Sylvania Waters NSW 2224
1,262 addresses · 41 streets
Cook Electorate › Sutherland Shire LGA › Sylvania Waters · 19 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Sylvania Waters is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3,200 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,371 a week, with median rent near $600 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Greek. 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 Sylvania - Taren Point statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sylvania Waters itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
8 supermarkets
1 beach
15 Catholic churches
3 physiotherapists
2 playgrounds
2 dog parks
2 butchers
1 plumber
3 carpenters
Getting around. Train station: Miranda, 2.1 km south · Railway halt: Royal National Park, 7 km south-west · Ferry wharf: Cronulla, 5.5 km south-east · Airport: Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, 10.3 km north-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: 5.2% 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 | 5.2% |
|---|---|
| Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 2019 | 11.5% |
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 59.8%
Population by age in Sylvania Waters
| 0-4 | 161 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 377 |
| 15-19 | 218 |
| 20-24 | 198 |
| 25-34 | 333 |
| 35-44 | 359 |
| 45-54 | 480 |
| 55-64 | 436 |
| 65-74 | 311 |
| 75-84 | 241 |
| 85+ | 87 |
Dwelling types in Sylvania Waters
| House | 852 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 111 |
| Apartment | 98 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Sylvania Waters
| <$650 | 121 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 187 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 292 |
| $3,000+ | 382 |
Top ancestries in Sylvania Waters
| English | 699 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 633 |
| Other | 485 |
| Greek | 443 |
| Chinese | 431 |
| Irish | 213 |
Housing tenure in Sylvania Waters
| Owned | 454 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 418 |
| Rented | 159 |
| Other | 14 |
Cars per household in Sylvania Waters
| 0 | 18 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 275 |
| 2 | 461 |
| 3 | 157 |
| 4+ | 143 |
Commute to work in Sylvania Waters
| Car | 788 |
|---|---|
| Train | 10 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 16 |
| Bicycle | 9 |
| Home | 480 |
Top countries of birth in Sylvania Waters
| China | 198 |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 66 |
| Greece | 60 |
| England | 57 |
| Egypt | 55 |
| Italy | 38 |
Languages used at home in Sylvania Waters
| Greek | 283 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 184 |
| Cantonese | 161 |
| Arabic | 110 |
| Macedonian | 76 |
| Italian | 47 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
79,757 bird observations recorded near Sylvania Waters — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (7,662)
- Noisy Miner (5,371)
- Australian Magpie (4,639)
- Silver Gull (4,389)
- Australian White Ibis (4,142)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (4,085)
- Australian Raven (3,514)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (3,505)
- Pied Currawong (3,215)
- Welcome Swallow (2,987)
- Australian Pelican (2,772)
- White-faced Heron (2,541)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (2,266)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sylvania Waters
- Common Myna (2,246)
- Little Pied Cormorant (2,143)
- Magpie-lark (1,960)
- Masked Lapwing (1,839)
- Chestnut Teal (1,801)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1,786)
- Little Tern (1,724)
- Little Black Cormorant (1,627)
- Eastern Curlew (1,622)
- Crested Pigeon (1,611)
- Rock Dove (1,565)
- Grey Butcherbird (1,545)
- Red Wattlebird (1,530)
- Pied Cormorant (1,487)
- Willie Wagtail (1,435)
- Silvereye (1,391)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,357)
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 Sylvania Waters:
- Sylvania (1.1 km)
- Taren Point (1.2 km)
- Miranda (1.8 km)
- Kangaroo Point (2.3 km)
- Caringbah (2.4 km)
- Kareela (2.7 km)
- Gymea (2.9 km)
- Oyster Bay (3.3 km)
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Streets
- Barcoo Island (34)
- Barwon Place (4)
- Belgrave Esplanade (236)
- Bellinger Place (25)
- Bogan Avenue (6)
- Box Road (6)
- Burnett Place (6)
- Castlereagh Crescent (32)
- Clarence Crescent (20)
- Cordeaux Crescent (22)
- Darling Place (8)
- Fitzroy Place (8)
- Goulburn Peninsula (21)
- Gwawley Parade (10)
- Hampton Road (33)
- Hastings Place (6)
- Hawkesbury Esplanade (76)
- James Cook Island (55)
- Lachlan Avenue (31)
- Macintyre Crescent (42)
- Macleay Place (7)
- Moruya Avenue (4)
- Murray Island (37)
- Murrumbidgee Avenue (36)
- Namoi Place (9)
- Nepean Place (7)
- Nymboida Crescent (12)
- Ord Crescent (11)
- Paroo Avenue (4)
- Peel Place (10)
- Port Hacking Road (42)
- Ramu Close (152)
- Richmond Avenue (27)
- Roper Crescent (48)
- Shoalhaven Road (99)
- Snowy Place (24)
- Tumut Place (5)
- Tuross Avenue (8)
- Tweed Place (6)
- Warrego Avenue (6)
- Wollondilly Place (27)