South Coogee NSW 2034
South Coogee sits 11 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 24 minutes by car. Census data records 5,611 residents with a median age of 42 and a median household income of $109,460 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 20% nationally. Population grew 2.0% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $207 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $4,000. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is moderate.
Is South Coogee a good suburb?
South Coogee scores a A (72/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community, weaker on prices.
Mixed results
1 school
Walkable and central
Walkability 66/100 · 11.1 km · 24 min drive to Sydney
Above the state median
Median $4.45M · Less affordable than 98% of NSW
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 63/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 9/10 · median age 42 · 5,611 residents
Liveability Rating
72 / 100 · Ranked #272 in NSWEach bar is South Coogee'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.
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
How do you rate the liveability in South Coogee?
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Our score
72 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataSouth Coogee's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $4.45 million, about 4% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$4,450,000
56% above its 3 neighbours (median $2,850,000)
Based on 79 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 27 days — median across 35 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 15 sales $3.2M
- 4 bed 38 sales $4.45M
- 5 bed 19 sales $7.3M
Units
$1,380,000
10% above its 3 neighbours (median $1,250,000)
Based on 13 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 22 days — median across 4 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 11 sales $1.38M
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in South Coogee rent for around $1,950 a week on average, based on 15 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$1,950/wk
42% above its 3 neighbours (median $1,372/wk)
15 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$1,350/wk
3 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
18 rentals advertised against an estimated 994 rented homes (1.8%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $1,500/wk
- 13 bonds
- +17% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $1,030/wk
- 241 bonds
- +53% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2034 (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 202579 Severely unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 38% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2034.
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
13 active Airbnb listings: 13 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.6% 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 South Coogee safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in South Coogee sits in the moderate band, with 257 incidents recorded in 2025 — down about 9% on the prior year.
257 offences
9.2% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202512 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
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
Randwick City Council has published 5 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1989–2023Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 511 m
- Rate
- -0.10 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -3.4 m
- Certainty
- likely rocky coastline
Data Quality
Schools
One school serve South Coogee, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 376 students in one school (avg 376)
Primary
Universities nearby
- 3.8 kmThe University of New South WalesUniversity of New South Wales · 590 courses
- 6.5 km1-37 Foveaux Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010Torrens University Australia · 165 courses
- 7.3 kmUniversity of Technology Sydney (City Campus)University of Technology Sydney · 524 courses
3.4% 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
South Coogee is somewhat walkable on foot — at 66/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside South Coogee.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 195.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 128.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 112.9 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 23.7 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 South Coogee.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 5%
- Premises covered
- 2,416
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
Randwick: council population
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
The ABS scores 16 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
South Coogee is home to about 5,600 residents, with a median age of 42, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $109,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
5,611
Median Age
42
Median Household Income
$109,460/yr
Census Median Rent
$207/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$4,000/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$49,816/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
10.7%
Total Dwellings
2,054
Owner-Occupier Rate
51.6%
Houses
38.8%
Rental Stress
9.8%
Mortgage Stress
43.9%
Work From Home
55.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
555 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 53 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 953 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 61.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 71.3%
- Employment Rate
- 53.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 54.2%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
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.
233 residents (4.2%) 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.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 5,314 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.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
32% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (762 of 2,393).
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.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 641 people work here; 2,393 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.3 jobs per working resident. At least 73% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,641 a year through Randwick based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 83%
- Parks and recreation 11%
- Infrastructure and transport 6%
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: Randwick
In the year to August 2026, 455 new dwellings were approved across Randwick. That mix is 66 houses and 389 units. Approvals are down 25.6% 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.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6.1 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 16.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.64 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 2 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 1.
From the Randwick monitoring station, 1.1 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Sydney Airport AMO, 7.7 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 69 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 513 m
- 1.4 km 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
18 facilities within 5 km- 3.1 kmHigher EducationTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 3.3 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 3.7 kmCorrugated Paperboard and Paperboard Container ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 4.0 kmBasic Organic Chemical ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Acetic acid (ethanoic acid) · Ethylene oxide
- 4.0 kmBasic Organic Chemical ManufacturingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 2034, 275 of 10,883 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.1% (446 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 6.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2034, 930 rooftop-solar systems totalling 6.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 9,356 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 75 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.
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).
Mortgage repayments
2 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 9 across postcode 2034.
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.
At $4,450,000 this is $3,850,000 above the $600,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Revenue NSW.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
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 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Matt Thistlethwaite Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Matt Thistlethwaite | 67.2% | 32.8% | +3.9 |
| 2022 | Matt Thistlethwaite | 64.5% | 35.5% | -5.7 |
| 2019 | Matt Thistlethwaite | 58.8% | 41.2% | -0.2 |
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
Currently held by Marjorie O'Neill Labor
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Marjorie O'Neill ALP | 62.3% |
| 2019 | Marjorie O'Neill ALP | 51.6% |
| 2015 | Bruce Notley-Smith LP | 52.9% |
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 South Coogee
Is South Coogee a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in South Coogee is moderate (63/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect South Coogee?
South Coogee has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is South Coogee a good place to live?
South Coogee has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (72/100), 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 South Coogee?
South Coogee, NSW had a population of 5,611 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for South Coogee, NSW?
The postcode for South Coogee, NSW is 2034.
How far is South Coogee from Sydney?
South Coogee is 11 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 24 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in South Coogee?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in South Coogee was $109,460 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 South Coogee?
The median advertised rent in South Coogee is $1,950 a week for houses (15 listings) and $1,350 a week for units (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in South Coogee?
The median age of residents in South Coogee was 42 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in South Coogee?
There is 1 school inside the South Coogee boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is South Coogee walkable?
South Coogee scores 66/100 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 South Coogee?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to South Coogee (Randwick) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.1 µg/m³ and PM10 of 16.8 µg/m³. That puts South Coogee 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 South Coogee?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to South Coogee, Sydney Airport AMO (7.7 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 South Coogee?
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 South Coogee belong to?
South Coogee sits within the Randwick local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in South Coogee?
The average residential rates bill through Randwick is $1,641 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near South Coogee?
Across Randwick, 455 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 25.6% 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 South Coogee in?
South Coogee sits within the federal Division of Kingsford Smith, currently held by Matt Thistlethwaite (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2023
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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