Frenchs Forest · Sydney NSW

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

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

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

Houses

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

What Frenchs Forest actually sold for — published auction results, quarter by quarter

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: 161 settled sales · median $2,400,000 (middle half $2,050,000–$2,680,000)

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).

What Frenchs Forest homes rent for — real bonds lodged, postcode 2086

2019Q1 → 2026Q2: $880 → $1175/wk median new-tenancy rent in 2086, all dwellings pooled · +14% over the last 12 months (latest four quarters averaged against the previous four).

Every figure is from NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements (CC BY) — rents tenants actually signed at, not advertised asks. Postcode is the finest geography the source publishes, and a postcode may span more than one suburb. Middle half = 25th–75th percentile. New-tenancy rents run hotter than sitting rents. Not financial advice.

Crime — recorded key offences (BOCSAR)

Index 19 — below the Sydney average (50 = average) · band low

BOCSAR recorded key offences per resident at POSTCODE level (2086) — 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).

Schools — density, catchment and community profile

4 primary schools within 2km · nearest school ~0.37km · ICSEA 1108

Catchment (suburb-centre approximation): Frenchs Forest PS · The Forest HS — 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

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

Recent auction addresses in Frenchs Forest

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

5 Cadow St · 36 Karingal Cr · 143 Blackbutts Rd · 53 Kens Rd · 31 Ilford Rd

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

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

• 122, 124, 126A, 126B Frenchs Forest Road West, Frenchs Forest — Residential flat building – 116 dwellings in 2 buildings, one 12 storeys, one 11 storeys. 10% affordable housing for 15 years.
  Keylan Consulting · Proposed — state-pipeline EOI (pre-DA, may change or lapse)
• 12 - 14 Gladys Avenue, Frenchs Forest — A 48m residential flat building delivering 113 units including 15% affordable units for 15 years.
  Planning and Co · Proposed — state-pipeline EOI (pre-DA, may change or lapse)
• 1, 3, 5, 5a, 7, 9, 9a & 9b Gladys Ave, Frenchs Forest — 10 storey residential flat building for 290 dwellings with 10% affordable housing for 15 years.
  PRINCIPLE planning + urban design · Proposed — state-pipeline EOI (pre-DA, may change or lapse)
• 116 Frenchs Forest Road West, 118 Frenchs Forest Road West, 120 Frenchs The HDA: Housing Delivery Authority Housing Delivery Authority | Public record 13 No. Description Record of Briefing Forest Road West and 11 Gladys Avenue, Frenchs Forest — Residential Flat Building of 225 apartments with a single tower proposed with approx. 13 storeys. 10% of the GFA is to be offered as affordable housing for 15 years.
  Young Assets Holding Pty Ltd C/O Mecone · Proposed — state-pipeline EOI (pre-DA, may change or lapse)

Major applications in the DA channel

Plus 55 smaller applications (renovations, single dwellings, signage) — 28 approved, 6 lodged, 18 determined, 2 withdrawn, 1 cancelled.

What this view cannot see

• Council DAs from the NSW Planning Portal open feed, matched within ~150 m of addresses we track — a proximity net, not a complete register.
• Verdicts (approved/refused) come from a dataset frozen in Nov 2023: anything determined after that shows “determined” without a published outcome. Check the application on the NSW Planning Portal for the current decision.
• The largest master-planned sites can proceed as State Significant Development or planning proposals and never appear as council DAs. State-pipeline EOIs shown here are proposals, not applications, and can change or lapse.
• No feed we hold ties a construction certificate to a specific application, so no project row here can honestly read “under construction” — “approved” never means “built”. Suburb-level construction-certificate volume appears in the DA-volume section.

Housing and jobs targets — NORTHERN BEACHES LGA

Under the NSW Government's 20-year Sydney plan, NORTHERN BEACHES has a five-year housing target of 5,900 new homes (2024–2029) and a jobs target of 12,500–30,500 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