Pyrmont is well-off — but expensive to rent

The median sale price across all dwellings in Pyrmont was $1,205,000, based on sales in postcode 2009, for the 2025-Q4 quarter. That is $5,000 above the Greater Sydney median. By type: a unit / flat $1,205,000.

This is the median price of properties recorded as sold this quarter — settlement can lag a purchase decision by weeks, so the most recent quarter can revise slightly as more sales are recorded.

Sale price data © NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Rent and Sales Report, based on sales in postcode 2009, December 2025 release. Figures are the median for properties sold in the quarter. DCJ suppresses a median where too few properties sold.

n is the number of new bonds behind each median — treat a figure marked low sample as indicative only.

The median weekly rent across all dwellings in Pyrmont was $970, based on new bonds lodged in postcode 2009, for the 2026-Q1 quarter. That is $190 a week above the Greater Sydney median. By type: a 2-bedroom unit $1,050.

This is the median rent on new leases signed this quarter, not what existing tenants pay. It usually runs higher than the Census figure.

Rent data © NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Rent and Sales Report, based on new bonds in postcode 2009, March 2026 release. Figures are the median for new bonds lodged in the quarter, not all tenancies. DCJ suppresses a median where too few bonds were lodged.

Pyrmont population grew from 13,678 in 2016 to 13,933 in 2025, a change of 1.9% over the period, against the New South Wales average.

Components of population change over the sample year. Natural increase is shown apart from migration so the two are not read as one figure.

• Relative disadvantage (IRSD)

  Lower decile means more relative disadvantage
  Decile 7

  score 1,042
• Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)

  Higher decile means more relative advantage
  Decile 10

  score 1,128
• Economic resources (IER)

  Income and housing capacity
  Decile 2

  score 918
• Education & occupation (IEO)

  Education and occupational skill levels
  Decile 10

  score 1,155

Of these categories, malicious damage to property is reported most in Pyrmont over the last 12 months, running 98% above the Greater Sydney rate.

Crime statistics © State of New South Wales (NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research), used under CC BY 4.0, updated June 2026. Matched to this suburb from BOCSAR’s own locality-level data — see the safest/highest-crime rankings’ methodology for the locality-to-suburb matching used. Monthly counts are volatile — the 12-month figures above smooth that noise.

Within the Pyrmont SA2, OpenStreetMap records 1 school, 4 childcare and kindergarten centres, 3 GP or clinic locations, 4 supermarkets and 21 green spaces. For families: 1 library and 3 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 27 cafés, 34 restaurants and 8 pubs and bars. Staying active: 1 gym and 5 sports fields. The nearest train station, John Street Square, is about 200 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 20 bus stops here.

1. HerePyrmont-0.2%
2. 01Ultimo+4.9%
3. 02Zetland+4.8%
4. 03Sydney (South) - Haymarket+4.3%
5. 04Sydney (North) - Millers Point+4.2%
6. 05Rosebery - Beaconsfield+2.9%
7. 06Redfern+2.3%
8. 07Waterloo+1.8%
9. 08Erskineville - Alexandria+1.7%
10. 09Camperdown - Darlington+1.4%
11. 10Potts Point - Woolloomooloo+0.9%
12. 11Surry Hills+0.4%
13. 12Darlinghurst+0.2%
14. 13Chippendale+0.2%
15. 14Newtown (NSW)+0.0%
16. 15Glebe - Forest Lodge-0.1%

Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.