524 Illawarra Rd, Marrickville is a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom House. The property has a land size of 442m2 and floor size of 96m2. While the property is not currently for sale or for rent, it was last sold in April 2021.
"Renovate, expand and return to past glories"
Freestanding full brick family home with great street appeal sitting on 436 sq metres (approx.) of land. This Traditional home lies within the green and leafy Cooks river quarter of Marrickville with Steel park directly across the road along with the Cooks river bike/ walking tracks which also encompasses the Marrickville golf course which has open and free public access.
A short walk to Marrickville train station which sits amongst the Illawarra road shopping strip with its great cafes, restaurants, variety shops and major super markets. Also a short walk to Tempe train station.
This solid brick home features 2 spacious bedrooms, large formal living, open plan kitchen and dining and an attic with storage space.
Many old world features such as, high ceilings, traditional skirting boards and picture rails.
Expansive and level back garden which could be put to many uses. It could be turned into an amazing garden for those wishing to landscape, plant or seek that annual yield of veggies or be great haven for the kids and the family to entertain and have fun.
This is the ideal opportunity to do a major restoration.
Due to the deep nature of the block, the property lends itself (STCA) to the potential to become a larger house by expanding out or perhaps a second storey. There are current precedents of similar on properties this part of Illawarra road of either extending deeper into the block or building a second storey or both.
This solid brick home does need some TLC has enormous potential to be turned into expansive family home that will be something to admire for generations to come.
The size of Marrickville is approximately 5.8 square kilometres. It has 23 parks covering nearly 10.8% of total area. The population of Marrickville in 2016 was 26592 people. By 2021 the population was 26570 showing a population decline of 0.1% in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Marrickville is 30-39 years. Households in Marrickville are primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying over $4000 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Marrickville work in a professional occupation.In 2021, 51.30% of the homes in Marrickville were owner-occupied compared with 51.20% in 2016.
Marrickville has 15,350 properties. Over the last 5 years, Houses in Marrickville have seen a 52.76% increase in median value, while Units have seen a 45.60% increase. As at 30 November 2025:
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