St Ives NSW 2075
St Ives sits 24 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 27 minutes by car. Census data records 18,384 residents with a median age of 43 and a median household income of $150,176 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 20% nationally. Population grew 6.3% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $688 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $3,467. The area shows high bushfire risk. Of 10 schools within the suburb boundary, 2 rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is St Ives a good suburb?
St Ives scores a B (62/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community, weaker on prices and safety.
Mixed results
10 schools · 2 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 78/100 · 23.5 km · 27 min drive to Sydney
Above the state median
Median $3.15M · Less affordable than 87% of NSW
High bushfire risk
Fire 90/100 · Crime 24/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 43 · 18,384 residents
Liveability Rating
62 / 100 · Ranked #471 in NSWEach bar is St Ives's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
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Our score
62 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataSt Ives's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $3.15 million, about 7% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$3,150,000
5% above its 8 neighbours (median $3,005,000)
Based on 277 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 26 days — median across 232 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 47 sales $2.63M
- 4 bed 118 sales $3.06M
- 5 bed 88 sales $3.81M
- 6 bed 11 sales $3.83M
Units
$1,100,000
19% above its 4 neighbours (median $927,500)
Based on 152 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 28 days — median across 107 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 14 sales $640K
- 2 bed 90 sales $975K
- 3 bed 44 sales $1.55M
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in St Ives are currently listed at around $2.73 million on average. Based on 35 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$2.73M
35 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$916K
18 units listed in the last 6 months.
53 of the suburb's 6,298 dwellings (0.8%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in St Ives rent for around $1,675 a week on average, based on 42 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$1,675/wk
14% above its 5 neighbours (median $1,472/wk)
42 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$875/wk
17% above its 3 neighbours (median $750/wk)
32 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
74 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,064 rented homes (7.0%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 2-bed units
- $850/wk
- 27 bonds
- +37% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2075 (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 202578 Severely unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 38% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2075.
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.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$1,675/week ($87,000 a year) on a $2.73 million median
$875/week ($46,000 a year) on a $916,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
13 active Airbnb listings: 10 whole homes and 3 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.1% 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 St Ives safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in St Ives sits in the low band, with 284 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 30% on the prior year.
284 offences
29.5% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202530 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
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
Ku-Ring-Gai 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
Ten schools serve St Ives, and performance is broadly at peer-suburb levels with one standout. St Ives High School and St Ives North Public School lead the pack.
- • 4,667 students across 8 schools (avg 583)
- • Sectors: 5 Government, 4 Independent, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 983-1164, median 1144 (well above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: St Ives High School (1,756 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Universities nearby
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
St Ives is very walkable on foot — at 78/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 5 supermarkets, 32 parks and 22 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside St Ives.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 440.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 299.6 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 184.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 19.6 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 St Ives.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 7%
- Premises covered
- 7,408
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
Ku-ring-gai: 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 42 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
St Ives is home to about 18,400 residents, with a median age of 43, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $150,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
18,384
Median Age
43
Median Household Income
$150,176/yr
Census Median Rent
$688/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$3,467/mo
Avg Household Size
2.9
Median Personal Income
$56,004/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
6.1%
Total Dwellings
6,298
Owner-Occupier Rate
83.1%
Houses
66.1%
Rental Stress
23.8%
Mortgage Stress
27.7%
Work From Home
60.9%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 50.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 64.3%
- Employment Rate
- 57.3%
- Completed Year 12
- 63.1%
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.
1,160 residents (6.3%) 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 17,507 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
23% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (1,903 of 8,365).
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 4,309 people work here; 8,365 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.5 jobs per working resident. At least 48% 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 $1,626 a year through Ku-ring-gai based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Environmental 45%
- Residential 40%
- Parks and recreation 11%
- Infrastructure and transport 4%
- Zones under 1% 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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Ku-ring-gai
In the year to August 2026, 908 new dwellings were approved across Ku-ring-gai. That mix is 237 houses and 671 units.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Metropolitan 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 5.4 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 14.2 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.23 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 3.
From the Macquarie Park monitoring station, 6.7 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Macquarie Park (Willandra Village), 8.2 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 165 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 11.6 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 1.3% of addresses
- 106 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 1,176 mm
- 92 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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
2 facilities within 5 km- 3.8 kmWaste Treatment and Disposal ServicesTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Zinc and compounds · Chromium (III) compounds
- 4.3 kmStructural Steel FabricatingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
EV adoption
In postcode 2075, 604 of 14,398 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 5.2% (751 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 9.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2075, 2,368 rooftop-solar systems totalling 20.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,704 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 299 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
11 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 12 across postcode 2075.
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 $3,150,000 this is $2,550,000 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 Nicolette Boele Independent
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Nicolette Boele | 45.0% | 55.0% | +1.2 |
| 2022 | Paul Fletcher | 43.5% | 56.5% | -10.0 |
| 2019 | Paul Fletcher | 33.4% | 66.6% | -4.5 |
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 Matt Cross Liberal
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Matt Cross LP | 63.9% |
| 2019 | Jonathan O'Dea LP | 75.2% |
| 2015 | Jonathan O'Dea LP | 78.8% |
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 St Ives
Is St Ives a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in St Ives is low (24/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect St Ives?
St Ives has a high recorded bushfire history (90/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is St Ives a good place to live?
St Ives has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (62/100), 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 St Ives?
St Ives, NSW had a population of 18,384 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for St Ives, NSW?
The postcode for St Ives, NSW is 2075.
How far is St Ives from Sydney?
St Ives is 24 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 27 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in St Ives?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in St Ives was $150,176 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 St Ives?
The median advertised rent in St Ives is $1,675 a week for houses (42 listings) and $875 a week for units (32 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in St Ives?
The median age of residents in St Ives was 43 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is St Ives at risk of bushfire?
St Ives has a high recorded bushfire history (90/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in St Ives?
There are 10 schools inside the St Ives boundary: 2 above and 5 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is St Ives walkable?
St Ives scores 78/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very 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 St Ives?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to St Ives (Macquarie Park) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.4 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.2 µg/m³. That puts St Ives 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 St Ives?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to St Ives, Macquarie Park (Willandra Village) (8.2 km away), 1,176 mm of rain a year over 92 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in St Ives?
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 St Ives belong to?
St Ives sits within the Ku-ring-gai local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in St Ives?
The average residential rates bill through Ku-ring-gai is $1,626 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near St Ives?
Across Ku-ring-gai, 908 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is St Ives in?
St Ives sits within the federal Division of Bradfield, currently held by Nicolette Boele (Independent).
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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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