Where to Live in Eastern Sydney
Eastern Sydney on the left. Harbour Bridge at bottom right, with Central Business District. Photo taken from Northern Sydney
East Sydney Folklore
East Sydneysiders are even more pretentious than North Sydneysiders. Residents of the Eastern Suburbs tend to be younger, yuppie types who are obsessed with their clothes, egos, self-image and money.
They love to talk about house prices.
They are seen as culturally pretentious too – eating in French restaurants and visiting art-galleries, though most could not tell a Vincent van Gogh from a Damien Hirst.
East Sydneysiders rent and share houses – not because they want to, but because they are forced to by the very high real estate prices in Sydney East.
Rushcutters Bay, Eastern Sydney
East Sydney Facts
The average house price in the Eastern Suburbs is indeed high. The average for Randwick is about one and a quarter million dollars while the average in Woollahra is about $2 million (late 2011).
Most properties are part of a row or are flats / apartments. Average apartment prices are about half the prices paid for houses.
A higher proportion of properties are rented here than elsewhere in the city.
The proportion of Australian born residents is about average for Sydney. British and New Zealanders are the biggest migrant groups.
East Sydney has average crime rates.
Tamarama, Eastern Sydney