An 18-year-old man has plunged to his death after falling from a high-rise balcony in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Emergency services were called to the Saunders Street building about 3.30am after the teenager fell from the 16th floor to a central courtyard.

The unit complex on Saunders Street, Pyrmont, where a teenager fell to his death on Saturday. Credit:Domain

He died at the scene.

Early indications suggest the incident was an accident.