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Switch Macquarie Park
8.1 mi from centre2 room types
- Laundry
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- 24/7 security
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UniLodge Ultimo
1.1 mi from centre4 room types
- Wi-Fi included
- Bike storage
- 24/7 security
- Study space
- +2 more
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A$799/week
58Rooms available
UniLodge Kensington
3.1 mi from centre4 room types
- Wi-Fi included
- Laundry
- Gym
- Bike storage
- +9 more
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A$806/week
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Switch Kensington
3.1 mi from centre5 room types
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- Gym
- Parking
- 24/7 security
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15Rooms available
University of Sydney - Abercrombie Accommodation
1.6 mi from centre1 room type
- Wi-Fi included
- 24/7 security
- Kitchen
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24Rooms available
University of Sydney - Queen Mary Building
2.1 mi from centre1 room type
- Wi-Fi included
- Laundry
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- Communal lounge
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Western Sydney University Campbelltown Village
27.7 mi from centre1 room type
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Western Sydney University Hawkesbury Village
31.9 mi from centre1 room type
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Western Sydney University Penrith Village
28.3 mi from centre1 room type
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Start with your university
Pick a university and see the buildings around it, with the walk or the ride to campus on every one.
Neighbourhoods
Where to look in Sydney
Use these established student areas as starting points, then compare each property's rent and route to your university.
Where students live in Sydney
Areas students actually take rooms in, with the buildings closest to each one. Matched by location, so a building appears under the area it stands in rather than the area its marketing claims.
Camperdown
The University of Sydney's main campus and the hospital beside it. Terraces and low blocks, a short walk to Newtown for food, and the strongest demand of the five because the commute is a walk across the lawn.
- University of Sydney - Queen Mary Buildingprice on enquiry
Darlington
The southern edge of the University of Sydney, between City Road and Redfern station. Cheaper than Camperdown and closer to the trains, terraces with some newer infill.
- Scape Abercrombiefrom A$729/week
- Boundary x Scapefrom A$499/week
- Broadway x Scapefrom A$489/week
Kensington
UNSW's main campus, out towards Randwick on the light rail. Less a student quarter than Camperdown and more an ordinary suburb, with Coogee a bus ride away.
- Scape Kensingtonfrom A$749/week
- UniLodge Kensingtonfrom A$806/week
- Switch Kensingtonfrom A$659/week
Sydney CBD
UTS and Notre Dame sit at the southern end near Central. Towers, and the right answer if your campus is in the city, but you are paying city rent for one room.
- Scape Darling Housefrom A$709/week
- Scape Darling Squarefrom A$509/week
- Indi Sydneyfrom A$1,800/week
Useful to know nearby
Places students in Sydney actually use. We have no arrangement with any of them.
- State Library of New South Wales
Free, on Macquarie Street beside the Botanic Garden. The Mitchell reading room needs a library card, which takes about five minutes to get.
- Opal concession
Concession Opal is for eligible full-time students, and most international students in New South Wales are not eligible. Check your own status rather than assuming the discounted fare.
- Paddy's Markets
Fruit and vegetables at Haymarket, the southern end of the CBD near UTS. Cheapest late on a Sunday.
- King Street, Newtown
Two kilometres of cheap food, bookshops and live music, twenty minutes on foot from the University of Sydney. Where most people end up on a Friday.
A few Sydney buildings worth a look
Picked by distance, price and choice, measured from the listings on this page. Not a ranking, and not a recommendation: the numbers are what they are on the day you read this.
- University of Sydney - Darlington House Student Accommodation0.2 miles
Closest to University of Sydney
- Scape Lachlan0.4 miles
Closest to UNSW Sydney
- Iglu Central0.1 miles
Closest to University of Technology Sydney
- Indi Sydneyfrom A$1,800/week
Lowest listed rent here
- Iglu Central Park8 room types
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What to know before choosing a room in Sydney
A city-by-city note about the decisions that change your daily routine. Prices and availability remain live in the listings above.
Settle your campus before you look at a single room here. The University of Sydney sits at Camperdown on the inner west edge of the centre, close enough to Newtown to walk to dinner. UNSW is four miles south east at Kensington and has no train line, only a light rail that takes about twenty minutes from Central. The housing around each of them is priced and let separately, so a room that looks good value on one side of the city can cost you an hour a day if you are studying on the other. Rents are the highest in Australia, which makes that hour expensive as well as long.
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Room types, what bills included really covers, when to book, and what to check if you are arriving from abroad.
Other student cities in Australia
Comparing options? These are the other cities in Australia where most students on our shortlist are basing themselves.
Getting around Sydney
Light rail runs from Central to UNSW and takes about twenty minutes, which is the line most students here use daily. Sydney University has no station of its own: you walk from Redfern or Newtown, both about ten minutes. Trains cover the wider city well and an Opal card caps your weekly spend, which is worth knowing if you are deciding whether a cheaper room further out is really cheaper. The airport is on the train line and about half an hour from the centre, which makes the first arrival easier here than in most Australian cities.
Universities in Sydney
- University of SydneyStudent accommodation near University of Sydney
- UNSW SydneyStudent accommodation near UNSW Sydney
- University of Technology SydneyStudent accommodation near University of Technology Sydney
- Macquarie UniversityStudent accommodation near Macquarie University
- Western Sydney UniversityStudent accommodation near Western Sydney University
- University of Notre Dame Australia SydneyStudent accommodation near University of Notre Dame Australia Sydney
- Australian Catholic University North SydneyStudent accommodation near Australian Catholic University North Sydney
- Australian Catholic University (Strathfield)Student accommodation near Australian Catholic University (Strathfield)
- Charles Sturt University SydneyStudent accommodation near Charles Sturt University Sydney
- CQUniversity SydneyStudent accommodation near CQUniversity Sydney
- Federation University of Australia SydneyStudent accommodation near Federation University of Australia Sydney
- La Trobe University SydneyStudent accommodation near La Trobe University Sydney
- Sydney Business School, University of WollongongStudent accommodation near Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong
- University of New South Wales (CBD Campus)Student accommodation near University of New South Wales (CBD Campus)
- University of New South Wales (Manly Vale Campus)Student accommodation near University of New South Wales (Manly Vale Campus)
- University of New South Wales (Randwick Campus)Student accommodation near University of New South Wales (Randwick Campus)
- University of Newcastle SydneyStudent accommodation near University of Newcastle Sydney
- University of Tasmania SydneyStudent accommodation near University of Tasmania Sydney
- UNSW Art & Design SydneyStudent accommodation near UNSW Art & Design Sydney
- Western Sydney University (Kingswood)Student accommodation near Western Sydney University (Kingswood)
- Western Sydney University CampbelltownStudent accommodation near Western Sydney University Campbelltown
- Western Sydney University HawkesburyStudent accommodation near Western Sydney University Hawkesbury
- Western Sydney University NirimbaStudent accommodation near Western Sydney University Nirimba
Frequently asked questions
- Most UNSW students live in Kensington, Kingsford, or Randwick. All three are walking distance or a short Light Rail ride to the Kensington campus.