The Rocks property data
Explore zoning, school catchments, local crime and property data for The Rocks, NSW (2,466 mapped properties). Flood and bushfire mapping for this area is coming soon.
Zoning in The Rocks
The Rocks is mostly other. The most common zones:
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Primary Production
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Metropolitan Centre
School catchments in The Rocks
The Rocks can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Crime near The Rocks
The Rocks 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 The Rocks
At the 2021 Census, 47.4% of The Rocks’s 629 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 The Rocks
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 The Rocks). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 100-102 Cumberland Street, The Rocks NSW 2000
- 100-104 Cumberland Street, The Rocks NSW 2000
- 1001/129-135 Harrington Street, The Rocks NSW 2000
- 1001/129 Harrington Street, The Rocks NSW 2000
- 1001/38D Cumberland Street, The Rocks NSW 2000
- 1001/96-118 Gloucester Street, The Rocks NSW 2000
- 1002/129-135 Harrington Street, The Rocks NSW 2000
- 1002/129 Harrington Street, The Rocks NSW 2000
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.