Flats, terraces and smaller floor plans
In Edgecliff, flats and apartments make up 70% of occupied homes, above the 22% across New South Wales. Townhouses, terraces and semi-detached houses come to 24%, above the state's 12%, and separate houses are 6%, below 66% statewide. On these figures, apartment buildings and attached homes shape daily life in Edgecliff, and the separate house is uncommon.
Homes with fewer bedrooms make up a larger share here. Of homes in Edgecliff, 67% have two bedrooms or fewer, above 30% across the state. Three-bedroom homes are 25%, below the state's 35%, and homes with four or more bedrooms are 7%, below 34% across New South Wales. The figures suggest smaller homes, measured in bedrooms, than the state as a whole.
A larger share of dwellings stood empty than across the state. At the 2021 Census, 17% of private dwellings in Edgecliff were unoccupied on Census night, above the 9% across New South Wales. The figure counts dwellings with nobody in them that night, without saying why. Set beside the state's 9%, the suburb's 17% puts empty dwellings above the state's share on that one night.
A renters' suburb with higher costs on both sides
Renting stands out in Edgecliff: 50% of households rent, above 33% across New South Wales. Of those renting households, 84% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, above the state's 69%. The others rent from state or community housing, a private person or another landlord, or did not say whom. On these figures, renting through an agent is more common here than across the state.
Ownership is less common. Paying off a mortgage accounts for 18% of households, below 33% across the state, and 28% own their home outright, below the state's 32%. Among those with a loan, the median mortgage repayment is $3,000 a month, above $2,167 across New South Wales. On these figures, owning a home, with or without a loan, is less common here than across the state.
Median rent is $600 a week in Edgecliff, above $420 statewide, and median household income is $2,321 a week, above the state's $1,829. Worked out on this page, the median weekly rent equals 26% of the median weekly income of all households, renters or not, above the 23% across New South Wales.
Small households, and fewer at the same address
Edgecliff households are small, with 1.9 people in an average household against 2.6 across New South Wales. That suggests each home here is shared by fewer people, on average, than across the state. The suburb of Edgecliff counted 2,499 people at the 2021 Census. Smaller households, on this figure, are a feature of the suburb.
Of people aged five and over in Edgecliff, 38% lived at the same address five years earlier, below 54% across the state. The median age is 39 years, the same as across New South Wales, so on age alone Edgecliff looks like the state.