Summer Hill NSW 2130
Summer Hill is in Inner West LGA, NSW, postcode 2130, with population 7,288.
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Summer Hill has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
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Summer Hill has usable rent context. Postcode-derived rent for 2130. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
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Rent context available
Summer Hill has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $625/wk.
Postcode-derived rent for 2130. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Summer Hill has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Transport. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
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Property prices, Hospitals
Summer Hill currently reads as a livability-led candidate.
School coverage gives the page a stronger family/livability signal. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Missing evidence to verify: Property prices.
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School coverage gives the page a stronger family/livability signal. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.
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Property prices
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Summer Hill NSW
Summer Hill is a mid-sized suburb in New South Wales within the Inner West local government area (postcode 2130). With a population of 7,288, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 36. Households earn a median income of $118K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count.
The current median weekly rent is $625. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,708.
Summer Hill is served by 3 schools, including 2 primary, 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 1157, which is well above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 16 bus stops. The crime rate in the Inner West LGA is below average at 2,883 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Summer Hill is a mid-sized suburb in New South Wales within the Inner West local government area (postcode 2130). With a population of 7,288, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 36. Households earn a median income of $118K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count.
The current median weekly rent is $625. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,708.
Summer Hill is served by 3 schools, including 2 primary, 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 1157, which is well above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 16 bus stops. The crime rate in the Inner West LGA is below average at 2,883 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Summer Hill FAQ
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What LGA is Summer Hill in?
Summer Hill is in the Inner West Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2130. Council-level context for Inner West LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Summer Hill?
The median weekly rent in Summer Hill is $625/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
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What does the rent signal say about Summer Hill?
Rent context available: Summer Hill has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
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Is Summer Hill a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Summer Hill show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Summer Hill?
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
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How often is the Summer Hill data updated?
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.