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Summer Hill NSW 2130

4,929 addresses · 49 streets

Grayndler Electorate › Inner West LGA › Summer Hill · 7 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Summer Hill is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 7,288 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $2,260 a week, with median rent near $460 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 49% of households own their home and 50% 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.

7,288Population
36Median age
$2,260Median household income / wk
$460Median rent / wk
2.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Haberfield - Summer Hill statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Summer Hill itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Summer Hill, 150 m north-east · Metro station: Dulwich Hill, 2.2 km south · Light rail stop: Lewisham West, 600 m south-east · Bus interchange: Mount St (501), 5.7 km north-east · Ferry wharf: Blackwattle Bay Wharf, 4.9 km north-east · Airport: Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, 7.3 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 17.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Summer Hill

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Summer Hill NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202017.7%
Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 201921.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202126.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 71.8%

Population by age in Summer Hill
Population by age, Summer Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4376
5-14629
15-19253
20-24464
25-341,640
35-441,260
45-541,001
55-64764
65-74521
75-84238
85+145
Dwelling types in Summer Hill
Dwelling types, Summer Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House609
Townhouse528
Apartment1,961
Other3
Households by weekly income in Summer Hill
Households by weekly income, Summer Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650283
$650-1,499609
$1,500-2,9991,016
$3,000+1,072
Top ancestries in Summer Hill
Top ancestries, Summer Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English2,100
Australian1,706
Other1,273
Irish1,030
Chinese752
Scottish743
Housing tenure in Summer Hill
Housing tenure, Summer Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned654
Mortgage861
Rented1,534
Other34
Cars per household in Summer Hill
Cars per household, Summer Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0611
11,732
2595
3106
4+45
Commute to work in Summer Hill
Commute to work, Summer Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car849
Train213
Bus30
Tram/ferry15
Walked112
Bicycle28
Home2,410
Top countries of birth in Summer Hill
Top countries of birth, Summer Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
China270
England257
New Zealand136
South Korea117
Philippines112
India92
Languages used at home in Summer Hill
Languages used at home, Summer Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin348
Cantonese138
Korean127
Spanish116
Greek112
Italian93

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

189,978 bird observations recorded near Summer Hill — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Summer Hill

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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