Is Mascot a nice place to live?

Mascot is an inner-southern Sydney suburb shaped by Sydney Airport, a long commercial spine along Botany Road and strong transport links centred on Mascot station. The community is young, with many renters and incomes above the median for NSW, and 58.3% of homes are rented. Cafes, shops and service businesses line the main thoroughfares, and parks and sporting fields provide green space; the Mascot Station Town Centre Precinct Masterplan continues to guide public open-space, transport and land-use around the station area.

Is it expensive to live in Mascot?

Housing costs in Mascot sit high against what locals earned at the most recent Census. A typical local household earned $2,254 a week at the most recent Census. On those figures, renting a house at $1,200 a week would take about 53% of a typical local household's weekly income, and renting a unit at $1,050 a week would take about 47%. Looking at buying, a median house price of $2,075,541 is about 17.7 times a typical local annual household income, while a median unit price of $920,000 is about 7.8 times annual household income, so purchasing sits well above local incomes. Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Is Mascot a good place to invest?

Over the past 12 months, house and unit values in Mascot both rose a modest 4.7%. House rents jumped 11.1%, while unit rents rose a solid 5.0%. Put simply, rental income for houses grew faster than house values, whereas for units rents edged ahead of values by a much smaller margin. 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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Mascot suburb profile

Mascot is an inner-southern Sydney suburb near Botany Bay, shaped by its proximity to Sydney Airport and a long commercial spine along Botany Road. The suburb mixes timber cottages and postwar houses with light industry and mid-rise apartment pockets, so residential streets sit alongside working precincts and aviation-related activity.

Mascot has strong transport links centred on Mascot station and major roads serving air travel and freight, making travel and logistics a constant presence. Cafes, shops and service businesses line the main thoroughfares, while parks and sporting fields provide green space, giving the area a practical, connected character rooted in transport and industry.

Mascot property market performance

Current median dwelling price$1,497,770.5Past 3 months

Property growth+4.7%Past 12 months

Mascot's median house price is $2.08 million, up 4.7% over 12 months, a moderate rise; the median unit price is $920,000, up 4.7% over 12 months with a measured increase. Units sold more quickly than houses, with a median time on market of 51 days compared with 65 days for houses.

In Mascot, house rents rose sharply, up 11.1% over 12 months, and did so faster than house values.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$2.08M	$920K
Change in value Past 12 months	4.7%	4.7%
Sold Past 3 months	34	72
Median days on market Past 12 months	65	51
Average rent Past 12 months	$1200	$1050
Change in rent Past 12 months	11.1%	5.0%

5 year median price trend for houses and units

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Mascot demographics

Mascot is a young community with many renters and incomes above the median for NSW.

Couples without children are the largest family group at 49.4%, and 58.3% of homes are rented. At the 2021 Census, 21,591 people lived in Mascot.

Mascot and NSW

	Suburb	NSW
Median age years	30	39
Median household income weekly	$2,254	$1,829
Couples with children share of families	35.8%	44.7%
Couples without children share of families	49.4%	37.9%
One-parent families share of families	10.5%	15.8%
Homes owned outright share of homes	16.6%	32.6%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	25.1%	33.6%
Homes rented share of homes	58.3%	33.7%

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

Mascot infrastructure, key developments and investment opportunities

Mascot is served by the Sydney Gateway road project, whose final stage opened in 2024, providing a new high-capacity road connection between the motorway network and Sydney Airport terminals. The Botany Rail Duplication was commissioned in early 2024, duplicating the remaining 2.9-kilometre freight track between Mascot and Port Botany. The Mascot Station Access Upgrade finished in 2023 when the new western entrance on Bourke Street opened with escalators, a lift and additional ticket gates.

Bayside’s Mascot Oval Upgrade progressed to a development application in 2025 and the concept design shows a new grandstand with changerooms and public amenities. The Mascot Station Town Centre Precinct Masterplan, first prepared in 2012, continues to guide public open-space, transport and land-use outcomes for the Mascot station area.

Suburbs near Mascot

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How does Mascot compare to nearby suburbs?

Median house prices: Mascot’s median house price is 23.5% higher than Botany’s.
Median unit prices: Mascot’s median unit price is 6.4% higher than Botany’s.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Mascot have grown 5.1% higher than in Botany.
Unit price growth: Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Mascot have grown 7.0% higher than in Botany.
Selling speed for houses: Properties in Mascot are selling 7.1% faster than in Rosebery.
Selling speed for units: Properties in nearby Botany are selling 27.5% faster than in Mascot.
Investment considerations: In Mascot, the rental yield for house is 30.0% higher than the Sydney average, while the rental yield for units is 32.9% higher.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Mascot have grown 5.2% higher than the average rate of growth across Sydney.
Unit price growth:Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Mascot have grown 0.8% lower than the average rate of growth for units across Sydney.

Common questions about Mascot

Is Mascot a nice place to live?
Mascot is an inner-southern Sydney suburb shaped by Sydney Airport, a long commercial spine along Botany Road and strong transport links centred on Mascot station.

The community is young, with many renters and incomes above the median for NSW, and 58.3% of homes are rented. Cafes, shops and service businesses line the main thoroughfares, and parks and sporting fields provide green space; the Mascot Station Town Centre Precinct Masterplan continues to guide public open-space, transport and land-use around the station area.
Is it expensive to live in Mascot?
Housing costs in Mascot sit high against what locals earned at the most recent Census. A typical local household earned $2,254 a week at the most recent Census. On those figures, renting a house at $1,200 a week would take about 53% of a typical local household's weekly income, and renting a unit at $1,050 a week would take about 47%. Looking at buying, a median house price of $2,075,541 is about 17.7 times a typical local annual household income, while a median unit price of $920,000 is about 7.8 times annual household income, so purchasing sits well above local incomes.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.
Is Mascot a good place to invest?
Over the past 12 months, house and unit values in Mascot both rose a modest 4.7%. House rents jumped 11.1%, while unit rents rose a solid 5.0%.

Put simply, rental income for houses grew faster than house values, whereas for units rents edged ahead of values by a much smaller margin.

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 Mascot

There are 186 real estate agents in Mascot, 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 21.0% of all sales in the past year.

Commission rates in Mascot typically range from 1.77% to 2.03%. 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.