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Artarmon

Ranked #85 of 422 Sydney suburbs for cafés. 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
Artarmon suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Cafés80#85 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)72#95 of 422
Value70#125 of 422
Parks66#119 of 422

Artarmon suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
57
#176 of 422
Safety
26
#310 of 422
Wealth
59
#171 of 422
Value
70
#125 of 422
Parks
66
#119 of 422
Cafés
80
#85 of 422
Transit
23
#324 of 422
Green space
27
#347 of 422
Active & healthy
56
#158 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
72
#95 of 422

Artarmon crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population9,417
Area2.51 km²
Postcode2064
Median household income$2,420/wk
Median rent$525/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)withheld by source (too few sales in Jan–Mar 2026)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,085,000 (32 sales this quarter; up 11.0% YoY, down 9.6% QoQ; postcode 2064, not suburb-level)
Crime rate59.5 incidents per 1,000 people — 71% of offences are against property, 29% against the person
Parks14 (0.44 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 1 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.07 km, secondary 1.1 km
Families score52/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park82.7% of the suburb
Cafés8
Gyms & sport venues14
Public transport stops27 (1 train station, 26 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunWilloughby parkrun (0.76 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb, plus 2 kindergartens — nearest is Artarmon Primary School (0.09 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 Artarmon

Population
9,417
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$2,420/wk
Median rent
$525/wk
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,085,000

Source: ABS Census 2021. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Artarmon — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Artarmon

What is the postcode for Artarmon?

The postcode for Artarmon, Sydney is 2064.

Is Artarmon a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Artarmon is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #85 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 7 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Artarmon safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 26/100 for safety and ranking #310 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 60 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 Artarmon good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 26/100, parks 66/100 and green space 27/100, with a median age of 37. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.1 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 Artarmon expensive to live in?

Median rent is $525 a week, and household income ranks #171 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 70/100 for value.

Does Artarmon have good public transport?

It scores 23/100 for transit, #324 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Artarmon?

83% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 27/100 for green space.

Is Artarmon good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Willoughby parkrun, 0.8 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 57/100 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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