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Abbotsbury

Ranked #7 of 422 Sydney suburbs for green space. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.

By BestSuburbs research · Updated October 2026 · Sydney
Abbotsbury suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Green space91#7 of 422
Value78#90 of 422
Safety77#97 of 422
Wealth69#131 of 422

Abbotsbury suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
37
#290 of 422
Safety
77
#97 of 422
Wealth
69
#131 of 422
Value
78
#90 of 422
Parks
44
#248 of 422
Cafés
62
#153 of 422
Transit
13
#366 of 422
Green space
91
#7 of 422
Active & healthy
53
#183 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
4
#417 of 422

Abbotsbury crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,200
Area4.94 km²
Postcode2176
Median household income$2,621/wk
Median rent$550/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,525,000 (71 sales this quarter; up 10.5% YoY, up 5.4% QoQ; postcode 2176, not suburb-level)
Crime rate21.2 incidents per 1,000 people — 54% of offences are against property, 46% against the person
Parks8 (68.27 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.52 km, secondary 1.06 km
Families score59/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park99.3% of the suburb
Cafés3
Gyms & sport venues9
Public transport stops43 (43 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunRooty Hill parkrun (9.18 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Bossley Park High School (1.55 km)

Sale prices: NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, January - March 2026 quarter — © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), Rent and Sales Report, CC BY 4.0; suburb-to-postcode mapping © GeoNames.org, CC BY 4.0. NSW publishes no free suburb-level sale medians, so this is the median for the suburb's POSTCODE (non-strata sales = houses, strata = units), which can span several suburbs. Low-volume figures rest on 30 or fewer sales in the quarter; postcodes with 10 or fewer sales are withheld by DCJ.

Who lives in Abbotsbury

Population
4,200
Median age
42 years
Median household income
$2,621/wk
Median rent
$550/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,525,000

Source: ABS Census 2021; sale prices NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, January - March 2026 quarter. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Abbotsbury — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Abbotsbury

What is the postcode for Abbotsbury?

The postcode for Abbotsbury, Sydney is 2176.

Is Abbotsbury a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Abbotsbury is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is green space, ranking #7 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Abbotsbury safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 77/100 for safety and ranking #97 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 21 per 1,000 residents. That score is recorded offences per 1,000 residents from official crime statistics, as a percentile against every other suburb in the city.

Is Abbotsbury good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 77/100, parks 44/100 and green space 91/100, with a median age of 42. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.5 km from its centre. School counts and distances feed the families score; catchment zoning and school results do not (we cannot publish those) — see our Sydney families ranking for the full method.

Is Abbotsbury expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,525,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 10.5% YoY, up 5.4% QoQ. Median rent is $550 a week, and household income ranks #131 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 78/100 for value.

Does Abbotsbury have good public transport?

It scores 13/100 for transit, #366 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Abbotsbury?

99% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 68.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 91/100 for green space.

Is Abbotsbury good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Rooty Hill parkrun, 9.2 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 37/100 for how much walking, running and riding actually happens there.

Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Sydney: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated October 2026 (last updated 2026-10-12). Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
About this data: every number on this page is computed from public sources — it is not an opinion or a sponsored placement. See how we rank suburbs for the full method.
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