53 Kensington Rd, Summer Hill NSW 2130
Technical details
How this sale compares
Sold for $2,400,000 in Jul 2026, down $380,000 (14%) on the $2,780,000 paid in Jul 2024. That is a fall of about 6.9% a year over 2 years.
Over the same period the median house price in Summer Hill held steady, from $2,600,000 in 2024 to $2,605,000 in 2026.
The 2026 sale was 8% below the Summer Hill median house price for that year ($2,605,000 across 23 sales).
At $6,459 per square metre of land, it compares with a Summer Hill median of $8,387 per square metre over the last 12 months.
Summer Hill medians use NSW Valuer General sales of $50,000 or more, leaving out part-interest transfers and contracts covering several properties, and need at least 10 sales in the period. See Summer Hill sold prices by year.
Rent and yield
Houses in postcode 2130 rented for a median $860 a week, from 95 bonds lodged Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
On its last sale of $2,400,000 on 30 Jul 2026, that rent is a gross yield of 1.9% a year, before costs and vacancies.
Median weekly rents from residential rental bonds lodged with NSW Fair Trading, by postcode. This home's own rent may differ. See rents by bedrooms in Summer Hill.
Planning controls
- Zone
- R2 Low Density Residential
- Minimum lot size
- 500 m²
- Maximum building height
- 8.5 m
- Floor space ratio
- 0.5:1 Floor area allowed for each square metre of site
- Heritage conservation area
- North Summer Hill Heritage Conservation Area
From the Inner West Local Environmental Plan 2022 maps on the NSW Planning Portal, looked up at this address's map point on 22 Oct 2026. A control can cover only part of a site and plans change, so the council's planning certificate is the formal record. Planning data from the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, CC BY 4.0.
Related sales
Sale history
Sold is the contract date, when the sale was agreed. Settled is the date ownership transferred.
| Beds | Baths | Cars | Title reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jul 2026 | 10 Sep 2026 | $2,400,000 | - | - | - | 3/D/595 |
| 13 Jul 2024 | 26 Aug 2024 | $2,780,000 | - | - | - | 3/D/595 |
| 30 Jul 2019 | 27 Aug 2019 | $1,980,000 | - | - | - | 3/D/595 |
| 29 Apr 2015 | 29 May 2015 | $1,602,000 | - | - | - | 3/D/595 |
Title reference: 3/D/595
Title reference: 3/D/595
Title reference: 3/D/595
Title reference: 3/D/595
Recent sales on Kensington Rd
Sold in the last two years.
- 9/54 Kensington Rd, Summer Hill 2130 $885,000 sold 9 Sep 2026
- 7/54 Kensington Rd, Summer Hill 2130 $810,000 sold 31 Aug 2026
- 8/63 Kensington Rd, Summer Hill 2130 $1,120,000 sold 4 Aug 2026
- 12/66 Kensington Rd, Summer Hill 2130 $730,000 sold 6 Jul 2026
- 14/54 Kensington Rd, Summer Hill 2130 $880,000 sold 29 Jun 2026
- 11/66 Kensington Rd, Summer Hill 2130 $935,000 sold 20 May 2026
- 2/74 Kensington Rd, Summer Hill 2130 $1,060,000 sold 15 Apr 2026
- 4/63 Kensington Rd, Summer Hill 2130 $1,091,000 sold 22 Nov 2025
Recent sales nearby
Sold in the last 12 months within about 400 metres.
- 10/91 Smith St, Summer Hill 2130 $1,310,000 sold 21 Sep 2026
- 24/23 Gower St, Summer Hill 2130 $875,000 sold 18 Aug 2026
- 79 Sloane St, Haberfield 2045 $2,235,000 sold 15 Aug 2026, 386 m²
- 14 Barker St, Lewisham 2049 $1,505,000 sold 3 Aug 2026, 267 m²
- 65 Sloane St, Haberfield 2045 $2,250,000 sold 26 May 2026, 553 m²
- 4/91 Smith St, Summer Hill 2130 $1,335,000 sold 16 May 2026
- 2/17 Gower St, Summer Hill 2130 $1,850,000 sold 5 May 2026
- 41 Carlton Cres, Summer Hill 2130 $1,330,000 sold 25 Apr 2026, 145 m²