Rodd Point

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Demographics

The median age of 44 is 4 years above the national figure, placing Rodd Point firmly in the older-established-family bracket. Overseas-born residents account for 26.9%, which is 5.3 percentage points above the national average. Ancestry is led by Italian (363), then English (283) and Chinese (185), a combination that reflects both the suburb's long Mediterranean settlement history and more recent East Asian arrivals. Italian and Greek remain the most common non-English languages spoken at home. University qualifications at 54% run 23.9 points above national, consistent with a professional, managerial workforce. Average household size is 2.8, slightly above the national average of 2.5, and 46.2% of families are couples with children, pointing to a settled, family-oriented demographic rather than single-person or transient households.

Ownership dominates tenure: 48.6% own outright and 40.2% hold a mortgage, leaving just 11.2% renting, far below the national renter share. The outright-owner majority points to long-held, debt-free wealth, a pattern typical of suburb that has been owner-occupied for decades. The stock is 93.8% separate houses, one of the highest proportions in inner-to-middle Sydney, with semi-detached homes at 6.2% and no meaningful apartment presence. Large homes prevail: 4-plus bedroom dwellings at 37.4% and 3-bedroom at 43.4%, with only 18.6% having 2 bedrooms or fewer. Prices rose from $3,300,000 in 2024 to $3,465,000 in 2025, a 5% gain, and the CAGR over the recorded period is 5%. The mortgage-to-income ratio of 26.2% stays below the stress threshold, because the household income is in the 97th percentile nationally.

Community Profile

Economy & Employment

The top industries by employment share are Professional and Technical Services at 16.7% (90 workers), Healthcare at 14.3% (77), Education at 12% (65), Finance at 10% (54) and Construction at 8% (43). By occupation, Professionals (237) and Managers (164) make up the dominant working cohort, with Clerical and Admin third at 116. The unemployment rate is 3%, and the full-time employment rate among those employed reaches 65%. Participation sits at 59.6%, somewhat below what incomes suggest, because 362 residents are not in the labour force, consistent with the older median age of 44 and the high outright-ownership rate suggesting some retirees. Real income grew 12.3% over the decade. All four SEIFA indexes score decile 8 or higher, with IRSAD, IRSD and IEO at decile 10, confirming this is one of the least-disadvantaged suburbs nationally.

Transport to Work

Car dependence is near-total: 90.4% of residents drive to work, and only 1.1% use public transport, compared to much higher public transport shares in other inner-Sydney suburbs. Walking or cycling accounts for 3% of commutes. No schools are recorded inside the 0.37 square kilometre boundary, so families rely on schools in neighbouring suburbs such as Drummoyne and Five Dock. The suburb scores decile 10 on IRSAD, the top advantage tier nationally, and decile 10 on IRSD, confirming very low levels of relative disadvantage. Volunteering runs at 16.1%, above the national average. Only 4% of residents (54 people) need daily assistance, low even given the median age of 44. Mobility is stable with 85% of residents having stayed put over the past 5 years, reflecting strong attachment to the area rather than transient population churn.

Population Forecast

Annual population growth runs at 0.26%, adding roughly 50 people a year to a base of 1,380 residents. Over 10 years, the population rose 5.2%, a slow but steady rate typical of established, fully built-out suburbs. The broader SA2 area absorbed a COVID dip of -3% before recovering fully to 18,986 by 2024, confirming resilience. Overseas migration is the primary driver, contributing a net 244 arrivals annually, while internal migration runs at -124, meaning residents are leaving for other parts of Australia even as international arrivals offset this. Medium forecasts project the broader area reaching roughly 19,335 by 2031. The gentrification score of 20 signals early signs rather than active transformation, because the suburb is already at the top advantage tier with little room to climb further. Rent growth of 25% over the decade indicates price pressure.

National Ranking iPercentile rank among ~15,000 AU suburbs. 90% = higher than 90% of suburbs

How Rodd Point compares to ~15,000 Australian suburbs

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