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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Eveleigh is a regional centre in New South Wales, Australia, with a population of approximately 606, making it a boutique locality. Located 3 km from the Sydney CBD, Eveleigh is a regional area in New South Wales. The median household income is $69,628 per year.
Household earnings in Eveleigh are below the state average, which may affect long-term capital growth. Close CBD access strengthens tenant appeal and resale value.
Official Australia Post postcode for Eveleigh. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Eveleigh on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Eveleigh is a smaller community of 606 — about 11% of the New South Wales suburb median (5,325) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Eveleigh's median household income of $69,628/year is 29% below the New South Wales suburb median ($97,552) — this is an affordability play where returns lean on yield and patient capital growth rather than demographic premium. Median rent of $300/week (~$1,300/month) covers only 51% of the median mortgage of $2,550/month — the remaining $1,250/month must be funded from other income, so this suburb tilts toward capital growth rather than yield. At 3 km from the Sydney CBD, Eveleigh sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks.
How Eveleigh stacks up against the median of all New South Wales suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Eveleigh sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Eveleigh | NSW median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 606 | 5,325 | -89% |
| Median household income | $69,628/yr | $97,552/yr | -29% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $300 | $430 | -30% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,550 | $2,167 | +18% |
| Distance to CBD | 3 km | 45 km | -93% |
Pre-inspection briefing for Eveleigh — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 606 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider New South Wales market over full cycles.
Weak cash flow: $300/week rent covers only 51% of the $2,550/month median mortgage — a $1,250/month gap that must be funded from other income. This suburb is a capital-growth play, not a yield play.
With a population of 606, the resale market in Eveleigh may not reliably reward cosmetic renovations — a longer hold is typically a better strategy at this scale, letting land-value appreciation do the work instead.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Eveleigh are modest for 2026 — incomes 29% below the NSW median of $97,552 and a population of 606 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~51% of the typical mortgage ($1,300/month rent vs $2,550/month repayment), meaning investors will rely on capital growth rather than yield. The EquitySight investment score of 50/100 places Eveleigh in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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Eveleigh scores 50/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 606, median household income of $69,628/year and median weekly rent of $300. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Eveleigh are proximity to Sydney (3 km), a median household income of $69,628/year, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Eveleigh has a usual resident population of approximately 606, compared with a New South Wales suburb median of 5,325 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Eveleigh sits 3 km straight-line from the Sydney CBD. This is inner-ring territory — pricing competes directly with established Sydney employment nodes.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $300 in Eveleigh, equating to approximately $15,600/year in gross rental income (state median $430/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Eveleigh is $2,550, or approximately $30,600/year (vs $2,167/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
A median weekly rent of $300 works out to $1,300/month, covering 51% of the median mortgage repayment of $2,550/month. That leaves a $1,250/month shortfall (around $15,000/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (606 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,550 median mortgage, below-median household incomes ($69,628 vs $97,552 state median), the broader New South Wales market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.