Rose Bay · Sydney NSW

Suburb intelligence from Sydney's published auction results — all Sydney suburbs

3 state-assessed housing projects within 2.5km — ~35 dwellings in the pipeline (EOI figures, assessment can trim). Nearest: 2-16 Spencer Street, Rose Bay (0.4km, Determination — decision imminent). Details below ↓

PropertyEye tracks live listings in Sydney and Brisbane today — open the live board. These pages are built from published auction results (2021–2026), our price model and weekly clearance data.

Price model — what the model says a typical home here achieves at auction

ConfigurationModel estimateRangeComparable sales
1-bed unit$929k$830k–$1.03M35
2-bed unit$1.38M$1.23M–$1.53M35
3-bed unit$2.27M$1.92M–$2.65M35

Modelled from 146,492 Australian auction sales (2021–2026). Sydney cells run on the base model (suburb prior + configuration + time) without the Sydney-only land/school/transport features — ranges are honest about the wider uncertainty. Estimates from comparable auction results — not valuations or financial advice.

Buildings in Rose Bay — full dossiers: every sale, turnover, orders, what units rent for

BuildingRecorded salesLast 3 yrsLotsResale record
33 Carlisle St 22 since 2019 4 16 67% of 6 resales above purchase · median hold 2.8y
435 Old South Head Rd 16 since 2015 8 26 100% of 6 resales above purchase · median hold 9.3y
698 Old South Head Rd 16 since 2015 4
77 O'Sullivan Rd 16 since 2020 2 12 100% of 4 resales above purchase · median hold 3.2y
459 Old South Head Rd 14 since 2014 8 24 100% of 4 resales above purchase · median hold 5.3y
32 Balfour Rd 14 since 2014 8 14 100% of 5 resales above purchase · median hold 9y
668 New South Head Rd 14 since 2015 8
1 Spencer St 13 since 2021 1 12
48 Spencer St 12 since 2015 5 21
58 Newcastle St 12 since 2019 2
81 A Dover Rd 12 since 2021 6
43 Newcastle St 11 since 2002 10 17
780 New South Head Rd 11 since 2015 0 21
762 New South Head Rd 11 since 2015 6
1 A Caledonian Rd 11 since 2014 5 100% of 3 resales above purchase · median hold 7.3y
5 Spencer St 11 since 2022 8 12
56 Chaleyer St 10 since 2021 6 12 50% of 4 resales above purchase · median hold 1.9y
18 Chaleyer St 10 since 2015 4 100% of 4 resales above purchase · median hold 4.1y
34 Dover Rd 10 since 2021 7 12
11 Newcastle St 10 since 2014 3

The 20 most-transacted of 96 Rose Bay buildings with dossiers — the rest are reachable from these pages and the sitemap. Sales counts and resale records from NSW Valuer General bulk data (CC-BY); lot counts from the NSW Strata Hub register. Each dossier also states what public records cannot tell you.

Recent comparable sales — the real auction results behind the estimates

Units

AddressConfigSoldWhen
2/34-40 Spencer St3 bd · 2 ba$3,032,000Sep 2025
9/22 Liverpool St2 bd · 1 ba$1,500,000Mar 2025
1/40-42 Wilberforce Av2 bd · 2 ba$2,400,000Dec 2024
3/37 William St2 bd · 1 ba$1,030,000Nov 2024
3/3 Hamilton St2 bd · 1 ba$1,700,000Nov 2024
1/567-569 Old South Head Rd3 bd · 2 ba$1,600,000Nov 2024

Recent sold auction results in Rose Bay from the price model's training set (published Domain results). A sample, not every sale.

All settled sales — every recorded sale, not just auctions

Last 12 months: 179 settled sales · median $1,870,000 (middle half $1,405,000–$4,025,000)

YearSettled salesMedianMiddle half
2021358$2,300,000$1,315,375–$4,237,500
2022212$2,300,000$1,337,500–$4,287,500
2023246$2,362,500$1,265,000–$4,800,000
2024253$3,000,000$1,570,000–$5,700,000
2025294$2,285,000$1,365,000–$4,570,000
202672$1,700,000$1,375,000–$3,990,000

Settled-sale records from the NSW Valuer General's Property Sales Information. Dates are contract (exchange) dates; sales appear only once lodged, so the most recent months are incomplete and revise upward — never read the latest month as final. Residential sales of all methods — private treaty and auction. © State of New South Wales (Valuation NSW).

Crime — recorded key offences (BOCSAR)

Index 23 — below the Sydney average (50 = average) · band low

BOCSAR recorded key offences per resident at POSTCODE level (2029) — a postcode can span neighbouring suburbs. Rates are per RESIDENT — visitor-heavy precincts read high. Source: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (CC BY 4.0).

Delivered & approved supply — what got built around here, honestly windowed

451 dwellings approved in Rose Bay between 2019-08-30 and 2023-04-29 (455 applications).

Census check: occupied dwellings grew from 3,871 (2016) to 4,520 (2021) — +649 delivered in that window, +107 of them apartments — measured completion, independent of any approval record.

Council portal records begin August 2019 — approvals before that date are invisible to the automated count and appear here only where curated from public record (and say so). Approved also precedes completed by 1–3 years. State-assessed projects live in the fast-track section, not these counts.

State-fiat planning programs — controls moved by state decision (RULE-002)

Low and Mid-Rise Housing reform — Rose Bay town centre (New South Head Road) · controls from 2025-02-28 · source

A state-fiat listing changes what can be BUILT here — planning controls, height, density — by government decision, with no demand-demonstration step. It is a zoning signal, not a price signal: our own backtests found listed and unlisted suburbs moving together, so we don't claim price uplift from a listing. What it reliably means: development capacity changed on the date shown, checkable at the source.

State-assessed housing nearby — the fast-track pipeline within 2.5km, refused declarations included

2-16 Spencer Street, Rose Bay · 0.4km away
Determination — decision imminent · SSD-86122958

35 dwellings · 17-25 Carlisle Street, Rose Bay · 0.4km away
Preparing the EIS — design being documented · SSD-130006490

101 dwellings · 754-758 New South Head Road, Rose Bay · 0.4km away · Ethos Urban
Not declared — fast-track refused · HDA record, 2026-03-13

23-31 Dover Road, Rose Bay · 0.7km away
Under assessment · SSD-86017721

103 dwellings · 76 - 78 New South Head Road, Vaucluse · 1.4km away · DM Services 88 Pty Ltd (A division of ALAND)
Not declared — fast-track refused · HDA record, 2026-07-23

100 dwellings · 9 Cooper Park Road, Bellevue Hill · 2.2km away · Maryland Developments Pty Ltd
Not declared — fast-track refused · HDA record, 2026-06-23

+ 1 more within 2.5km — see the full fast-track list.

Known pipeline within 2.5km: 444 dwellings across 7 projects — future supply IF approved and built. More homes coming can mean growth in services and momentum, but also more stock competing with a resale.

These proposals go straight to NSW state assessment (Housing Delivery Authority pathway) and never appear in council DA counts. Dwelling numbers are the applicant's EOI figures — assessment can trim them. Distance is suburb-centre to project, ±500m.

Schools — density, catchment and community profile

3 primary schools within 2km · nearest school ~0.21km · 1 selective within 5km · ICSEA 1129

Catchment (suburb-centre approximation): Rose Bay PS · Rose Bay SC — a boundary address can differ; verify yours at NSW School Finder.

ICSEA is the socio-educational advantage of a school's community (My School, national average ~1000) — a demographic measure, not a quality or results score. NSW DoE school locations + intake zones, CC BY 4.0.

Auction market pace — Sydney weekly clearance

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Benchmark series (Domain): week to 2026-08-22 — 53.8% of 372 reported auctions. Our own tracking (withdrawn counted): week to 2026-08-22 — 43% of 524 scheduled. Lower clearance generally means more room for buyers to negotiate.

Suburb breakdown — trailing 8 weeks, our tracking, withdrawn counted

SuburbClearanceWithdrawnAuctions
Lane Cove54%8%87
St Ives34%16%58
Randwick51%14%57
Turramurra40%17%52
Marrickville52%17%46
Castle Hill43%11%44
Mosman48%31%42
Wahroonga20%7%41
Eastwood38%15%40
Epping46%15%39

Recent auction addresses in Rose Bay

Every address links to its own page — published results, price estimate, suburb context.

2/596 Old South Head Rd · 18/1A Caledonian Rd · 4/748 New South Head Rd · 10/29-33 The Avenue · 7/489 Old South Head Rd

Development pipeline — what's proposed in Rose Bay, and how far along it is

State-pipeline proposals (pre-DA — the biggest projects start here)

Major applications in the DA channel

AddressScaleStageLodged
1 THE AVENUE ROSE BAY 2029 50 dwellings · $47.1M Cancelled
1 THE AVENUE ROSE BAY 2029 50 dwellings · $47.1M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2024-06-09
16 WILBERFORCE AVENUE ROSE BAY 2029 32 dwellings · $40.9M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2025-11-28
35 WILBERFORCE AVENUE ROSE BAY 2029 31 dwellings · $28.6M Lodged — under assessment 2026-05-28
10-12 Ian Street, Rose Bay 22 dwellings · $28.6M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2025-07-03
13 CARLISLE STREET ROSE BAY 2029 20 dwellings · $24.4M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2025-12-09
28 DOVER ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 19 dwellings · $31.4M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2025-12-02
574 OLD SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 17 dwellings · $14.8M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2025-11-28
483 OLD SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 17 dwellings · $3.5M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2023-05-01
30 ALBEMARLE AVENUE ROSE BAY 2029 13 dwellings · $58.6M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2024-10-21
10-12 Ian Street, Rose Bay 12 dwellings · $16.5M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2024-08-08
28 HAMILTON STREET ROSE BAY 2029 12 dwellings · $15.1M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2025-05-14
5-13 Spencer Street, Rose Bay 12 dwellings · $9.8M Approved 2021-07-21
618 OLD SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 11 dwellings · $7.2M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2023-09-29
53 BEAUMONT STREET ROSE BAY 2029 11 dwellings · $7.1M Refused 2021-01-08
636 NEW SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 9 dwellings Approved 2021-07-02
41 SPENCER STREET ROSE BAY 2029 8 dwellings · $14.3M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2025-12-04
10 WILBERFORCE AVENUE ROSE BAY 2029 8 dwellings · $11M Lodged — under assessment 2025-12-09
41 SPENCER STREET ROSE BAY 2029 8 dwellings · $7.4M Rejected at lodgement (incomplete) 2025-11-19
525 OLD SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 8 dwellings · $6.9M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2024-11-05
635 NEW SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 7 dwellings · $7M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2025-12-11
1 RICHMOND ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 6 dwellings · $11.2M Lodged — under assessment 2025-12-12
665 OLD SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 6 dwellings · $10.7M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2025-07-07
1 780-786 NEW SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 6 dwellings · $10M Lodged — under assessment 2021-03-10
1 780-786 NEW SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 6 dwellings · $10M Refused 2021-01-29
37 NEWCASTLE STREET ROSE BAY 2029 6 dwellings · $8.4M Cancelled
37 NEWCASTLE STREET ROSE BAY 2029 6 dwellings · $8.4M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2025-09-02
28 HAMILTON STREET ROSE BAY 2029 6 dwellings · $8.2M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2024-12-17
2A SPENCER STREET ROSE BAY 2029 6 dwellings · $7.8M Lodged — under assessment 2025-12-02
650 NEW SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 6 dwellings · $7.5M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2025-07-21
722 NEW SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 5 dwellings · $0.5M Refused 2021-03-04
447 OLD SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 4 dwellings · $2M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2024-11-21
702-704 NEW SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 3 dwellings · $4.3M Lodged — under assessment 2021-06-07
37 NEWCASTLE STREET ROSE BAY 2029 3 dwellings · $3.3M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2024-02-08
718 NEW SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 3 dwellings · $2.8M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2022-09-29
642 OLD SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 3 dwellings · $0.1M Approved 2021-06-17
855 NEW SOUTH HEAD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 2 dwellings · $8.3M Lodged — under assessment 2026-06-02
4 RAWSON ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 2 dwellings · $7.6M Lodged — under assessment 2025-10-30
12 TIVOLI AVENUE ROSE BAY 2029 1 dwellings · $18.7M Refused 2022-08-16
2B DUMARESQ ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 1 dwellings · $8.5M Approved 2020-12-07
1 4 DUMARESQ ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 1 dwellings · $8M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2023-06-08
9 DUMARESQ ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 1 dwellings · $7.6M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2026-03-03
15A DUMARESQ ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 1 dwellings · $7.1M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2025-09-25
19 KENT ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 1 dwellings · $6.5M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2026-04-13
8 CHURCHILL ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 1 dwellings · $4.9M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2024-03-18
28 BERESFORD ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 1 dwellings · $3.6M Refused 2021-12-23
44 TOWNS ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 1 dwellings · $3.5M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2023-01-13
6 TIVOLI AVENUE ROSE BAY 2029 1 dwellings · $3.2M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2025-03-07
17 DOVER ROAD ROSE BAY 2029 0 dwellings · $28.8M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2022-12-22

Plus 85 smaller applications (renovations, single dwellings, signage) — 45 determined, 24 approved, 4 withdrawn, 1 cancelled, 1 rejected, 9 lodged, 1 refused.

What this view cannot see

Planned growth — Woollahra LGA

The Sydney Plan, the NSW Government's 20-year framework published 13 August 2026. These are projections for the whole LGA, not a forecast for any individual property. Roughly 60% of tracked addresses in Rose Bay fall in this LGA — the rest sit across a boundary.

57,361 → 59,419 +3.6%people, 2026 → 2046
25,500 → 28,800 +12.9%jobs, 2026 → 2046
28,951homes today · 12 km²

Jobs figures are published as a guidance range and are not legislated the way housing targets are. Source: © State of New South Wales and Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure 2026, licensed CC BY 4.0.

Housing and jobs targets — WOOLLAHRA LGA

Under the NSW Government's 20-year Sydney plan, WOOLLAHRA has a five-year housing target of 1,900 new homes (2024–2029) and a jobs target of 1,500–3,300 additional jobs by 2046.

The housing target is the supply pipeline for the area: the number of new homes the state expects the council to plan capacity for, concentrated around the centres and station areas the Plan nominates. The jobs figure is published as an aspirational range and is not legislated the way housing targets are.

Source: The Sydney Plan, Appendix D — Housing and Employment Guidance (published 13 August 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0. © State of New South Wales and Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure 2026

State rezoning pipeline — Woollahra LGA

The Sydney Plan lists one state significant rezoning site in this LGA — land the NSW Government is rezoning (or has rezoned) for additional homes and jobs, alongside council-led supply. Dwelling and jobs figures are preliminary estimates provided by proponents or councils.

These are LGA-level sites, not a statement about any individual property; the Plan does not publish site boundaries or coordinates in this appendix. Source: The Sydney Plan, Appendix F — State-led or assessed rezonings (published 13 August 2026, updated every 6 months), licensed CC BY 4.0. © State of New South Wales and Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure 2026

All figures derive from published auction results and public data — estimates only, not financial advice.