This is a concept website. Dotto is not a real estate agent. We don’t buy, sell, rent or manage property. · Enquire about this domain

Sutherland Shire Real Estate

Sutherland Shire real estate

Across the Sutherland Shire council area, 6% of private dwellings were unoccupied on Census night in 2021, below 9% across NSW. The council area was home to 230,211 people at that Census.

  • House 61
  • Townhouse or terrace 14
  • Flat or apartment 25
  • Owned outright 36
  • Mortgaged 39
  • Rented 22
  • Other or not stated 3
Homes in the Sutherland Shire council area as a street of 100, from the census count of households by kind of home and tenure.
Median rent$500 a weekNSW $420
Median mortgage repayment$2,620 a monthNSW $2,167
Median household income$2,288 a weekNSW $1,829

Flats, townhouses and bedrooms

In the Sutherland Shire council area, flats and apartments are 25% of occupied homes, above 22% across NSW, and townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses are 14%, above 12%. Separate houses come to 61%, below 66%. Homes with four or more bedrooms are 39%, above 34% statewide, while three-bedroom homes are 33%, below 35%, and homes with two bedrooms or fewer are 28%, below 30%. On Census night, 6% of private dwellings in the council area were unoccupied, below the NSW figure of 9%.

New South Wales, the same way: 66 houses, 22 flats, 33 rented. Other or not stated also takes up the rounding.

Mortgages, ownership and renting in Sutherland Shire

Renting households make up 22% of households in the Sutherland Shire council area, below 33% across NSW. Another 39% are paying off a mortgage, above 33%, and 36% own their home outright, above 32%. Of the renting households, 74% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, above 69% statewide.

Median household income across the council area is $2,288 a week, above $1,829 for NSW. The median mortgage repayment is $2,620 a month, above $2,167, and the median rent is $500 a week, above $420. Worked out on this page from the two medians, the rent equals 22% of the median weekly household income, below the 23% worked out for NSW.

Who lives across the Sutherland Shire

Among people aged five and over in the Sutherland Shire council area, 62% lived at the same address five years earlier, according to one 2021 question about where they lived in 2016. Among people aged five and over across NSW, the share was 54%, so the council area sits above the state. In total, 230,211 people lived in the Sutherland Shire council area at the 2021 Census. Their median age was 41 years, above 39 statewide. Households average 2.7 people, above 2.6 across NSW.