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497-499 Princes Highway, Sydenham NSW 2044

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Flood
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Bushfire
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Not within a mapped bushfire hazard area.
Zoning
Special purpose
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.

Council zone: Infrastructure

School catchment
2 zones
PrimaryTempe Public School
SecondaryTempe High School
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Property values

Median sale price across Sydenham's postcode area

Houses
$1,758,000+4.63%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

Postcode-area median — NSW figures are reported by postcode, so this covers Sydenham and nearby suburbs sharing its postcode. Not a valuation of this specific property. Source: NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report — sales tables (postcode).

Crime

Reported offences around Inner West

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6,378
offences per 100k — Inner West council area
11,721
reported offences (last 12 months) in the Inner West council area
01,0002,000202120222023202420252026

Reported offences in the Inner West council area over time

Development in the area

New dwellings approved across Inner West council

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1,160
Dwellings/yr
108
Houses
1,052
Units
07501,5002020202120222023202420252026

New dwellings approved in the 12 months to May 2026, across the whole Inner West council area (not just this address). Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Who lives here

38.6% of Sydenham’s 1,100 residents were born overseas

Top ancestries

English26.2%
Australian24.9%
Irish11.2%
Chinese9.5%
Scottish7.9%
Vietnamese5.5%

Top countries of birth

Vietnam4.4%
China3.7%
England3.2%
Thailand3%
New Zealand2.3%
Nepal2.2%

Suburb-level profile for Sydenham, not this specific address. Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

A note on insurance. This is government flood and bushfire mapping — the public data that insurers’ databases (NFID) are built from. Insurers price using proprietary, address-level models (and Bushfire Attack Level for bushfire), so use this to inform an insurance quote, not replace one.

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Indicative only — verify with the relevant council or department before relying on it. Sources: NSW Department of Planning (land zoning & flood-planning overlays), NSW Rural Fire Service (bushfire-prone land), NSW Department of Education (school catchments), NSW BOCSAR (crime), Geoscape G-NAF (addresses).