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Elanora Heights is an elevated bushland suburb on Sydney’s northern beaches with a quietly rural feel, where tall gums and pine stands shape the streetscape and many homes sit on generous leafy blocks. Housing is mostly detached family homes, from older weatherboard cottages to contemporary builds, and streets often end in quiet cul de sacs rather than through traffic. Outdoor life is part of daily living, with local walking tracks and lookouts, and residents typically rely on local roads and bus links to reach nearby centres and beaches.

With a population of 4,581 and a median age of 41, the area is weighted towards families and high home ownership, with 87.1% of dwellings owner-occupied. Council work in the area includes a precinct review for the community centre, a completed storage facility, consultations and options for playground upgrades at Anana and Allington reserves and a requested investigation into public toilets, plus a completed footpath and school upgrades such as the Cooler Classrooms program and LED lighting. If you prize space, privacy and a settled suburb populated largely by families, Elanora Heights may suit you; whether it does depends on what you want from a suburb.

Buying sits well above what local households earned at the last Census: a median house at $2,520,000 is about 15.9 times a typical local household's annual income at the last Census. Renting also looks stretched for houses — the average house rent of $1,250 a week would take about 41.0% of a typical local household's weekly income at the last Census, which is a large share. If you're renting rather than buying, that rent share is the figure that matters; if buying, the price multiple is the relevant measure. These comparisons use the household income recorded at the most recent Census while prices and rents are current.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

The past 12 months in Elanora Heights saw house rents climb 8.7% while median house values rose 6.4%. In other words, the rent a house earns increased faster than its price did over the year, so rental income outpaced capital growth on the house side during this period.

Which of those movements matters to you will depend on whether you are prioritising rental income or capital growth — the figures simply show what happened over the last year and leave the choice to you.

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.