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St Ives is a leafy, family-oriented suburb on the Upper North Shore set among pockets of native bush and winding residential streets. It centres on a village shopping precinct with cafés, specialist stores and community facilities, while the showground, sports fields and walking tracks into nearby reserves shape local life. Housing ranges from older cottages to generous family homes and contemporary rebuilds on larger blocks, which tends to appeal to buyers after space and a quieter suburban pace. There is no train station, so most travel is by car or by bus connections to surrounding centres.

Home to 18,384 people with a median age of 43, St Ives is dominated by couple-led families (54.4% with children; together with couple families without children they make up 88.5% of families). Typical households earn $2,888 a week (about $150,176 a year) and owner-occupiers account for 83.1% of homes. The suburb now includes a substantial indoor sports centre with courts, café and spectator seating, plus a regional playground, a new community hall and staged recreation works under the Village Green masterplan. That combination makes St Ives a settled, amenity-rich suburb that will particularly suit households looking for space, local recreation and an established community; whether it fits you depends on what you want.

On these figures, housing in St Ives sits well above local incomes as recorded at the most recent Census. A median house price of $3,100,000 is about 20.6 times a typical local annual household income at the last Census, while the median unit price of $1,071,000 is about 7.1 times that income. Both multiples are well above what a typical local household earned at the last Census, with the house price a particularly high multiple.

Looking at rents, a house renting for $1,500 a week would take about 52.0% of a typical local household's weekly income at the last Census, a large share, while a unit at $850 a week would take about 29.4% of that weekly income, a moderate share. For many people the rent share is the most relevant number; whether these figures feel expensive depends 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.

House rents in St Ives climbed 7.1% over the past year. If rental income is your focus, that rise is the number that matters; by comparison house values rose a slight 1.8%, so the rent a house earns has been the stronger performer this year relative to its price.

On the units side, median unit values increased 5.0% while unit rents rose 4.9%, so capital growth and rental income for units moved roughly in step over the year. Whether that mix suits you depends on your own goals and circumstances.

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.