risk (65 vs 22).

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
65/100
 Low
22/100
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 4
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Inside the suburb 2 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1 0
Universities within 10 km 3
Australian Catholic University-North Sydney Campus, 2.1 km
 3
Australian Catholic University-North Sydney Campus, 1.3 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 2.0% 2.6%

Schools in St Leonards

  • International Chinese School Independent · Primary below peers
  • Royal North Shore Hospital School Government · Combined · Special school

Schools in Wollstonecraft

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

Amenities in the suburb

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Supermarkets 5 0
Cafes & restaurants 38 1
Parks & reserves 5 8
Childcare 9 2
GPs 6 0
Pharmacies 3 1
Hospitals 2 0
Banks & Bank@Post 3 0
EV chargers 2 0
Waterways 0 3

Mobility

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Walkability score 99/100 100/100
Distance to Sydney 6.9 km
+4% vs other
 6.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 14 min
same for both
Public transport score 95/100
Rail · Bus
 96/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 155.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 90.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 3.8%
postcode 2065
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 8
postcode 2065
same for both

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.

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Worked from Home 68.0% / 69.2%
St Leonards — Worked from Home: 68.0% Wollstonecraft — Worked from Home: 69.2%
Car (driver) 13.6% / 16.6%
St Leonards — Car (driver): 13.6% Wollstonecraft — Car (driver): 16.6%
Walked Only 7.8% / 5.9%
St Leonards — Walked Only: 7.8% Wollstonecraft — Walked Only: 5.9%
Train 7.5% / 4.9%
St Leonards — Train: 7.5% Wollstonecraft — Train: 4.9%
Bus 1.6% / 1.3%
St Leonards — Bus: 1.6% Wollstonecraft — Bus: 1.3%
Car (passenger) 1.1% / 1.6%
St Leonards — Car (passenger): 1.1% Wollstonecraft — Car (passenger): 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (69.2%).

Setting

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Elevation 83 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 63 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 5.2 km
2.3 km to a named beach
 5.3 km
1.4 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Connectivity score 77/100 73/100
Most common technology Fibre to the building Hybrid fibre-coaxial
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 29%
6,133 premises
 1%
4,560 premises

Climate

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Annual rainfall 1,176 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
PM2.5 6.5 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 15.7 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.62 pphm
same for both

Council rates

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Average residential rate $1,275/yr $1,035/yr
Council Willoughby North Sydney

Federal electorate

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Division Bradfield Warringah
Member Nicolette Boele Zali Steggall
Party Independent
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

St Leonards Wollstonecraft
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

St Leonards

Apartments Easy Commute Inner Multicultural Parks Professionals Trains Transport Hub Urban

Wollstonecraft

Apartments Easy Commute Inner Parks Professionals River Trains Transport Hub Urban

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