Is Allambie Heights a nice place to live?

Allambie Heights is a leafy, elevated suburb with bushland reserves and walking tracks, a compact local shopping strip and road access via Wakehurst Parkway. The community is one of families with children, with couples with children making up 58.7% of families, incomes above the median for NSW and owner-occupiers. Regular buses run through the suburb and local shops and community facilities serve day-to-day needs. Allambie Heights is now home to the relocated The Forest High School, whose new purpose-built campus on Allambie Road opened to students, and staged public-domain works include changes to bus stops on Aquatic Drive and a designated kiss-and-drop area.

Is it expensive to live in Allambie Heights?

Buying a house in Allambie Heights sits well above what local households earned. A typical local household earned about $2,890 a week at the most recent Census. With a median house price of $2,400,000, that works out to about 16.0 times a typical local annual household income, which is well above local incomes. On the rental side, a house rent of $1,350 a week would take about 47% of a typical local household's weekly income, a large share, while a unit rent of $550 a week would take about 19%, a modest share. Which of those figures matters most depends on whether you plan to rent or buy. Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Is Allambie Heights a good place to invest?

In Allambie Heights, house values rose a notable 7.3% in the past 12 months, while house rents increased a modest 3.8% over the same period. For houses, that means capital growth outpaced rental growth. Unit rents rose a solid 6.8%, growing faster than house rents. This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

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Allambie Heights suburb profile

Allambie Heights is a leafy, elevated suburb in Sydney's Northern Beaches, set among bushland reserves and walking tracks. Tree-lined streets and hilly blocks give many properties treetop outlooks and glimpses toward the coast, creating a quiet, suburban atmosphere punctuated by pockets of native bush.

Housing is predominantly freestanding homes on generous blocks, ranging from mid-century cottages to contemporary renovations. A compact local shopping strip and community facilities serve day-to-day needs, regular buses run through the suburb, and Wakehurst Parkway provides road access to surrounding centres on the Northern Beaches.

Allambie Heights property market performance

Allambie Heights is a house market: the median house price is $2.4 million, up a notable 7.3% over the last 12 months. There is no reliable median for units because too few properties of that type have sold recently for a median to be published.

In Allambie Heights, unit rents rose a solid 6.8% over the last 12 months while house rents rose a modest 3.8%, so unit rents increased faster than house rents.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$2.40M	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	7.3%	N/A
Sold Past 3 months	15	N/A
Median days on market Past 12 months	23	N/A
Average rent Past 12 months	$1350	$550
Change in rent Past 12 months	3.8%	6.8%

5 year median price trend for houses and units

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Allambie Heights demographics

Allambie Heights is a community of families with children, with incomes above the median for NSW and owner-occupiers.

Couples with children make up 58.7% of families and 44.3% of homes are owned with a mortgage. At the 2021 Census, 7,317 people lived in Allambie Heights.

Allambie Heights and NSW

	Suburb	NSW
Median age years	43	39
Median household income weekly	$2,890	$1,829
Couples with children share of families	58.7%	44.7%
Couples without children share of families	30.5%	37.9%
One-parent families share of families	10.1%	15.8%
Homes owned outright share of homes	37.1%	32.6%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	44.3%	33.6%
Homes rented share of homes	18.6%	33.7%

Source: ABS 2021 Census. Shares of homes exclude other and not-stated tenure.

Allambie Heights infrastructure, key developments and investment opportunities

Allambie Heights is now home to the relocated The Forest High School, with its new campus on Allambie Road opening to students in 2026. The purpose-built campus provides 73 classrooms and three special support units and is designed for up to 1,500 students. Construction of the school buildings was finished and students began on Day 1, Term 1 2026, while some outdoor works, sports courts and landscaping were completed afterwards in 2026; staged public-domain works include changes to bus stops on Aquatic Drive and a designated kiss-and-drop area.

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How does Allambie Heights compare to nearby suburbs?

Median house prices: Allambie Heights’s median house price is 5.0% higher than Beacon Hill’s.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Allambie Heights have grown 7.3% higher than in Beacon Hill.
Selling speed for houses: Properties in Allambie Heights are selling 32.4% faster than in Beacon Hill.
Investment considerations: In Allambie Heights, the rental yield for house is 46.3% higher than the Sydney average, while the rental yield for units is 16.7% lower.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Allambie Heights have grown 46.1% higher than the average rate of growth across Sydney.

Common questions about Allambie Heights

Is Allambie Heights a nice place to live?
Allambie Heights is a leafy, elevated suburb with bushland reserves and walking tracks, a compact local shopping strip and road access via Wakehurst Parkway.

The community is one of families with children, with couples with children making up 58.7% of families, incomes above the median for NSW and owner-occupiers. Regular buses run through the suburb and local shops and community facilities serve day-to-day needs. Allambie Heights is now home to the relocated The Forest High School, whose new purpose-built campus on Allambie Road opened to students, and staged public-domain works include changes to bus stops on Aquatic Drive and a designated kiss-and-drop area.
Is it expensive to live in Allambie Heights?
Buying a house in Allambie Heights sits well above what local households earned. A typical local household earned about $2,890 a week at the most recent Census. With a median house price of $2,400,000, that works out to about 16.0 times a typical local annual household income, which is well above local incomes. On the rental side, a house rent of $1,350 a week would take about 47% of a typical local household's weekly income, a large share, while a unit rent of $550 a week would take about 19%, a modest share. Which of those figures matters most depends on whether you plan to rent or buy.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.
Is Allambie Heights a good place to invest?
In Allambie Heights, house values rose a notable 7.3% in the past 12 months, while house rents increased a modest 3.8% over the same period. For houses, that means capital growth outpaced rental growth. Unit rents rose a solid 6.8%, growing faster than house rents.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

Choose the right real estate agents in Allambie Heights

There are 24 real estate agents in Allambie Heights, but they don’t all deliver the same results.

Some agents have a much stronger presence in the suburb, with just 5 agents handling around 59.0% of all sales in the past year.

Commission rates in Allambie Heights typically range from 1.88% to 2.46%. Comparing agents—including what they charge, what’s included, and how they structure their fees—is not only important when choosing an agent, the right structure can help ensure your chosen agent is motivated to achieve the best possible result.