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Woollahra is an inner-eastern Sydney suburb with a compact village heart centred on Queen Street, where cafés, boutiques and small galleries set a relaxed tone. Tree-lined streets and a strong heritage character, with sandstone terraces, Federation villas and sympathetic contemporary infill, create an established, leafy atmosphere. Local services, neighbourhood shops and small parks support a walkable daily life, and regular bus services provide connections to the city and the eastern beaches. Residents tend to be professionals, families and downsizers who value quiet streets while remaining close to city amenities.

Woollahra is home to 7,189 people, with a median age of 42 and a median household income of $3,013 a week. Households are largely family-based, with couples the dominant family type, and roughly two in three homes are owner-occupied versus just over one in three rented. A Woollahra station on the Eastern Suburbs line is planned and the government will lead rezoning around Woollahra and Edgecliff to enable new homes and set affordable housing requirements. Cooper Park has a council master plan to guide improvements and the local community hall has been upgraded with federal funding.

On the figures, buying in Woollahra sits well above what a typical local household earned at the most recent Census. A median house price of $3,425,000 is about 21.9 times a typical local annual household income at the last Census, and the median unit price of $1,597,000 is about 10.2 times that annual income.

Renting also looks stretched for many households: house rent at $1,873 a week would take about 62.2% of a typical local household's weekly income at the last Census, while a unit at $950 a week would take about 31.5% of that income. For people comparing options, those rent shares and the price multiples are the clearest measures here.

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 year shows a clear split between houses and units in Woollahra. House values fell 8.5% over the 12 months, a notable decline, while unit values rose 4.3%, a modest increase. On rents, house rents were marginally down by 1.4% and unit rents climbed 5.6%, a solid rise.

Put simply, the units side delivered both positive capital growth and stronger rent growth over the year, while houses lost value and saw rents edge lower. Which of those outcomes matters to you will depend on whether your priority is capital growth or rental income and on your own 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.