Sydney
Australia
Median rent, all rented homes AUD 470/week (Greater Sydney, 2021)
Housing and income figures for Sydney from official statistics, each with its source and date. Country-level context is labelled as country-level. More figures are added only when an official source and date are available.
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City Overview
The median rent across all rented homes in Greater Sydney was AUD 470 a week (2021). The median household had AUD 2,077 a week before tax. 35.3% of renter households paid more than 30% of their income on housing (2021).
♙Population5,638,830
▣CurrencyAUD
◷TimezoneAustralia/Sydney
▤CountryAustralia
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Cost of Living in Sydney
Overall price-level data is not yet available.
—Price level index (Brussels = 100)
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What Stands Out
Favorable signals● High university enrolment nationally● High internet use nationally
ConsiderationsNo major negative claim is inferred from the current core data.
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Income
Median household income
Whole household, before taxAUD 2,077/weekGreater Sydney, 2021, official statistics · source
Whole household, before taxAUD 2,077/weekGreater Sydney, 2021, official statistics · source
Unemployment4.1%Country context when available (national)
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Climate & Context
Average temperature18.1°CYear 2025, Open-Meteo
Total rainfall1,265 mm/yearYear 2025, Open-Meteo
Internet users96%Country context (national)
Physicians per 1,000 people4.1Country context (national)
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Sources & dates for Sydney
Median rent, all rented homes
Australian Census of 10 August 2021, for Greater Sydney (the whole metropolitan area, not the City of Sydney council area). This is the latest census; rents and incomes have changed since. Covers all rented homes of every size, so it is not comparable with the 1-bedroom rents shown for European capitals.AUD 470/weekAustralian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census QuickStats · reference period Aug 2021
Australian Census of 10 August 2021, for Greater Sydney (the whole metropolitan area, not the City of Sydney council area). This is the latest census; rents and incomes have changed since. Covers all rented homes of every size, so it is not comparable with the 1-bedroom rents shown for European capitals.AUD 470/weekAustralian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census QuickStats · reference period Aug 2021
Median household income, before tax
Australian Census of 10 August 2021, for Greater Sydney (the whole metropolitan area, not the City of Sydney council area). This is the latest census; rents and incomes have changed since. Covers all rented homes of every size, so it is not comparable with the 1-bedroom rents shown for European capitals.AUD 2,077/weekAustralian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census QuickStats · reference period Aug 2021
Australian Census of 10 August 2021, for Greater Sydney (the whole metropolitan area, not the City of Sydney council area). This is the latest census; rents and incomes have changed since. Covers all rented homes of every size, so it is not comparable with the 1-bedroom rents shown for European capitals.AUD 2,077/weekAustralian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census QuickStats · reference period Aug 2021
Renter households paying over 30% of income
Australian Census of 10 August 2021, for Greater Sydney (the whole metropolitan area, not the City of Sydney council area). This is the latest census; rents and incomes have changed since. Covers all rented homes of every size, so it is not comparable with the 1-bedroom rents shown for European capitals.35.3%Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census QuickStats · reference period Aug 2021
Australian Census of 10 August 2021, for Greater Sydney (the whole metropolitan area, not the City of Sydney council area). This is the latest census; rents and incomes have changed since. Covers all rented homes of every size, so it is not comparable with the 1-bedroom rents shown for European capitals.35.3%Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census QuickStats · reference period Aug 2021
Average temperature
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.18.1 °COpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.18.1 °COpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Total rainfall
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.1,265 mm/yearOpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.1,265 mm/yearOpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Unemployment, homicide rate, doctors, university enrolment and internet use above are national World Bank indicators for the whole country and are marked “national”. See the methodology for how each figure is collected, or report a correction.