🌊 Rhodes Rising: Why This Sydney Suburb Is One of the Inner West’s Best-Kept Secrets
From stunning water views to future-focused living, Rhodes is quietly transforming into one of Sydney’s most desirable lifestyle and investment precincts. Here’s why it deserves your attention.
🏙️ Where Urban Convenience Meets Waterside Calm
Nestled between Sydney Olympic Park and the Parramatta River, Rhodes blends modern high-rise living with a relaxed, village-like vibe. Just 16 kilometres from Sydney CBD, this harbourside enclave is serviced by Rhodes train station, ferry connections, and the M4 motorway—making daily commutes and weekend getaways equally convenient.
It’s the kind of suburb where you can jog along the foreshore in the morning, shop at Rhodes Waterside at lunch, and be in the city by dinner.
Rhodes peninsula with on Parramatta River
🛍️ Everything at Your Doorstep
One of Rhodes’ strongest drawcards is its amenity-rich environment. The suburb’s masterplan has prioritised walkability, open space, and mixed-use convenience.
Rhodes Waterside: A thriving retail hub anchored by IKEA, Coles, and Reading Cinemas
· The Connection: A state-of-the-art community centre and library precinct
· Bennelong Bridge: Linking to Wentworth Point with pedestrian and cycling access
Combine this with an ever-expanding café and dining scene, and you’ve got a suburb where lifestyle comes naturally.
🏡 Modern Living, Master-Planned to Perfection
Unlike older suburbs with mixed housing stock, Rhodes offers a cohesive, architecturally-consistent skyline. Sleek residential towers are interwoven with parks, waterfront boardwalks, and community spaces—the result of years of thoughtful planning.
The area’s apartment supply is relatively new, reducing maintenance concerns and offering residents the benefits of modern design, security features, and energy efficiency.
Plus, with ongoing precinct renewals and investment in community infrastructure, the future of Rhodes looks even brighter.
🌱 Green Space Galore
Despite its urban convenience, Rhodes is rich in green zones—a rare balance in Sydney’s densifying inner west. The suburb is wrapped in foreshore parks, cycleways, and tree-lined walkways. Notable green highlights include:
· Brays Bay Reserve
· Rhodes Foreshore Park
· Peg Paterson Park
· These public spaces don’t just improve liveability—they increase long-term value and desirability, especially in riverside precincts.
📈 Future-Focused & Infrastructure Ready
Rhodes is part of the Greater Parramatta to Olympic Peninsula (GPOP) corridor—a NSW Government growth zone expected to attract over 40,000 new jobs and 30,000 residents in the coming years.
Planned infrastructure improvements, including enhanced rail links and active transport corridors, ensure that Rhodes isn’t just a place to live—it’s a place to grow.
💡 Final Thought
Rhodes is the rare suburb that offers the best of both worlds: lifestyle and location, tranquillity and transport, amenity and affordability (relative to neighbouring suburbs like Ryde and Sydney Olympic Park).
For those seeking a suburb with strong fundamentals, community character, and riverside charm, Rhodes is rising—and it’s not slowing down anytime soon.