Ultimo · Sydney NSW

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

33 state-assessed housing projects within 2.5km — ~2,682 dwellings in the pipeline (EOI figures, assessment can trim). Nearest: 86 - 92 Harris Street, Pyrmont (0.5km, Declared State Significant — on the fast-track). 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$830k$741k–$920k65
2-bed unit$1.04M$927k–$1.15M65
3-bed unit$1.86M$1.49M–$2.28M65

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 Ultimo — full dossiers: every sale, turnover, orders, what units rent for

BuildingRecorded salesLast 3 yrsLotsResale record
185 Broadway 316 since 2014 157 50% of 56 resales above purchase · median hold 2.6y
55 Jones St 130 since 2014 59 64% of 14 resales above purchase · median hold 7.3y
99 Jones St 115 since 2014 52 89% of 9 resales above purchase · median hold 7.8y
52 A Mountain St 80 since 2014 23 100% of 5 resales above purchase · median hold 3.9y
291 A Pyrmont St 76 since 2014 29 100% of 4 resales above purchase · median hold 5.6y
22 Mountain St 67 since 2014 23 69% of 13 resales above purchase · median hold 6.7y
276 Bulwara Rd 64 since 2020 17 41% of 17 resales above purchase · median hold 1.6y
330 Wattle St 59 since 2014 20 168 88% of 8 resales above purchase · median hold 7.5y
478 Wattle St 54 since 2014 13 42 46% of 13 resales above purchase · median hold 9.7y
349 Bulwara Rd 52 since 2021 32 67% of 3 resales above purchase · median hold 2.2y
267 Bulwara Rd 49 since 2014 20 196 78% of 9 resales above purchase · median hold 2.9y
89 Jones St 48 since 2015 20 60% of 5 resales above purchase · median hold 8y
503 Wattle St 46 since 2014 24 151 100% of 5 resales above purchase · median hold 10.2y
2 Smail St 39 since 2014 13 100% of 6 resales above purchase · median hold 4.7y
58 Mountain St 37 since 2015 19
287 Pyrmont St 36 since 2014 16 113
434 Harris St 35 since 2014 12
16 Smail St 33 since 2015 14 100% of 4 resales above purchase · median hold 4y
507 Wattle St 30 since 2015 8
646 Harris St 28 since 2015 2 78

The 20 most-transacted of 35 Ultimo 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
142/392 Jones St2 bd · 1 ba$955,000Jun 2025
1/25 Kelly St1 bd · 1 ba$675,000May 2025
805/99 Jones St2 bd · 2 ba$1,550,000Apr 2025
B812/62 Mountain St2 bd · 2 ba$1,070,000Mar 2025
540/99 Jones St1 bd · 1 ba$740,500Feb 2025
202/349-357 Bulwara Rd1 bd · 1 ba$735,000Feb 2025

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

What Ultimo actually sold for — published auction results, quarter by quarter

Units — median sold price by quarter

Q 3 21: $868k (4 sales)Q 4 21: $1.15M (4 sales)Q 1 22: $710k (3 sales)Q 2 22: $700k (3 sales)Q 4 22: $900k (3 sales)Q 1 23: $952k (4 sales)Q 2 23: $800k (5 sales)Q 3 23: $1.14M (4 sales)Q 2 24: $951k (5 sales)Q 3 24: $803k (5 sales)Q 4 24: $1.08M (6 sales)Q 1 25: $750k (4 sales)Q 2 25: $955k (3 sales) Q 3 21 Q 2 25 $955k

Latest quarter $955k (3 sales)

Quarterly medians of real published auction results (sold outcomes only). Historical results — not a prediction, valuation or financial advice.

All settled sales — every recorded sale, not just auctions

Last 12 months: 198 settled sales · median $792,500 (middle half $221,250–$1,100,000)

YearSettled salesMedianMiddle half
2021228$900,000$666,000–$1,516,250
2022204$835,000$653,750–$1,360,000
2023216$807,500$217,250–$1,129,000
2024214$750,000$550,000–$1,004,700
2025250$768,750$480,000–$1,065,000
2026111$820,000$191,500–$1,106,500

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 100 — well above the Sydney average (50 = average) · band high

BOCSAR recorded key offences per resident at POSTCODE level (2007) — 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

374 dwellings approved in Ultimo between 2019-08-30 and 2023-04-29 (111 applications). Largest: 206dw 445 - 483 Wattle Street, Sydney (2021) · 70dw 437 Wattle Street Ultimo 2007 (2020).

Census check: occupied dwellings grew from 2,856 (2016) to 3,536 (2021) — +680 delivered in that window, -31 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.

Institutional moves — arrivals & departures, 12-month DA window

When an organisation with real money commits to a location — or abandons one — they've done homework you can't see. The market moves around that decision; the building is the visible end of it.

investing in place Education — 1 2-14 Mountain Street Ultimo 2007 · $13.5M works
Educational establishment · Advertising and signage · Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · Change of use of land or a building or the classification of a building under the Building Code of Australia · Additional Information Requested · lodged 2025-12-15 · PAN-598691

A DA is intent, not an opening — and a demolition DA is not always a closure (rebuilds happen). Classification is over the Planning Portal's own structured development types; every record above is checkable by its PAN number. Departures are deliberately listed first: almost nobody watches them. Supermarket-class moves live in the anchor-tenant section, not here. Development application data © NSW Department of Planning and Environment, used under CC BY 4.0.

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

100 dwellings · 645 Harris St, Ultimo · 0.3km away · Gyde Consulting (on behalf of Edgecombe Investments Pty Ltd and Lijavu Pty Ltd)
Not declared — fast-track refused · HDA record, 2026-03-13

140 dwellings · 38 - 44 Mountain Street, Ultimo · 0.4km away · Think Planners Pty Ltd
Not declared — fast-track refused · HDA record, 2026-04-29

150 dwellings · 86 - 92 Harris Street, Pyrmont · 0.5km away · TP&S Pyrmont Land Holdings Pty Ltd
Declared State Significant — on the fast-track · HDA record, 2026-05-27

400 dwellings · 187-189 Thomas Street, Haymarket · 0.6km away · Greaton Thomas Pty Ltd
Not declared — fast-track refused · HDA record, 2026-03-13

5 Central Park Avenue, Chippendale, 2008 · 0.7km away
Determination — decision imminent · SSD-9374

1,000 dwellings · 83 Quay Street, Haymarket · 0.7km away · Scape Australia Management Pty ltd (Scape)
Not declared — fast-track refused · HDA record, 2025-10-27

+ 42 more within 2.5km — see the full fast-track list.

Known pipeline within 2.5km: 6,422 dwellings across 48 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

7 primary schools within 2km · nearest school ~0.36km · 7 selective within 5km · ICSEA 1102

Catchment (suburb-centre approximation): Ultimo PS · SSC Balmain — 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 Ultimo

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

23/23-33 Macarthur St · 1402/58 Mountain St · 509/287 Pyrmont St · 37 Ada Pl

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

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

Major applications in the DA channel

AddressScaleStageLodged
1-3 SMAIL STREET ULTIMO 2007 156 dwellings · $48.8M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2024-11-05
86-90 BAY STREET ULTIMO 2007 137 dwellings · $45.5M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2026-02-17
41-49 MOUNTAIN STREET ULTIMO 2007 114 dwellings · $66.2M Lodged — under assessment 2026-08-07
437 WATTLE STREET ULTIMO 2007 70 dwellings · $0M Approved 2020-10-26
66 BAY STREET ULTIMO 2007 1 dwellings · $18.5M Approved 2022-05-04
10-16 BAY STREET ULTIMO 2007 $66.9M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2025-04-04
86-90 BAY STREET ULTIMO 2007 0 dwellings · $16.8M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2023-06-01
1 2-14 MOUNTAIN STREET ULTIMO 2007 $13.5M Lodged — under assessment 2025-12-15
38-44 MOUNTAIN STREET ULTIMO 2007 0 dwellings · $10.1M Approved 2020-12-02
76-84 BAY STREET ULTIMO 2007 $4.1M Determined — outcome not published in the open feed 2026-03-02

Plus 26 smaller applications (renovations, single dwellings, signage) — 10 approved, 12 determined, 3 withdrawn, 1 rejected.

What this view cannot see

Planned growth — Sydney 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.

244,560 → 278,141 +13.7%people, 2026 → 2046
664,300 → 807,300 +21.5%jobs, 2026 → 2046
134,394homes today · 27 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 — SYDNEY LGA

Under the NSW Government's 20-year Sydney plan, SYDNEY has a five-year housing target of 18,900 new homes (2024–2029) and a jobs target of 93,500–143,000 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 — Sydney LGA

The Sydney Plan lists 4 state significant rezoning sites 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.