The Sydney council area in New South Wales has 14 primary zones and 3 secondary zones for government schools. Each one is listed
below with the suburbs it covers and the median house prices around them.
Schools are in alphabetical order. A zone can cross a council border, so some suburbs listed
here sit in a neighbouring council. A suburb can also be split between two zones - check your
street address on
NSW School Finder
before you rely on it.
Sydney, Paddington, Moore Park, Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, Redfern, Potts Point, Chippendale, Haymarket, Woolloomooloo, Millers Point, Centennial Park, Elizabeth Bay, Barangaroo and 4 more - see the zone map
Median house price
$2,325,000 to $3,625,000 lowest and highest of 4 areas with a published figure (includes postcode 2010)
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house
$1,175 to $1,895 a week lowest and highest of 5 areas with a published figure (includes postcode 2010)
$1,935,000 to $2,319,000 lowest and highest of 3 areas with a published figure
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house
$1,175 to $1,198 a week lowest and highest of 3 areas with a published figure
ICSEA
1127 student intake, not a ranking
Which government school zones are in Sydney?
The Sydney council area in New South Wales has 14 primary zones and 3 secondary zones. Primary: Bourke Street Public School, Crown Street Public School, Darlinghurst Public School, Darlington Public School, Erskineville Public School, Forest Lodge Public School, Fort Street Public School, Glebe Public School, Green Square Public School, Newtown North Public School and 4 more. Secondary: Alexandria Park Community School, Inner Sydney High School, Newtown High School of Performing Arts.
How do I check which school zone my address in Sydney is in?
Zone lines follow streets, not suburb borders, so one suburb can be split between two zones. Type your street address into the address check on our school zones page, then confirm it on NSW School Finder, the official map, before you rely on it.
How to read this page
Which zones are listed - government schools located in the Sydney council area that have an official zone. A few schools are left out because the zone data does not name them clearly; non-government and specialist schools have no zones.
Suburbs in the zone - suburbs the zone covers in whole or in a large part (at least 10% of the suburb or of the zone).
Prices and rents - the medians our suburb pages show for the statistical areas (ABS SA2) that contain the zone's suburbs, as the lowest and highest. They describe those whole areas, not only the streets inside the zone.
ICSEA - a picture of the family backgrounds of a school's students (1000 is the national average). It describes student intake. It is not a ranking and not a measure of teaching.
Next steps
School zone finder - nearby suburbs within your budget and the schools each is zoned to.
All NSW schools - every school in the state, including non-government schools.
School fees or moving - compare private school fees with the cost of moving into a zone.