Is Camperdown a nice place to live?

Camperdown is anchored by the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. It also contains Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, cafés and small retailers beside tree-lined streets and campus greens. The suburb is a young community with many renters and couples without children at home; 62.0% of homes are rented. Everyday life centres on a compact strip of shops and cafés, the park and university open spaces, and frequent buses and major roads link Camperdown to the rest of the city. The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital redevelopment is at the main construction stage.

Is it expensive to live in Camperdown?

In Camperdown, a typical local household earned about $2,331 a week at the most recent Census. On those figures, a house rent of $1,200 a week would take roughly 52% of that weekly income, while a unit rent of $850 a week would take about 37% of weekly household income. For buying, a unit with a median price of $845,500 works out to about 7.0 times a typical local annual household income. Put simply, renting a house here would use a large share of a typical local household's income and renting a unit would use a sizeable share; buying a unit sits well above local incomes. Which of those matters most depends on whether you plan to rent or buy and on your own circumstances. Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Is Camperdown a good place to invest?

The most notable split in Camperdown's market is between houses and units: over the past 12 months house values rose 12.6% while unit values rose 1.7%. House rents rose 11.6% and unit rents rose 7.2%. For houses the movement has been more on the capital growth side, with values edging rents. For units, rental growth outpaced value growth, and overall houses recorded larger increases than units on both value and rent measures. 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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Camperdown suburb profile

Camperdown is an inner-city Sydney suburb beside Newtown and the city fringe. It blends terraces and workers cottages with low-rise apartment blocks, giving streets a mix of Victorian and late-20th century character. Tree-lined streets and pocket parks sit alongside expansive campus greens, creating a compact, scholarly feel.

The suburb is anchored by the University of Sydney and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, which shape its medical, research and cultural rhythm. Local life centres on cafés, small retailers and the green expanse of Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, with frequent buses and major roads linking the area to the rest of the city.

Camperdown property market performance

Current median dwelling price$1,577,750Past 3 months

Property growth+7.1%Past 12 months

Camperdown's median unit price is $845,500, a marginal 1.7% rise over 12 months. There is no reliable median house price because too few houses sold here recently to publish one.

In Camperdown, house rents rose sharply, up 11.6% over 12 months, outpacing unit rent growth.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	N/A	$846K
Change in value Past 12 months	12.6%	1.7%
Sold Past 3 months	9	46
Median days on market Past 12 months	N/A	41
Average rent Past 12 months	$1200	$850
Change in rent Past 12 months	11.6%	7.2%

5 year median price trend for houses and units

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Camperdown demographics

Camperdown is a young community with many renters and couples without children at home.

Most reported families are couples without children, at 63.1%, and 62.0% of homes are rented. At the 2021 Census, 9,381 people lived in Camperdown.

Camperdown and NSW

	Suburb	NSW
Median age years	33	39
Median household income weekly	$2,331	$1,829
Couples with children share of families	25.6%	44.7%
Couples without children share of families	63.1%	37.9%
One-parent families share of families	9.2%	15.8%
Homes owned outright share of homes	14.7%	32.6%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	23.3%	33.6%
Homes rented share of homes	62.0%	33.7%

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

Camperdown infrastructure, key developments and investment opportunities

Camperdown's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital redevelopment had its sod turned in 2023, moved to main construction in 2024 and is forecast to finish in 2028; a new Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology building opened in 2024.

The Sydney Biomedical Accelerator, a University of Sydney, Sydney Local Health District and NSW Government partnership, was under construction in 2026 and is planned as a c.36,000 m², two-building biomedical research and clinical complex due for completion in 2028. The University of Sydney’s long-running Camperdown–Darlington Campus Improvement Program remains an approved program with modifications in 2024 and the university began updating its campus master plan with EOIs issued in late 2025. Inner West Council lists a Camperdown Park sporting grounds upgrade and an inclusive playground scheduled for 2027.

Suburbs near Camperdown

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How does Camperdown compare to nearby suburbs?

Median house prices: Camperdown’s median house price is 32.0% higher than Newtown’s.
Median unit prices: Camperdown’s median unit price is 2.7% higher than Newtown’s.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Camperdown have grown 10.5% higher than in Forest Lodge.
Unit price growth: Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Camperdown have grown 1.1% higher than in Annandale.
Selling speed for units: Properties in Camperdown are selling 4.7% faster than in Newtown.
Investment considerations: In Camperdown, the rental yield for house is 30.0% higher than the Sydney average, while the rental yield for units is 7.6% higher.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Camperdown have grown 9.6% higher than the average rate of growth across Sydney.
Unit price growth:Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Camperdown have grown 0.9% higher than the average rate of growth for units across Sydney.

Common questions about Camperdown

Is Camperdown a nice place to live?
Camperdown is anchored by the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. It also contains Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, cafés and small retailers beside tree-lined streets and campus greens.

The suburb is a young community with many renters and couples without children at home; 62.0% of homes are rented. Everyday life centres on a compact strip of shops and cafés, the park and university open spaces, and frequent buses and major roads link Camperdown to the rest of the city. The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital redevelopment is at the main construction stage.
Is it expensive to live in Camperdown?
In Camperdown, a typical local household earned about $2,331 a week at the most recent Census. On those figures, a house rent of $1,200 a week would take roughly 52% of that weekly income, while a unit rent of $850 a week would take about 37% of weekly household income. For buying, a unit with a median price of $845,500 works out to about 7.0 times a typical local annual household income.

Put simply, renting a house here would use a large share of a typical local household's income and renting a unit would use a sizeable share; buying a unit sits well above local incomes. Which of those matters most depends on whether you plan to rent or buy and on your own circumstances.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.
Is Camperdown a good place to invest?
The most notable split in Camperdown's market is between houses and units: over the past 12 months house values rose 12.6% while unit values rose 1.7%. House rents rose 11.6% and unit rents rose 7.2%.

For houses the movement has been more on the capital growth side, with values edging rents. For units, rental growth outpaced value growth, and overall houses recorded larger increases than units on both value and rent measures.

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 Camperdown

In Camperdown ,90 agents are actively selling property, but a small number do the heavy lifting. Just 5 agents handled 26.5% of all sales in the past year, giving them a strong presence and deep experience in the local market.

Commission rates usually sit between 1.66% and 2.15%. Comparing agents and understanding what’s included in their fee structure can help you find the right mix of service, value, and motivation—without compromising on outcomes.