Hurstville is the central business district and civic heart of the St George region, 16 km south of the Sydney CBD, and the administrative centre of Georges River Council, with council offices in the Hurstville Civic Centre on MacMahon Street. At the 2021 census it had 31,162 residents, making it one of the area's most populous suburbs, and it is strongly Asian-Australian in character: the most common ancestries were Chinese (47.1%) and Nepalese (15.6%), around 63% of residents are of Asian origin — among the highest proportions in Australia — and the suburb is a hub for Asian groceries, food and services along the Forest Road retail strip, sometimes dubbed Hurstville's 'Chinatown'. Housing mixes low-density houses, medium-density flats and high-density apartment towers that dominate the skyline around the station, and the commercial area straddles Forest Road north of Hurstville railway station and Ormonde Parade to the south — a busy, high-energy town centre.
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Region | St George |
| Council (LGA) | Georges River Council |
| Postcode | 2220 |
| Distance to Sydney CBD | Roughly 20 minutes from Hurstville station to Sydney Central railway station on the express service — 'Hurstville is 20 minutes from Sydney… |
| Median house price | ~$2.0M–$2.3M (mid-2026, spread across trackers): $1,990,000 median house sale price over the past 12 months per realestate.com.au; $2.01M (June 2026, CoreLogic/Domain data via Kalinovski); $2,307,500 median sale price per YIP/CoreLogic; OnTheHouse median house value $1,917,874 |
| Median unit price | $750,000 ; CoreLogic-based trackers put units at $760,000–$780,000 |
| Typical rent | Houses around $880/week and an overall median rent of about $730/week — unit-heavy stock skews the overall figure low… |
| Price growth | +6.9% YoY for houses and +5.2% for units as of June 2026 ; YIP/CoreLogic report 15.95% annual capital growth on a different measurement… |
Transport
Hurstville railway station is a major station on the T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line, with frequent express and all-stops services towards the Sydney CBD and south to the Illawarra line's outer stops. Hurstville is also a major bus interchange: bus services depart from Forest Road and Ormonde Parade, connecting the surrounding St George suburbs, and the suburb is about 16 km south of the Sydney CBD.
Schools
Hurstville Public School — NSW government K–6 co-educational primary at 52–96 Forest Road, a large and diverse school of more than 1,000 students (school website; coz.info). Georges River College, Hurstville Campus — NSW government Years 7–10 secondary on Kenwyn Street, the former Hurstville Boys High School, described on its own site as a co-educational junior college (school website). Danebank — independent Anglican school for girls (early learning through Year 12) at 80–98 Park Road, a member of the Anglican Schools Corporation. Bethany College — Catholic girls' secondary (Years 7–12) at 2–4 Croydon Road (school website).
Shopping & Amenities
Retail is anchored by Westfield Hurstville at the corner of Cross and Park Streets — with a cinema and the usual major retailers — and by Hurstville Central, plus smaller centres including Hurstville Times Plaza, Metro Centre and Hurstville City Centre, with commercial development concentrated on Forest Road and extending from Queens Road to The Avenue and around Ormonde Parade. The Forest Road precinct holds a dense strip of Asian groceries, restaurants, medical services and financial institutions including Bank of China, reflecting the suburb's Chinese community. The civic precinct on MacMahon Street includes the Hurstville Entertainment Centre — Georges River Council's premier venue housing the Marana Auditorium and Civic Theatre — while Hurstville City Library sits nearby on Queens Road and the St George Regional Museum and Hurstville Museum & Gallery are also in the suburb.
Parks & Outdoors
Hurstville Oval at 30 Dora Street is a multi-use sporting ground with a heritage grandstand that has hosted cricket, rugby league, cycling and athletics, and it remains the home ground of the St George district cricket club; its velodrome is used by the St George Cycling Club. It is the suburb's main recreation reserve, with smaller local parks and playgrounds dotted through the residential streets.
Property Market
The median house price in Hurstville was around ~$2.0M–$2.3M (mid-2026, spread across trackers): $1,990,000 median house sale price over the past 12 months per realestate.com.au; $2.01M (June 2026, CoreLogic/Domain data via Kalinovski); $2,307,500 median sale price per YIP/CoreLogic; OnTheHouse median house value $1,917,874. See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Hurstville is a high-density town centre: at the 2021 census it had 31,162 residents and about 48% owner-occupation, with high-rise apartment towers concentrated around the station and Forest Road while family houses cluster on the side streets. Tracker spread is wide — 12-month house medians range from ~$1.9M to $2.31M, while unit medians cluster tightly at $750K–$780K; entry-level houses start around $1.6M, townhouse median ~$1.28M and units from ~$580K. Houses sell in about 25 days on average (Kalinovski). The suburb's buyers are a mix of Chinese-Australian and broader multicultural families plus investors drawn by the apartment pipeline.
New Developments
Beyond Hurstville (Fridcorp) — a ~$700M mixed-use project at 93 Forest Road delivering 563 apartments across four towers, marketed as one of the biggest developments the suburb has seen. The town centre continues to densify around the station and Forest Road corridor, with Georges River Council's commercial heart and high-rise residential towers reshaping the skyline. Smaller apartment projects and the Beyond Hurstville pipeline keep supply flowing through the CBD-style precinct.
Jobs & Local Economy
Retail and hospitality are the suburb's biggest employment base: Westfield Hurstville and the Forest Road strip anchor St George's main shopping and dining precinct, and the strip is dense with Asian-owned businesses served by the St George Asian Business Association. Georges River Council's administrative offices at the Hurstville Civic Centre plus the Hurstville Entertainment Centre, library and museum provide public-sector and community jobs in the suburb. Health is the other major St George employer: St George Hospital — the SESLHD's largest hospital — and St George Private Hospital sit about 2 km east in Kogarah, drawing Hurstville-based workers, and thousands of residents commute to the Sydney CBD on the ~20-minute T4 express.
Nearby Suburbs
Beverly Hills, Kingsgrove, Bexley, Penshurst, Carlton, Hurstville Grove, South Hurstville, Allawah
Sources & method
Researched 4 September 2026 from named public sources — census and government records, transport authorities, council and planning documents — plus published sales data. Where sources disagree on a figure, the guide says so rather than picking one.
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