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Annandale

Ranked #28 of 422 Sydney suburbs for parks. 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
Annandale suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Parks88#28 of 422
Cafés88#44 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)80#64 of 422
Value74#107 of 422

Annandale suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
41
#270 of 422
Safety
33
#280 of 422
Wealth
73
#113 of 422
Value
74
#107 of 422
Parks
88
#28 of 422
Cafés
88
#44 of 422
Transit
43
#239 of 422
Green space
43
#253 of 422
Active & healthy
57
#149 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
80
#64 of 422

Annandale crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population9,487
Area1.49 km²
Postcode2038
Median household income$2,683/wk
Median rent$570/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$2,303,000 (low sales volume; up 2.3% YoY, down 7.0% QoQ; postcode 2038, not suburb-level)
Crime rate51.2 incidents per 1,000 people — 73% of offences are against property, 27% against the person
Parks20 (1.01 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.17 km, secondary 1.13 km
Families score53/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park88.9% of the suburb
Cafés12
Gyms & sport venues16
Public transport stops28 (1 tram/light-rail stop, 27 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunGreenWay parkrun (2.35 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)3 schools in the suburb — nearest is Annandale North 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 Annandale

Population
9,487
Median age
38 years
Median household income
$2,683/wk
Median rent
$570/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$2,303,000

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

Common questions about Annandale

What is the postcode for Annandale?

The postcode for Annandale, Sydney is 2038.

Is Annandale a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Annandale is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #28 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 Annandale safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 33/100 for safety and ranking #280 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 51 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 Annandale good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 33/100, parks 88/100 and green space 43/100, with a median age of 38. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.2 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 Annandale expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,303,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 2.3% YoY, down 7.0% QoQ. Median rent is $570 a week, and household income ranks #113 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 74/100 for value.

Does Annandale have good public transport?

It scores 43/100 for transit, #239 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Annandale?

89% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 43/100 for green space.

Is Annandale good for running?

The nearest parkrun is GreenWay parkrun, 2.4 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 41/100 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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