Point Piper NSW 2027

Located in New South Wales, Point Piper sits 7 km from Sydney CBD, around 16 minutes by car. The suburb has 1,334 residents, a median age of 52, and a median household income of $235,560 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb fell 6.3% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $900 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $5,000. Point Piper is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is moderate.

Is Point Piper a good suburb?

Point Piper scores a A (83/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community, weaker on prices.

Transit

Walkable and central

Walkability 62/100 · 6.7 km · 16 min drive to Sydney

Prices

Above the state median

Median $26.5M · Less affordable than 99% of NSW

Safety

Moderate crime risk

Fire 0/100 · Crime 52/100

Community

Very advantaged

SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 52 · 1,334 residents

A

Liveability Rating

83 / 100 · Ranked #126 in NSW

Each bar is Point Piper's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.

Schools quality no data
no schools mapped
Safety
78
Bushfire None · Crime Moderate

No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.

Socio-economic
97
Very advantaged
Walkability
59
Walkable
CBD access
97
6.7 km · 16 min drive to Sydney
How it's calculated: Safety rank 78 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 97 × 25% + Walkability rank 59 × 15% + CBD access rank 97 × 10% = 83 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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Our score

83 / 100

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Median Unit Price

Public listings data

Point Piper's unit market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $4.7 million, roughly 28% below where it sat a year earlier.

Units

$4,700,000

last 4 quarters

216% above its 3 neighbours (median $1,487,500)

↓ −28.4% year-on-year

Based on 29 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 60 days — median across 4 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

  • 1 bed 5 sales $1.26M
  • 2 bed 7 sales $2.93M
  • 3 bed 11 sales $5.2M

Houses

$26,500,000

Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Typically sold in 13 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period

Rental Market

Advertised rents · last 6 months

Rental listing coverage for houses in Point Piper is too thin to publish a meaningful median — only 2 listed.

$1,650/wk

last 3 months

50% above its 3 neighbours (median $1,100/wk)

Since 2021: $1,175/wk → $1,675/wk (+43%)

15 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.

17 rentals advertised against an estimated 154 rented homes (11.0%) in the last 6 months.

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
2-bed units
$1,100/wk
57 bonds
+48% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2027 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

76 Severely unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 39% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2027.

SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.

Short-Stay Rentals

8 active Airbnb listings: 8 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 1.2% of the suburb's homes.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.

Is Point Piper safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Point Piper sits in the moderate band, with 46 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 15% on the prior year.

46 offences

14.8% since 2024
Theft 17 (37.0%)
Harassment & Stalking 8 (17.4%)
Assault 7 (15.2%)
Disorderly Conduct 7 (15.2%)
Property Damage 6 (13.0%)
Sexual Offences 1 (2.2%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Point Piper killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Council Flood Studies

Woollahra Municipal Council has published 4 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

Schools

No schools in this suburb boundary.

Universities nearby

3.8% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.

Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.

Walkability

Point Piper is somewhat walkable on foot — at 62/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.

62
out of 100
Somewhat Walkable
Top 15% in NSW
Public Transport within 1 km 77
Schools within 1.5 km 100
Parks within 800 m 100
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 80
Hospitals within 5 km 100

Public transport

Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Point Piper.

75
out of 100
Bus
Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
27.0 arrivals/hr
Off-peak weekday
14.7 arrivals/hr
Saturday
16.6 arrivals/hr
Median peak wait
1 min
Span of service
23.0 hours

Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Point Piper.

76
connectivity score / 100
Top 15% in NSW
Most common
Hybrid fibre-coaxial (cable)
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
5%
Premises covered
789
Technology mix
Hybrid fibre-coaxial (cable) (HFC) 95%
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) 5%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
1 in suburb
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
1 in suburb
Waterways
None
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Woollahra: council population

The whole council area, not just Point Piper · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
55,218
Change
+16
people since 2024
Density
4,504
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+135
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
-956
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+837
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
10/10
10/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
8/10
7/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
10/10
10/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Point Piper is home to about 1,300 residents, with a median age of 52 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $236,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.9%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

1,334

6.3% since 2016

Median Age

52

8.3% since 2016

Median Household Income

$235,560/yr

24.3% since 2016
Top 1% in NSW

Census Median Rent

$900/wk

5.9% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$5,000/mo

25.0% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.2

8.3% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$95,420/yr

7.4% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

2.9%

no change since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

26.9%

15.5% since 2016

Total Dwellings

532

1.5% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

71.1%

3.3% since 2016

Houses

25.6%

2.7% since 2016

Rental Stress

19.9%

14.6% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

25.5%

0.8% since 2016

Work From Home

66.1%

416.4% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Flats / Apartments 378 (71.1%)
Houses 136 (25.6%)
Townhouses 18 (3.4%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 268 (51.6%)
Renting 150 (28.9%)
Mortgage 101 (19.5%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
58.5%
English Spoken at Home
74.1%
Employment Rate
55.8%
2.6% since 2016
Completed Year 12
70.4%

Occupations

Professionals 260 (39.2%)
Managers 211 (31.8%)
Clerical & Administrative 59 (8.9%)
Sales 46 (6.9%)
Community & Personal Service 25 (3.8%)
Technicians & Trades 9 (1.4%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 8 (1.2%)
Labourers 7 (1.1%)

Religion

Christianity 559 (41.9%)
No Religion 428 (32.1%)
Judaism 182 (13.6%)
Hinduism 13 (1.0%)
Buddhism 8 (0.6%)
Islam 3 (0.2%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 73 (5.5%)
China 53 (4.0%)
New Zealand 38 (2.8%)
South Africa 36 (2.7%)
Singapore 22 (1.6%)
Malaysia 15 (1.1%)
India 13 (1.0%)
Canada 13 (1.0%)

When They Arrived

Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.

2016-2021 60 (4.5%)
2011-2015 37 (2.8%)
2001-2010 70 (5.2%)
1991-2000 67 (5.0%)
1981-1990 74 (5.5%)
Before 1981 127 (9.5%)

60 residents (4.5%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.

Where New Residents Came From

Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.

Overseas 86 (6.7%)
Sydney - City and Inner South 39 (3.0%)
Sydney - North Sydney and Hornsby 26 (2.0%)

Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,288 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.

Languages Spoken at Home

Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.

Mandarin 39 (2.9%)
Cantonese 16 (1.2%)
Russian 14 (1.0%)
Italian 12 (0.9%)
Hindi 8 (0.6%)
German 6 (0.4%)
French 6 (0.4%)
Greek 4 (0.3%)

Age Distribution

0-4 46 (3.4%)
5-14 100 (7.5%)
15-19 67 (5.0%)
20-24 74 (5.5%)
25-34 137 (10.3%)
35-44 137 (10.3%)
45-54 160 (12.0%)
55-64 194 (14.5%)
65-74 228 (17.1%)
75-84 145 (10.9%)
85+ 43 (3.2%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 142 (42.8%)
Couple Families 112 (33.7%)
One Parent Families 47 (14.2%)
Group Household 31 (9.3%)

Commute to Work

Worked from Home 378 (66.1%)
Car (driver) 162 (28.3%)
Walked Only 16 (2.8%)
Car (passenger) 10 (1.7%)
Bus 6 (1.0%)

37% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (245 of 664).

City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.

Education

Bachelor Degree 380 (28.5%)
Postgraduate Degree 169 (12.7%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 100 (7.5%)
Certificate III & IV 36 (2.7%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 24 (1.8%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 29 (5.5%)
1 car 196 (37.5%)
2 cars 201 (38.4%)
3 cars 57 (10.9%)
4+ cars 43 (8.2%)

Council Rates

Woollahra
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,812 a year through Woollahra based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,812/yr
47% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Point Piper's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Residential 88%
  • Infrastructure and transport 2%
  • Not zoned 10%

Planning zones cover 91% of the suburb's area. 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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Woollahra

The whole council area, not just Point Piper · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 222 new dwellings were approved across Woollahra. That mix is 50 houses and 172 units. Approvals are down 21.3% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
222dwellings
-21.3% YoY
Houses
50
detached dwellings
Units
172
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

Air Quality

MODERATE

PM2.5 averaged 6.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

PM10 averaged 13.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.84 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.

From the Cook And Phillip monitoring station, 3.6 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Sydney Airport AMO, 11.4 km

High rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation
43 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean
2.2 km
293 m to a named beach
Annual rainfall
1,129 mm
99 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
27.5°C
7 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
9.5°C
0 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

Industrial Emissions Nearby

1 facility within 5 km

EV adoption

3.8%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.66% in 2021
+0.9 points this year
Top 1% in NSW

In postcode 2027, 181 of 4,803 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.6% (222 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 8.4%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.66%
2022
1.21%
2023
1.92%
2024
2.82%
2025
3.77%

Rooftop solar

3
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 8.8 kW each

In postcode 2027, 151 rooftop-solar systems totalling 1.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,462 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 17 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
11
2020
11
2021
10
2022
10
2023
18
2024
15
2025
13
2026
9

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$24,512
Loan amount
$3,760,000
Total interest over 30 years
$5,064,459

6 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2027.

Deposit
$940,000
Stamp duty
$252,237
Cash needed at settlement
$1,192,237

Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW

The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Wentworth

Currently held by Allegra Spender Independent

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Allegra Spender 50.6% 49.4% +1.7
2022 Allegra Spender 44.1% 55.9% -3.9
2019 Dave Sharma 40.1% 59.9% -7.9

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.

State Electorate

Vaucluse District

Currently held by Kellie Sloane Liberal

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Kellie Sloane LP 62.9%
2019 Gabrielle Upton LP 69.3%
2015 Gabrielle Upton LP 72.9%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.

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Common questions about Point Piper

Is Point Piper a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Point Piper is moderate (52/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Point Piper?

Point Piper has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is Point Piper a good place to live?

Point Piper has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (83/100), ranked against other NSW suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.

What is the population of Point Piper?

Point Piper, NSW had a population of 1,334 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Point Piper, NSW?

The postcode for Point Piper, NSW is 2027.

How far is Point Piper from Sydney?

Point Piper is 7 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 16 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Point Piper?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Point Piper was $235,560 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Point Piper?

The median advertised rent in Point Piper is $1,650 a week for units (15 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.

What is the median age in Point Piper?

The median age of residents in Point Piper was 52 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Point Piper walkable?

Point Piper scores 62/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.

What is the air quality in Point Piper?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Point Piper (Cook And Phillip) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 13.8 µg/m³. That puts Point Piper below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

What is the weather like in Point Piper?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Point Piper, Sydney Airport AMO (11.4 km away), summer days average 27.5°C, winter nights 9.5°C, 1,129 mm of rain a year over 99 rainy days, and 7 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Point Piper?

First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Point Piper belong to?

Point Piper sits within the Woollahra local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Point Piper?

The average residential rates bill through Woollahra is $1,812 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Point Piper?

Across Woollahra, 222 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 21.3% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Point Piper in?

Point Piper sits within the federal Division of Wentworth, currently held by Allegra Spender (Independent).

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