Lakemba, NSW
Suburb profile from official open data — demographics, market signals, schools and safety.
At a glance
- Population
- 17,092
- Median age
- 32
- Household income
- $1,227/wk
- Owner-occupied
- 39%
- Renting
- 58%
- Socio-economic advantage
- Decile 1/10 in NSW
- Nearest train station
- Lakemba Station · 0.1 km
- Nearest emergency dept
- Canterbury Hospital · 2.1 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)
$1.36m
Median unit (5 yr)
$455k
Sales (5 yr)
1,279
Sales (12 mths)
117
Recorded transactions, NSW Valuer General Property Sales Information (CC BY 4.0). Recent weeks may not be registered yet.
Community safety
766 recorded incidents in 2025 · down 0.1% vs 2024
School catchments (suburb centre)
Primary
Hampden Park PS
Secondary
Belmore BHS
Secondary
Kingsgrove NHS
Secondary
Wiley Park GHS
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 · Lakemba
District population (2025)
17,756
+0% over 10 years
New homes approved (12 mths to May 2026)
30
houses 28 · other 2
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 Lakemba:
- Fairmount Street (764)
- Haldon Street (636)
- Macdonald Street (609)
- Hampden Road (546)
- Lakemba Street (537)
- Croydon Street (445)
- Sproule Street (438)
- Colin Street (412)
- Wangee Road (322)
- Ernest Street (317)
- Punchbowl Road (265)
- Yerrick Road (243)
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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.