Marrickville is the Inner West’s creative heart — breweries, markets, a serious food scene — about 6.5km from the city. The population’s been flat for a few years, but demand hasn’t: it’s a fairly even split of owners and renters, and the coming Sydney Metro station is the kind of infrastructure that tends to lift a suburb over time.
The numbers
| Metric | Houses | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $2,175,000 | $980,000 |
| Median value (modelled) | $2,187,758 | $968,931 |
| Median days on market | ~35 days | ~24 days |
| Gross rental yield | ~2.5% | ~3.9% |
| New listings (12 mo) | 169 | 194 |
| On market now | 25 | 29 |
The house market
Houses sit at a median sale price of $2.175m, with a yield around 2.5%. Like most of the Inner West, this is a capital-growth market — you’re buying the location and the lifestyle, not the rental return.
The unit market
The unit market is the one to watch. At a median of $980,000 with a yield near 3.9%, Marrickville units also sell faster than anything else we’ve profiled — a median of about 24 days on market. That’s a sign of real demand, and it makes the suburb worth a look for investors and first-home buyers.
Who it suits
Upgraders and creative professionals who want character and culture close to the city; investors and first-home buyers eyeing a well-connected unit with a Metro upgrade on the way. If you’re planning a move here, get your finance ready — in a fast market, being pre-approved is half the battle.
Figures are Cotality suburb data as at July 2026 — median sale price and modelled median value over a rolling 12 months; yield and days on market indicative. General information only, not personal advice.
Jeremy Harper is the director of hfinance. If you’re weighing up a purchase or refinance in Marrickville or nearby, get in touch — we’ll run the numbers with you.