Ultimo
New South Wales · Sydney Inner City · Sydney - City and Inner South
This profile uses the ABS Ultimo statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Ultimo is a locality in the Sydney Inner City area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Ultimo SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Ultimo SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Ultimo Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ultimo.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Ultimo (NSW catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Ultimo
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment1,224ICSEA1170
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment483ICSEA1088
- Special · Independent · Years 11-12Enrolment204ICSEA1027
- Secondary · Independent · Years 10-12Enrolment65ICSEA1153
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSIGS Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Ultimo
- Exceeding NQSKU Ultimo Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 65 places · Ultimo
- Exceeding NQSMagic Pudding Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 61 places · Ultimo
- Meeting NQSIGS Out of School Hours CareCentre-Based Care · 200 places · Ultimo
- Meeting NQSTeamKids - Ultimo Public SchoolCentre-Based Care · 150 places · Ultimo
- Meeting NQSGolden Wattle Early EducationCentre-Based Care · 74 places · Ultimo
- Meeting NQSBELIEVE PLAYSCHOOL PTY LTDCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Ultimo
- Meeting NQSUltimo Outside School Hours CareCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Ultimo
- Meeting NQSMINDCHAMPS EARLY LEARNING @ BROADWAYCentre-Based Care · 53 places · Broadway
- Meeting NQSInner City Care Childcare CentreCentre-Based Care · 44 places · Ultimo
- Meeting NQSBarnardos Early Learning Centre UltimoCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Ultimo
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 831
- vs previous year
- -1%
- vs 2021
- 1,026
- Theft 463
- Assault 72
- Malicious damage to property 59
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment 48
- Drug offences 40
Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 1
- Supermarkets
- 0
- Parks
- 11
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Ultimo SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Where did the gain come from?
+495Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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