Located in New South Wales within the Sutherland Shire local government area, Sylvania Waters is a smaller suburb (postcode 2224). The area has roughly 3,200 residents and a settled mid-life population, with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $123K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, professionals, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Greek.
Sylvania Waters has a median house price of $3.0 million, which has climbed sharply by 35.6% year-on-year. Units have a median price of $1.0 million (+31.7% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $970. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.7%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,000.
Public transport access includes 20 bus stops. The crime rate in the Sutherland Shire LGA is low at 1,700 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Sylvania Waters shows a gross rental yield of approximately 1.7%, rated as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($3.0M/$1.5M), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 24.2x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +35.6% year-on-year.