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Abbotsford

Ranked #62 of 422 Sydney suburbs for schools nearby (osm). 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
Abbotsford suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Schools nearby (OSM)80#62 of 422
Safety73#112 of 422
Transit64#152 of 422
Parks57#168 of 422

Abbotsford suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
13
#387 of 422
Safety
73
#112 of 422
Wealth
49
#215 of 422
Value
39
#253 of 422
Parks
57
#168 of 422
Cafés
49
#224 of 422
Transit
64
#152 of 422
Green space
43
#252 of 422
Active & healthy
32
#362 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
80
#62 of 422

Abbotsford crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,431
Area1.0 km²
Postcode2046
Median household income$2,263/wk
Median rent$550/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$3,358,000 (low sales volume; up 5.1% YoY, down 4.1% QoQ; postcode 2046, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,173,000 (62 sales this quarter; up 2.0% YoY, down 5.4% QoQ; postcode 2046, not suburb-level)
Crime rate23.0 incidents per 1,000 people — 56% of offences are against property, 44% against the person
Parks6 (1.07 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.49 km, secondary 1.52 km
Families score57/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park87.5% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues4
Public transport stops24 (23 bus stops, 1 ferry wharf)
Nearest parkrunGreenWay parkrun (3.81 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Abbotsford Public School (0.27 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 Abbotsford

Population
5,431
Median age
47 years
Median household income
$2,263/wk
Median rent
$550/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$3,358,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,173,000

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 Abbotsford — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Abbotsford

What is the postcode for Abbotsford?

The postcode for Abbotsford, Sydney is 2046.

Is Abbotsford a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Abbotsford is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #62 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 4 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Abbotsford safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 73/100 for safety and ranking #112 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 23 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 Abbotsford good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 73/100, parks 57/100 and green space 43/100, with a median age of 47. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.5 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 Abbotsford expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $3,358,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 5.1% YoY, down 4.1% QoQ. Median rent is $550 a week, and household income ranks #215 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 39/100 for value.

Does Abbotsford have good public transport?

It scores 64/100 for transit, #152 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Abbotsford?

88% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 43/100 for green space.

Is Abbotsford good for running?

The nearest parkrun is GreenWay parkrun, 3.8 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 13/100 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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