Earlwood, NSW
Suburb profile from official open data — demographics, market signals, schools and safety.
At a glance
- Population
- 18,053
- Median age
- 44
- Household income
- $2,164/wk
- Owner-occupied
- 77%
- Renting
- 21%
- Socio-economic advantage
- Decile 9/10 in NSW
- Nearest train station
- Bardwell Park Station · 0.8 km
- Nearest emergency dept
- Canterbury Hospital · 2.6 km
Sources: ABS Census 2021 & SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0); distances are straight-line from the suburb's address centroid.
Property market — real sales
Median house (5 yr)
$2.00m
Median unit (5 yr)
$865k
Sales (5 yr)
999
Sales (12 mths)
108
Recorded transactions, NSW Valuer General Property Sales Information (CC BY 4.0). Recent weeks may not be registered yet.
Community safety
431 recorded incidents in 2025 · up 0.9% vs 2024
School catchments (suburb centre)
Primary
Earlwood PS
Secondary
Canterbury BHS
Secondary
Canterbury GHS
Secondary
Marrickville HS
Zones at the suburb's address centroid — individual addresses can differ; check any address on PropertyCheck for its exact zones. Source: state education departments (CC BY).
Growth & supply · Earlwood
District population (2025)
18,194
-2% over 10 years
New homes approved (12 mths to May 2026)
52
houses 33 · other 19
ABS statistical district (SA2) containing the suburb centre (CC BY 4.0).
Sold prices by street
Every recorded transaction, free — the most-traded streets in Earlwood:
- Homer Street (928)
- Wardell Road (265)
- Riverview Road (202)
- William Street (195)
- River Street (138)
- Bayview Avenue (123)
- Bexley Road (123)
- Woolcott Street (117)
- Richmond Street (116)
- Stone Street (98)
- Grove Street (89)
- Permanent Avenue (85)
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All figures from official open data with attribution; estimates and medians are statistical outputs, not valuations. Suburb boundaries follow ABS Suburbs and Localities (SAL) 2021.