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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Sydney Olympic Park is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Sydney, Australia, with a population of approximately 4,848, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 13 km from the Sydney CBD, Sydney Olympic Park is a middle ring area in New South Wales. The median household income is $102,700 per year.
Sydney Olympic Park benefits from a high-income resident base, supporting premium property pricing. Its proximity to the CBD adds a strong location premium.
Official Australia Post postcode for Sydney Olympic Park. 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 Sydney Olympic Park on My School →Estimated 2 parks 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.
4,848 residents places Sydney Olympic Park squarely in the middle of the New South Wales suburb size distribution (state median 5,325), with market depth comparable to most NSW localities. Households here earn $102,700/year on average — 5% above the NSW suburb median of $97,552 — a modest premium that supports resilient owner-occupier demand. Median weekly rent of $520 equates to $2,253/month — about 94% of the median mortgage repayment of $2,400/month — meaning rental income covers most of a typical owner's repayment and this is a genuine cash-flow suburb before tax benefits. 13 km from Sydney places Sydney Olympic Park in the middle commuter belt, close enough for daily trips by car or rail but at a materially lower price point than inner suburbs.
This suburb suits long-term investors looking for a balance of rental yield and capital growth. Schools and transport underpin family demand. Local rents consume roughly 26% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Sydney Olympic Park stacks up against the median of all New South Wales suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Sydney Olympic Park sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Sydney Olympic Park | NSW median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 4,848 | 5,325 | -9% |
| Median household income | $102,700/yr | $97,552/yr | +5% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $520 | $430 | +21% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,400 | $2,167 | +11% |
| Distance to CBD | 13 km | 45 km | -71% |
Pre-inspection briefing for Sydney Olympic Park — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Moderate buy-and-hold potential: Sydney Olympic Park's 4,848-person market and $102,700 median household income work for investors who are selective on street location and property quality rather than counting on a suburb-wide rerating.
Strong rental coverage: $520/week (~$2,253/month) covers 94% of the $2,400/month median mortgage repayment, so the shortfall sits at just $147/month. Investors targeting positive cash flow should shortlist this suburb.
With a population of 4,848, the resale market in Sydney Olympic Park 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 Sydney Olympic Park are modest for 2026 — incomes 5% above the NSW median of $97,552 and a population of 4,848 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~94% of the typical mortgage ($2,253/month rent vs $2,400/month repayment), keeping cash flow in positive or near-neutral territory. The EquitySight investment score of 74/100 places Sydney Olympic Park in the upper-middle tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is constructive heading into the second half of 2026.
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Sydney Olympic Park scores 74/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a good rating. That score is driven by a population of 4,848, median household income of $102,700/year and median weekly rent of $520. 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 Sydney Olympic Park are proximity to Sydney (13 km), an above-state-median household income of $102,700/year, roughly 1 schools and 2 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.
Sydney Olympic Park has a usual resident population of approximately 4,848, 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.
Sydney Olympic Park sits 13 km straight-line from the Sydney CBD. This is comfortable commuter territory, with reasonable rail and road access to the city.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $520 in Sydney Olympic Park, equating to approximately $27,040/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 Sydney Olympic Park is $2,400, or approximately $28,800/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 $520 works out to $2,253/month, covering 94% of the median mortgage repayment of $2,400/month. That leaves a $147/month shortfall (around $1,764/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 (4,848 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,400 median mortgage, 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.