Surry Hills property data
Explore zoning, school catchments, local crime and property data for Surry Hills, NSW (20,413 mapped properties). Flood and bushfire mapping for this area is coming soon.
Zoning in Surry Hills
Surry Hills is mostly centre / commercial. The most common zones:
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Mixed Use
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.
Zone: General Residential
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Local Centre
School catchments in Surry Hills
Surry Hills can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Crime near Surry Hills
Surry Hills sits in the Sydney council area, which recorded 34,716 reported offences in the 12 months to May 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 34,716 total. Figures are for the whole Sydney council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Who lives in Surry Hills
At the 2021 Census, 44.2% of Surry Hills’s 15,828 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Surry Hills
Sydney council approved 1,889 new dwellings in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Sydney council area (not just Surry Hills). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 0/344 Bourke Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
- 100-114 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
- 1001/156-160 Goulburn Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
- 1001/160 Goulburn Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
- 1001/174-182 Goulburn Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
- 1001/174-186 Goulburn Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
- 1001/20 Pelican Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
- 1001/23 Pelican Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Nearby suburbs
Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.