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Sydney property data

Explore zoning, school catchments, local crime and property data for Sydney, NSW (50,024 mapped properties). Flood and bushfire mapping for this area is coming soon.

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Zoning in Sydney

Sydney is mostly centre / commercial. The most common zones:

Centre / commercial98.9% of properties

Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.

Zone: Metropolitan Centre

Open space1% of properties

Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.

Zone: Public Recreation

Special purpose0.1% of properties

Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.

Zone: Infrastructure

School catchments in Sydney

Sydney can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Crime near Sydney

Sydney sits in the Sydney council area, which recorded 34,716 reported offences in the 12 months to May 2026.

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875
Break-ins
476
Vehicle theft
7,004
Other theft
1,884
Property damage
1,768
Fraud
797
Handling stolen goods
3,665
Assault
854
Sexual offences
139
Robbery
1,757
Other against the person
3
Homicide
15,494
Other offences

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 Sydney

At the 2021 Census, 70.8% of Sydney’s 16,667 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Chinese29%
English13.2%
Australian7.3%
Irish3.9%
Indian3.7%
Korean3.3%

Top countries of birth

Indonesia12.9%
Thailand12.4%
China9.7%
India3.5%
South Korea3.1%
England2.4%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Sydney

Sydney council approved 1,889 new dwellings in the 12 months to Apr 2026.

1,889
Dwellings/yr
16
Houses
1,873
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Sydney council area (not just Sydney). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Sydney address:

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.