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Suburb profile ·Sutherland Shire LGA · NSW ·2229

Lilli Pilli NSW 2229

Lilli Pilli is in Sutherland Shire LGA, NSW, postcode 2229, with population 1,405.

Limited data

Thin-context

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$865/wk
+23.6% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2229 · Apr 2026
$865
$660
Mar 2025Apr 2026
What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$865/wk
Rent-pressure candidate
23.6%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,405
1K local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
2,798
228 added 12mo · 24MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$4,000
Median rent · wk$900

Affordability

24%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $4,000/mo, while renters pay about $3,748/mo — owning runs $252/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$189K
Median rent · wk
$865
Owner mortgage · mo
$4,000

Household income

$189K household · yr+129% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$62K
Family
$192K
Household
$189K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA1113
Students323
Government1
  • Lilli Pilli Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1113Zoned

1 of 1 schools here operate published enrolment zones (catchments). Zone boundaries set eligibility — check the official source for the exact catchment. Not enrolment advice.

Crime January 2025 - December 2025
4,174
1,776 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,776
Total incidents4,174· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault1,24767%
  • Sexual Offences31417%
  • Robbery191%
  • Break And Enter27615%

Full data detail

Lilli Pilli NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Lilli Pilli (postcode 2229) is a small locality in New South Wales within the Sutherland Shire local government area. With a population of 1,405, the suburb has an established family demographic with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $189K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 people. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward professional services and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $865. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $4,000.

Lilli Pilli is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1113, which is well above the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Sutherland Shire LGA is low at 1,776 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$4,000
Rent · wk(Census)$900
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$865
Property investors · Postcode 2229ATO
Negatively geared1,815 (9.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$10,360/yr
Landlords (rental income)3,782
Reported capital gains2,489
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population1,405
Median age44
Household size3.2
HH income · wk$3,625
Personal income · wk$1,186
Persons / bedroom0.8
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Lilli Pilli is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
NSW price medians are parser-guarded official records.

Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
NSW Valuer General · Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records
medium stability · automated · every update · weekly
Missing
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-04 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · January 2025 - December 2025 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · release-based
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Lilli Pilli is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals.

The lighter areas here are hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Lilli Pilli feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Port Hacking better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop -200 · adds house price coverage · rent -$70/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Greenhills Beach better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent +$760/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Taren Point better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +500 · adds house price coverage · rent -$215/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Lilli Pilli FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Lilli Pilli in?

    Lilli Pilli is in the Sutherland Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2229. Council-level context for Sutherland Shire LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Lilli Pilli?

    The median weekly rent in Lilli Pilli is $865/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Lilli Pilli?

    Rent-pressure candidate: Lilli Pilli rents screen above the local benchmark. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Lilli Pilli?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Lilli Pilli data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.