Kirribilli NSW 2061
3,704 addresses · 26 streets
North Sydney Electorate › North Sydney LGA › Kirribilli · 2 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Kirribilli is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3,629 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $2,267 a week, with median rent near $520 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 34% of households own their home and 64% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Neutral Bay - Kirribilli statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kirribilli itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
24 childcare & kindergartens
2 dog parks
Getting around. Train station: Milsons Point, 350 m north-west · Metro station: Victoria Cross, 1.5 km north-west · Light rail stop: Circular Quay, 1.6 km south · Bus interchange: Cremorne Point Wharf, Milson Rd, 1.4 km east · Ferry wharf: Jefferys Street, 300 m south-west · Airport: Rose Bay Seaplane Base, 5.1 km south-east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 14.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 14.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 21.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 61.5%
Population by age in Kirribilli
| 0-4 | 87 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 138 |
| 15-19 | 56 |
| 20-24 | 174 |
| 25-34 | 858 |
| 35-44 | 528 |
| 45-54 | 421 |
| 55-64 | 481 |
| 65-74 | 432 |
| 75-84 | 335 |
| 85+ | 120 |
Dwelling types in Kirribilli
| House | 105 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 128 |
| Apartment | 1,637 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Kirribilli
| <$650 | 341 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 250 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 500 |
| $3,000+ | 703 |
Top ancestries in Kirribilli
| English | 1,255 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 748 |
| Irish | 549 |
| Other | 528 |
| Scottish | 410 |
| Ancestry NS | 331 |
Housing tenure in Kirribilli
| Owned | 436 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 203 |
| Rented | 1,198 |
| Other | 25 |
Cars per household in Kirribilli
| 0 | 580 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 973 |
| 2 | 258 |
| 3 | 37 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Kirribilli
| Car | 318 |
|---|---|
| Train | 102 |
| Bus | 13 |
| Tram/ferry | 12 |
| Walked | 72 |
| Bicycle | 7 |
| Home | 1,286 |
Top countries of birth in Kirribilli
| England | 230 |
|---|---|
| China | 112 |
| New Zealand | 84 |
| United States | 67 |
| India | 54 |
| South Africa | 49 |
Languages used at home in Kirribilli
| Mandarin | 111 |
|---|---|
| Cantonese | 56 |
| Spanish | 56 |
| Italian | 38 |
| Korean | 34 |
| French | 29 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
196,378 bird observations recorded near Kirribilli — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (20,108)
- Noisy Miner (16,983)
- Australian White Ibis (15,041)
- Silver Gull (13,423)
- Australian Magpie (11,514)
- Rock Dove (10,721)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (9,198)
- Pied Currawong (8,646)
- Welcome Swallow (8,409)
- Laughing Kookaburra (7,819)
- Australian Brush-turkey (6,917)
- Common Myna (6,453)
- Dusky Moorhen (5,995)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Kirribilli
- Masked Lapwing (5,649)
- Australian Raven (5,577)
- Little Black Cormorant (5,166)
- Australian Wood Duck (4,737)
- Pacific Black Duck (4,358)
- Grey Butcherbird (4,141)
- Magpie-lark (3,957)
- Little Pied Cormorant (3,271)
- Crested Pigeon (2,865)
- White-faced Heron (2,425)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (2,193)
- Pied Cormorant (2,032)
- White-browed Scrubwren (1,866)
- Southern Noisy Miner (1,845)
- Tawny Frogmouth (1,740)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (1,690)
- Australasian Figbird (1,639)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Kirribilli:
- Milsons Point (0.4 km)
- Lavender Bay (0.9 km)
- Kurraba Point (0.9 km)
- Mcmahons Point (1.1 km)
- Dawes Point (1.3 km)
- Cremorne Point (1.3 km)
- North Sydney (1.3 km)
- Neutral Bay (1.5 km)
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Streets
- Bligh Street (11)
- Bradly Avenue (55)
- Broughton Street (141)
- Burton Street (30)
- Carabella Street (505)
- Elamang Avenue (201)
- Ennis Road (671)
- Fitzroy Street (170)
- Hipwood Street (35)
- Holbrook Avenue (103)
- Humphrey Place (12)
- Jeffreys Street (48)
- Kirribilli Avenue (401)
- Mcburney Lane (1)
- Mcdougall Street (196)
- Parkes Street (61)
- Peel Street (193)
- Pitt Street (6)
- Plunkett Street (32)
- Robertson Lane (7)
- Stannards Place (9)
- Upper Pitt Street (448)
- Waruda Street (288)
- Willoughby Street (57)
- Winslow Lane (2)
- Winslow Street (21)
