Median priceⓘLast 12 months
1.30M
↑ +8.2% YoY
Most of Freshwater's recent activity is unit rentals, with 317 leases (up 5%) at $840 a week (up 5%), renting out in about 14 days, one of the country's most in-demand unit rental markets, with 2-bedroom homes making up around two-thirds.
Unit sales are a much smaller second, with 137 sales (up 3%) at around $1.299M (up 8.2%), taking about 18 days to sell (down from 20 days last year), among the most sought-after unit markets nationally, with 2-bedroom the most common at around 60%. Then come 63 house sales at around $4.056M and 59 house rentals at $1,695 a week.
Who lives hereA high-income, renter-heavy, mixed-age suburb — apartment-dominated, with a strongly professional workforce, where working from home is the norm.
House covers houses, duplexes, semi-detached and terraces; Unit covers apartments, units, townhouses and villas.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 2021 · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
The age structure, household make-up, and cultural fabric of the people who call this suburb home.
Share of all residents by 5-year band · hover a band for the count + split
14% report Irish ancestry, but only 0.9% were born in Ireland — the gap is the Australian-born and diaspora Irish community, invisible in birthplace alone.
A mix of established and newer migrant families.
2020–21 understated — COVID border closures.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
What it costs to live here, who owns versus rents, and the shape of the housing stock.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Incomes, employment, and the occupation mix of the people who live here.
A typical household pulls in about 2.0× the typical individual — a multi-earner area.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
How people get to work, and how car-dependent the suburb is — the clearest tell of inner-urban versus outer-suburban living.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Education · ACARA My School 2025
3 schools inside Freshwater, plus the closest options around it. Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre and are not enrolment catchments — always confirm zones with the school.
ICSEA is ACARA’s official measure of a school’s socio-educational advantage — based mainly on parents’ education and occupation, plus the school’s location and student mix.
Why are some State Rank and star ratings blank? Schools can choose not to publish their results. In practice, schools that score well above their state average almost always publish theirs — so a blank rating more often reflects a school opting out than a top result being hidden. Academic results also tend to rise with ICSEA Rank, so higher-ICSEA schools more often carry a strong State Rank as well.
School profile and ICSEA data sourced from ACARA — © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (data year 2025) · State Rank & star columns are Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings from publicly available school results · Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre, not catchments.
How settled or transient the community is — and where newcomers came from.
Headline price, rent, yield and time on market for Freshwater — choose a property type and size below.
Every segment this suburb tracks — sales and rentals side by side, ranked by total activity over the last twelve months.
Where each segment sits against its peers in the chosen geography — past the midline means it's outperforming the rest.
Market demandHow fast this market is moving — a velocity index built from trailing-year transaction volume and median days on market. Strong volume lifts the score; days on market drags it down, with the drag growing sharply once listings start lingering. Ranked against peers in the chosen geography.
What it costs each week to own a property versus renting the same one — positive means buying carries the premium, negative means rent covers the mortgage.
Two questions on one chart — how strong demand is right now, and which way it's heading year-on-year.
Eight diagnostic views cutting the data a different way each time — Freshwater in blue, peers in colour.
How long current listings would take to clear at the recent rate of sales or leases. Critical shortage and Oversupply only fire at the genuine tails of the national distribution — sales tip in under 0.7 months, rentals far faster, under 0.3.
Out of every property transaction in this suburb, what share are sales versus leases — each point a rolling twelve-month window.
Each tape traces one metric across sixty months for the selected segment — every point a trailing twelve-month figure, matching the headline KPIs above.
Every market within reach of Freshwater, ranked by distance — each compared against this suburb's Units · Total segment so divergence reads at a glance.
NSW markets whose Units · Total segment behaves most like Freshwater's on the buy side — ranked by a like-for-like blend of price, yield, days on market, ownership cost and cycle phase.
Comparable sales markets to Freshwater include Randwick (NSW 2031), Queenscliff (NSW 2096), Rozelle (NSW 2039), Waverton (NSW 2060), Naremburn (NSW 2065), Newport (NSW 2106), Waverley (NSW 2024) and Drummoyne (NSW 2047). Each link opens that suburb's full market report.
23 data-driven answers about Freshwater's property market — every one computed from the metrics above.
The median house price in Freshwater, NSW 2096 is $4.06M as of June 2026, based on 63 sales recorded over the past 12 months. Houses there have moved +4.8% year-on-year. Prices vary by bedroom count, from compact two-bedroom homes to larger four-bedroom houses. See the bedroom-level breakdown below for 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom medians.
The median unit price in Freshwater, NSW 2096 is $1.3M as of June 2026, based on 137 sales over the past 12 months. Units have moved +8.2% year-on-year and currently trade at roughly 32% of the median house price.
The median weekly house rent in Freshwater is $1695 as of June 2026, drawn from 59 leases over the past 12 months. Units rent for around $840 per week. House rents have moved +5.6% year-on-year. Current vacancy pressure is shown in the supply section above.
Gross rental yield in Freshwater is 2.20% for houses and 3.30% for units as of June 2026, compared with the NSW unit median of 4.81%. Gross yield is annual rent divided by purchase price — it doesn't account for ownership costs like council rates, strata, maintenance or vacancy.
As of June 2026, Freshwater medians by bedroom count:
| Property | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | $3.68M | $3.45M | $4.45M | $4.06M |
| Units | $863k | $1.3M | $2.96M | — | $1.3M |
Figures cover only segments with enough recent transactions to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded.
At the median Freshwater unit ($1.3M purchase, $840/week rent), weekly mortgage repayments sit at roughly $1437 — about $597 more per week than renting. That gap is the ownership premium. Figures assume 80% LVR, a 6.0% interest rate and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan.
Freshwater's property market trends to June 2026: house prices rose +4.8% year-on-year and units +8.2%; weekly house rents moved +5.6%; homes sell in a median 26 days; sales supply sits at 2.7 months (balanced). Read together — price, rent, selling speed and supply — they show which way the Freshwater market is leaning. The 5-year tape and demand cycle charts above plot the full trajectory.
As of June 2026 in Freshwater, house prices rose +4.8% over the year, gross rental yield is 2.20% against a NSW median of 3.39%, houses take a median 26 days to sell, sales supply is 2.7 months (balanced). Capital growth, rental yield, selling speed and supply are the signals investors weigh — but these figures describe the market, not a recommendation. This is data, not financial advice; always do your own research and consider a licensed adviser.
Houses in Freshwater sell in a median 26 days on market as of June 2026, with units clearing slightly faster at 18 days. Faster clearance typically coincides with stronger buyer demand and lower supply.
Freshwater's sales market sits at 2.7 months of supply for houses as of June 2026 — classified as Balanced against the Australian distribution. Under 1.7 months is Severe (extreme shortage); over 4.5 months is Loose. The rental side is tighter still at 0.6 months of supply.
House prices in Freshwater moved +4.8% over the 12 months to June 2026, while units moved +8.2%. The 5-year tape above plots the full monthly trajectory — showing where the market changed character rather than just crossing round numbers.
Freshwater's house rental market sits at 0.6 months of supply as of June 2026 — classified as Severe (extreme shortage), with 59 houses leased over the past 12 months. Units sit at 0.8 months. Tighter supply typically corresponds to faster letting and upward pressure on rents.
Freshwater's house market is currently in the 'in_demand_growing' phase as of June 2026 — combining above-median sales velocity nationally with flat year-on-year days on market. The demand cycle chart above plots all eight segments on the same demand-versus-direction axes.
Freshwater's median house price ($4.06M) is 253% above the NSW median ($1.15M) as of June 2026. On selling speed, houses clear in 26 days vs 29 days state median. On gross yield, Freshwater sits at 2.20% vs 3.39% state median.
Freshwater's most-similar nearby market is Pymble (13.6 km away) with a median house price of $3.71M — about 9% cheaper. The Nearby and Similar markets sections above rank every peer within radius and by composite similarity across price, days on market, yield, ownership cost and cycle phase.
The most-transacted segment in Freshwater over the 12 months to June 2026 is 2 bed units with 85 sales. 1 bed units come second at 31 sales. The 'Most popular' panel above breaks down the top segments with weekly mortgage, rent and ownership-cost detail.
Freshwater recorded 63 house sales and 137 unit sales over the 12 months to June 2026 — a combined 200 transactions. On the rental side, 59 houses and 317 units were leased. Segments with statistically thin samples are excluded from displayed figures.
Freshwater, NSW 2096 is home to 9,186 residents (ABS Census 2021). The median resident age is 37, and the average household holds 2.5 people. The "Who lives here" section above breaks the community down by age, life stage and tenure.
The median household in Freshwater earns $3k per week — roughly $142k a year (ABS Census 2021). Median personal income runs $1k/week. Income, rent-to-income and mortgage-to-income context sits in the "Who lives here" section above.
Freshwater is mostly owner-occupied: about 61% of households are owner-occupiers and 37% rent (ABS Census 2021). Of owners, 28% own outright and 33% are paying off a mortgage.
Freshwater has 60 schools within reach, 3 of them inside the suburb itself — including St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Harbord Public School, Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus. The Schools section above maps each one with sector, year range, enrolment, Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings and ICSEA (ACARA).
Freshwater, NSW 2096 has a population of 9,186, a median age of 37, a median household income around $3k/week, 37% of households renting (ABS Census 2021). There are 60 schools within reach. Whether it's the right fit depends on your priorities — these figures describe the community, housing mix and amenity rather than offer a verdict.
This Freshwater market data was last updated June 2026. Figures are computed monthly from 12-month rolling windows of recorded sales and leases, with five years of monthly history behind the trend charts. Methodology, glossary and data sources are linked in the footer.
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