Darling Point
A mixture of grand homes and apartments.
Area Lifestyle
Darling Point is an exclusive harbourside suburb located 4 kilometres east of Sydney CBD.
Originally named “Mrs Darling’s Point” after the wife of the then Governor, traces its genteel and distinguished origins back to the 1830’s when the road east from the city, New South Head Road, was completed. The first buildings were not the worker’s cottages normally associated with inner city development, but the grand homes of Sydney’s society leaders.
Darling Point is bounded by the Sydney Harbour to the north, Double Bay to the east, Edgecliff to the south and Rushcutters Bay to the west. Darling Point is predominantly residential and is one of the most densely populated areas in Sydney.
The style of architecture in Darling Point mixes grand terraces and elegant mansions that have been lovingly maintained, with contemporary apartments that have sprung up in the past decade.
2006 – 2007 Median Property Prices
- Houses: $4.010million
- Units: $1.050million
Projected growth for 2007
- Houses: 15.3%
- Units: 9.5%
Best streets include:
- New Beach Rd
- Thornton St
- Yarranabbe Rd
Education/ Schools within close proximity: St Marks Kindergarten and Ascham are within the suburb, with Sydney Girls and Boys High, Kambala, St Vincents, S.C.E.G.G.S, Scots College, Cranbook, Sydney Grammar and Waverley College are within close proximity.
[figures sourced from Australian Property monitors]
