Covers Darlinghurst and Surry Hills.
A postcode. New South Wales reports rents by postcode and by council area, never by suburb, so a postcode is the smallest area we can show here.
Population grew +0.3% over the year to 30 June 2025, against +1.5% for Australia over the same period.
Net overseas migration was the largest component of that change.
Completions in the March quarter 2026 were equivalent to 86% of commencements, for New South Wales. These figures compare pipeline flows and do not track individual approved dwellings through construction.
Achieved rents moved +6.6% over the year, against +5.9% for the middle postcode in New South Wales.
These signals are shown separately so you can see what is driving the market. Explore them under Demand & supply below.
At $853 a week, Postcode 2010 is higher than 77% of the 347 NSW postcodes we hold.
Half of new leases in Postcode 2010 were between $660 and $1,100 a week — a quarter came in under $660, and a quarter above $1,100.
Rents there are up 6.6% over the past year, about the same as the typical NSW postcode (up 5.9%).
Based on 698 new leases, which is a large enough sample to be steady quarter to quarter.
The most common new lease there was a one-bedroom unit or flat, at $750 a week across 318 of them.
Houses there rent for $1,150 and units for $830, so the figure above sits between two different markets.
In June quarter 2026, the median weekly rent rose 2.2% on the quarter before, from $835 to $853. Across the 35 quarterly changes held here, 23 were larger.
Six signals show how demand, supply and rents are moving. Open Data & method on any signal for the figures, rule and source behind it.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics does not publish population for postcodes. The figures here are apportioned into Postcode 2010 from 2 statistical areas using the ABS population-weighted correspondence, so they are an estimate of this postcode rather than a measurement of it, and they are rounded to say so.
Weak
How fast the population is growing, against the national rate.
| Population growth, 2010 | +0.3% | the year to 30 June 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Population growth, Australia | +1.5% | the year to 30 June 2025 |
Strong when growth is at least half a percentage point above the national rate, weak when at least half a point below, moderate in between. Population is one ABS instrument measured the same way everywhere, so a market compares to Australia.
Net overseas migration
Which component moved the population most over the latest year the ABS splits it.
| Natural increase, 2010 | +27 | the year to 30 June 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Net internal migration, 2010 | −714 | the year to 30 June 2025 |
| Net overseas migration, 2010 | +772 | the year to 30 June 2025 |
The largest of natural increase, net internal migration and net overseas migration by absolute size, so a large outflow is named rather than hidden inside a net total. This states which component was largest. It says nothing about why anyone moved.
Not enough evidence
Whether dwelling approvals are running above or below the year before.
not enough approval history to compare two years
Moderate
How much housing is being finished, against how much is being started.
| Dwellings completed, New South Wales | 8,883 | March quarter 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Dwellings started, New South Wales | 10,373 | March quarter 2026 |
| Completions as a share of commencements | 86% | March quarter 2026 |
Strong at or above 95% of commencements, weak below 80%, moderate in between — completions in the quarter compared with commencements in the same quarter, both stated beside this rule. These figures compare pipeline flows and do not track individual approved dwellings through construction.
Moderate
How fast achieved rents are rising, against the rest of the state.
| Rent change over a year, Postcode 2010 | +6.6% | June quarter 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Rent change over a year, the middle postcode in New South Wales | +5.9% | June quarter 2026 |
High when rents rose at least one percentage point faster than the state, low when at least a point slower, moderate in between. Compared against the state rather than the nation because each bond authority defines its own series: changes compare, levels do not.
Partial
How much of this market's picture was measured at this market's own geography.
| Demand evidence | apportioned by an official ABS correspondence | how it was made |
|---|---|---|
| Components present | 5 of 5 | on this page |
Broad where the demand evidence was published for this geography and most components are present; partial where it was derived through an official ABS correspondence; limited where it describes a larger area containing this market, or where components are missing. This says nothing about how many observations sit behind any single figure — that is Sample strength, a separate reading.
| Statistical area | Its population | Share living in Postcode 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Darlinghurst | 11,458 | 100.0% |
| Surry Hills | 17,184 | 100.0% |
2 SA2 area(s) apportioned into this postcode by population (Mesh Block grid) share, ABS ASGS 2021 correspondences, population weighted (v2021, transformation v1). Quality of the mapping, as the ABS rates it: Acceptable. The result is an estimate of this postcode built from measurements of those areas, and is rounded rather than printed to the person.
Observed sales: settlements recorded by the state, not asking prices and not a valuation model. The median describes the sales that settled in the quarter — an observed sample, which is why every figure here carries its count where the publisher released one.
In March quarter 2026, the median sale price rose 8.1% on the quarter before, to $1,200,000.
Over the year to March quarter 2026, it moved up 11.2%.
Sales demand not measured. The settlement counts above say how many sales the publisher recorded, not how many buyers were competing for them, and APRIQ has no validated method that could turn one into the other — so no sales-demand reading is offered rather than an invented one. The demand evidence APRIQ does hold is population-based, under Demand.
The split the publisher reports. Strata and non-strata are title types rather than dwelling types — but in practice non-strata sales are mostly houses, and strata sales are mostly units, flats and townhouses. The blended figure above describes neither exactly.
| Title type | Median sale price | A quarter below | A quarter above | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All dwellingsevery recorded sale | $1,200,000 | $809,000 | $1,956,000 | 140 |
| Non-stratawhole-title sales — mostly houses | $2,325,000 | $2,085,000 | $3,250,000 | Withheld |
| Stratastrata-title sales — mostly units, flats and townhouses | $981,000 | $779,000 | $1,618,000 | 111 |
Median observed sale price of all dwellings, each quarter the publisher reported one. A missing quarter is a gap — usually too few settlements to publish — never a zero.
| Quarter | Median sale price | Change on the quarter before | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| March quarter 2026 | $1,200,000 | Up 8.1% | 140 |
| December quarter 2025 | $1,110,000 | Down 9.8% | 223 |
| September quarter 2025 | $1,230,000 | Up 6.5% | 203 |
| June quarter 2025 | $1,155,000 | Up 7.0% | 176 |
| March quarter 2025 | $1,079,000 | Down 1.9% | 148 |
| December quarter 2024 | $1,100,000 | Down 2.2% | 200 |
| September quarter 2024 | $1,125,000 | Down 7.8% | 198 |
| June quarter 2024 | $1,220,000 | Up 6.1% | 201 |
| March quarter 2024 | $1,150,000 | Up 2.0% | 197 |
| December quarter 2023 | $1,128,000 | Up 7.4% | 198 |
| September quarter 2023 | $1,050,000 | Down 4.5% | 178 |
| June quarter 2023 | $1,100,000 | Down 2.2% | 188 |
| March quarter 2023 | $1,125,000 | Down 9.6% | 124 |
| December quarter 2022 | $1,245,000 | Up 3.8% | 141 |
| September quarter 2022 | $1,200,000 | Down 5.1% | 155 |
| June quarter 2022 | $1,265,000 | Up 12.4% | 156 |
| March quarter 2022 | $1,125,000 | Down 14.4% | 180 |
| December quarter 2021 | $1,315,000 | No change | 238 |
| September quarter 2021 | $1,315,000 | Up 11.0% | 236 |
| June quarter 2021 | $1,185,000 | Down 1.3% | 216 |
| March quarter 2021 | $1,201,000 | Down 3.1% | 218 |
| December quarter 2020 | $1,240,000 | Down 2.4% | 211 |
| September quarter 2020 | $1,270,000 | Down 4.2% | 157 |
| June quarter 2020 | $1,325,000 | Up 3.5% | 125 |
| March quarter 2020 | $1,280,000 | Up 4.5% | 151 |
| December quarter 2019 | $1,225,000 | Up 18.4% | 168 |
| September quarter 2019 | $1,035,000 | Up 3.5% | 147 |
| June quarter 2019 | $1,000,000 | Up 11.1% | 130 |
| March quarter 2019 | $900,000 | Down 9.6% | 75 |
| December quarter 2018 | $996,000 | Down 0.4% | 148 |
| September quarter 2018 | $1,000,000 | Down 7.0% | 129 |
| June quarter 2018 | $1,075,000 | Down 4.4% | 146 |
| March quarter 2018 | $1,125,000 | Up 12.5% | 123 |
| December quarter 2017 | $1,000,000 | Down 14.5% | 135 |
| September quarter 2017 | $1,170,000 | Down 3.3% | 170 |
| June quarter 2017 | $1,210,000 | — | 154 |
Sale prices are the New South Wales Rent and Sales Report (NSW Department of Communities and Justice), used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice). Sales are published on a slower clock than rents, so the newest sale quarter usually sits behind the newest rent quarter — the two are never blended, and the yield under Rents & Yield names both periods. Method, sources and licences.
Moving with the rest of New South Wales
How rents here moved over a year, against the typical postcode in New South Wales.
| Rent change over a year here | +6.6% | June quarter 2026 against a year earlier |
|---|---|---|
| The middle postcode in New South Wales | +5.9% | June quarter 2026 against a year earlier |
| Difference | +0.7 percentage points | June quarter 2026 against a year earlier |
| Markets in the comparison | 347 | June quarter 2026 against a year earlier |
The difference between this market’s one-year rent change and the middle change across every postcode the same publisher reports, in percentage points: 3 or more above is well above, 1 above is above, within 1 either way is in line. Changes are compared within one state because each bond authority defines its own series — movement may be compared between them, the rent itself may not.
Quarterly achieved-rent history across the full published series for this market.
| Median weekly rent | $853 | publisher’s figure · June quarter 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| A quarter of new leases came in below | $660 | publisher’s figure · June quarter 2026 |
| A quarter came in above | $1,100 | publisher’s figure · June quarter 2026 |
| Gross rental yield | 3.70% | calculated from this rent (June quarter 2026) and the sale median under Prices & Sales (March quarter 2026) |
| Rental bonds held | 8,471 | publisher’s figure · June quarter 2026 |
Quarter-by-quarter rent history for the full published series.
| Quarter | Median weekly rent | Change on the quarter before |
|---|---|---|
| June quarter 2026 | $853 | Up 2.2% |
| March quarter 2026 | $835 | Up 4.4% |
| December quarter 2025 | $800 | Up 3.2% |
| September quarter 2025 | $775 | Down 3.1% |
| June quarter 2025 | $800 | Up 1.3% |
| March quarter 2025 | $790 | Up 1.3% |
| December quarter 2024 | $780 | Up 4.0% |
| September quarter 2024 | $750 | Down 1.3% |
| June quarter 2024 | $760 | Down 5.0% |
| March quarter 2024 | $800 | Up 6.7% |
| December quarter 2023 | $750 | Up 7.9% |
| September quarter 2023 | $695 | Down 3.5% |
| June quarter 2023 | $720 | Up 2.9% |
| March quarter 2023 | $700 | Up 2.9% |
| December quarter 2022 | $680 | Up 9.7% |
| September quarter 2022 | $620 | Up 3.3% |
| June quarter 2022 | $600 | No change |
| March quarter 2022 | $600 | Up 7.1% |
| December quarter 2021 | $560 | No change |
| September quarter 2021 | $560 | Up 3.7% |
| June quarter 2021 | $540 | Up 2.9% |
| March quarter 2021 | $525 | Up 1.4% |
| December quarter 2020 | $518 | Down 5.8% |
| September quarter 2020 | $550 | Down 4.3% |
| June quarter 2020 | $575 | Down 10.2% |
| March quarter 2020 | $640 | Up 1.6% |
| December quarter 2019 | $630 | Up 5.0% |
| September quarter 2019 | $600 | Down 3.2% |
| June quarter 2019 | $620 | Down 3.1% |
| March quarter 2019 | $640 | Up 1.6% |
| December quarter 2018 | $630 | Up 3.3% |
| September quarter 2018 | $610 | Down 6.2% |
| June quarter 2018 | $650 | No change |
| March quarter 2018 | $650 | No change |
| December quarter 2017 | $650 | No change |
| September quarter 2017 | $650 | — |
The figure above blends every dwelling type the publisher reports. These are the same quarter, split the way New South Wales splits it.
| Dwelling type | Median weekly rent | Rent change — 1 year | New leases |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | $1,150 | Down 4.2% | 125 |
| Townhouses | $1,100 | Up 11.3% | — |
| Units and flats | $830 | Up 7.1% | 518 |
| All dwellings | $853 | Up 6.6% | 698 |
The postcodes immediately above and below Postcode 2010 when ranked by the same figure for the same period — nearby in the state ranking, not necessarily nearby on a map.
| Postcode | Median rent | Rent change — 1 year |
|---|---|---|
| Postcode 2229Caringbah, Caringbah South and Dolans Bay and 3 more | $850 | Up 13.3% |
| Postcode 2233Engadine, Heathcote and Waterfall and 2 more | $850 | Up 7.6% |
| Postcode 2489Hastings Point and Pottsville | $850 | Up 10.7% |
| Postcode 2010Darlinghurst and Surry Hills | $853 | Up 6.6% |
| Postcode 2061Kirribilli and Milsons Point | $853 | Down 3.1% |
| Postcode 2119Beecroft and Cheltenham | $860 | Up 0.8% |
| Postcode 2205Arncliffe, Turrella and Wolli Creek | $860 | Up 2.4% |
Or put them in columns: Compare with similarly ranked markets.
Latest achieved rents by dwelling type and bedroom count. Blank cells indicate no published figure for that combination.
| Size | Houses | Townhouses | Units and flats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | Not published | Not published | $56336 new leases |
| 1 bedroom | $720count withheld | Not published | $750318 new leases |
| 2 bedrooms | $1,07035 new leases | $948count withheld | $1,100141 new leases |
| 3 bedrooms | $1,42541 new leases | Not published | $1,500count withheld |
| 4 bedrooms | $1,650count withheld | Not published | Not published |
Postcode 2010 is inside Sydney, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics boundary correspondence. The council itself has a figure of its own, computed over every bond inside the boundary rather than averaged from these.
| Postcode | Median weekly rent | Rent change — 1 year | New leases | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postcode 2000Barangaroo, Dawes Point and Haymarket and 3 more | $1,100 | Up 4.8% | 972 | |
| Postcode 2017Waterloo and Zetland | $1,050 | Up 5.0% | 1,046 | |
| Postcode 2009Pyrmont | $980 | Up 8.9% | 212 | |
| Postcode 2018Eastlakes and Rosebery | $950 | Up 7.3% | 330 | |
| Postcode 2043Erskineville | $950 | Up 5.0% | 170 | |
| Postcode 2050Camperdown | $900 | Up 12.5% | 215 | |
| Postcode 2008Chippendale and Darlington (Sydney - NSW) | $897 | Up 9.4% | 658 | |
| Postcode 2037Forest Lodge and Glebe | $893 | Up 11.6% | 294 | |
| Postcode 2015Alexandria, Beaconsfield and Eveleigh | $890 | Up 2.5% | 217 | |
| Postcode 2010Darlinghurst and Surry Hills | $853 | Up 6.6% | 698 | |
| Postcode 2016Redfern | $795 | Up 2.6% | 464 | |
| Postcode 2011Elizabeth Bay, Potts Point and Rushcutters Bay and 1 more | $730 | Up 5.0% | 572 | |
| Postcode 2007Ultimo | $719 | Down 0.1% | 246 |
Population data on suburb pages uses the ABS statistical area containing the suburb. The market card names that wider area; open Data & method for the geography and source.
Growing more slowly than Australia
How fast the population here is changing, against how fast Australia is changing.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics does not publish population for postcodes. The rates here are apportioned into Postcode 2010 from 2 statistical areas using the ABS population-weighted correspondence, so they are an estimate for this postcode rather than a measurement of it. Only rates are shown, never an apportioned headcount.
| Annual population growth, Postcode 2010 | +0.3% | the year to 30 June 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Australia, the same year | +1.5% | the year to 30 June 2025 |
| Difference | −1.2 percentage points | the year to 30 June 2025 |
| Growth a year over five years | −0.0% | the five years to 30 June 2025 |
The difference between this market’s annual population growth and Australia’s, in percentage points: 1.5 or more above is well above the national rate, 0.5 above is above it, within 0.5 either way is in line with it, and a fall is named as a fall. Both figures are ABS estimated resident population at 30 June, the same instrument measured the same way, so they may be compared directly.
Counted for Postcode 2010 on Census night, 10 August 2021. A Census count is a stock on one night, not a series: it cannot show a trend, and five years on it describes 2021, not today. It is here because how many households there are and how many people share a dwelling are the denominators every demand question eventually needs.
| Households — occupied private dwellings | 13,158 | one count: an occupied private dwelling on Census night is the ABS definition of a household |
|---|---|---|
| Average household size | 1.7 people | per occupied private dwelling, across 13,158 of them |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, General Community Profile (tables G02, G35, G36), used under CC BY 4.0. © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics).
Approvals data on suburb pages uses the ABS statistical area containing the suburb. The market card names that wider area; open Data & method for the geography and source.
Approving well below the national rate
How many dwellings this market approved over twelve months for every thousand residents, against the national rate. Approvals are permission to build, not completed dwellings.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics does not publish dwelling approvals for postcodes. The rates here are apportioned into Postcode 2010 from 2 statistical areas using the ABS population-weighted correspondence, so they are an estimate for this postcode rather than a measurement of it. Only rates are shown: an approval count is never apportioned, because approvals cluster where building is happening rather than spreading out like people.
| Approved dwellings per 1,000 residents, Postcode 2010 | 0.7 | the twelve months to June 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Australia, the same twelve months | 7.4 | the twelve months to June 2026 |
This market’s approved dwellings per thousand residents divided by Australia’s: twice the national rate or more is well above it, a quarter above is above it, within a fifth either way is in line, and below four fifths is below. Both are ABS building approvals over the same twelve months. An approval is permission to build — some of it lapses, and the rest completes months or years later — so this describes a pipeline and never housing that exists.
Counted for Postcode 2010 on Census night, 10 August 2021. The stock every approval above eventually adds to, as it stood on one night in 2021. The occupied count is the households figure under Demand — the ABS definition makes them one count, so it is printed once rather than twice. The occupied and unoccupied counts are separately rounded by the ABS and do not exactly sum to the total, so no missing figure is derived here.
| Private dwellings | 15,553 | all private dwellings on Census night |
|---|---|---|
| Unoccupied on Census night | 2,396 | holiday homes and empty dwellings included; not a rental vacancy rate |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, General Community Profile (tables G02, G35, G36), used under CC BY 4.0. © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics).
No APRIQ forward rent forecast is published for Postcode 2010 yet. The forecasting model remains in historical backtesting.
The method’s public record so far, across every market at once and clearly a backtest, not a prediction: at 1 quarter ahead, 83.8% of 10,476 graded backtests landed inside their ranges, at a median width of ±7.9%.
See the full historical record on the forecast scorecard. Backtest results describe historical model performance, not a prediction for this market.
Check sample size, data period, geography, source and calculation rules for this market.
Strong
How many observations sit behind the current figure on this page.
| New leases behind the current figure | 698 | June quarter 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Quarters of history | 36 | to June quarter 2026 |
| How current | The latest quarter published anywhere | June quarter 2026 |
| Origin | As the publisher published it | June quarter 2026 |
| Knowability | Dated by the publisher’s own release timing | June quarter 2026 |
Strong needs 200 or more new leases behind the current figure; moderate needs 50. Fewer than that reads as thin: one unusual property can move the figure. A withheld count cannot earn better than thin, because a suppressed number is unknown rather than small. How current the figure is, is a separate fact stated as dates beside this reading, never folded into this word.
Which period the current rent figure describes, how it sits against the newest quarter published anywhere, and whose clock dated it — as dates, because a graded word would hide exactly the part worth checking.
| Describes | June quarter 2026 |
|---|---|
| Standing | This is the latest quarter published anywhere. |
| Dated by | Dated by the publisher’s own release timing. |
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