Rose Bay ^{NSW 2029}

Rose Bay's unit market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $1.6 million, about 9% below where it sat a year earlier.

Active asking-price coverage for houses in Rose Bay is too thin to publish a meaningful median right now — only 2 active houses.

5 of the suburb's 4,006 dwellings (0.1%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Houses in Rose Bay rent for around $2,850 a week on average, based on 25 houses listed for rent in the past six months.

115 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,767 rented homes (6.5%) in the last 6 months.

Short-Stay Rentals

51 active Airbnb listings: 43 whole homes and 8 rooms. Whole homes are about 1.0% 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.

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.

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

Planning zones cover 99% 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.

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.

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.

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, 5.1 km away.

High rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation

10 m

above sea level, at the suburb centre

Distance to the ocean

1.3 km

532 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.

• Bondi Sewage Treatment Plant

  Sewerage and Drainage Services

  Top reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
  1.9 km

$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).

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Currently held by Allegra Spender Independent

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.

Currently held by Kellie Sloane Liberal

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

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.