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Bardwell Park

Ranked #83 of 422 Sydney suburbs for transit. 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
Bardwell Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Transit80#83 of 422
Parks77#67 of 422
Cafés76#99 of 422
Green space76#62 of 422

Bardwell Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
2
#417 of 422
Safety
60
#167 of 422
Wealth
57
#181 of 422
Value
55
#187 of 422
Parks
77
#67 of 422
Cafés
76
#99 of 422
Transit
80
#83 of 422
Green space
76
#62 of 422
Active & healthy
50
#203 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
72
#97 of 422

Bardwell Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,320
Area0.92 km²
Postcode2207
Median household income$2,386/wk
Median rent$550/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,900,000 (36 sales this quarter; up 91.0% YoY, down 2.6% QoQ; postcode 2207, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$990,000 (low sales volume; up 14.4% YoY, up 28.2% QoQ; postcode 2207, not suburb-level)
Crime rate29.7 incidents per 1,000 people — 59% of offences are against property, 41% against the person
Parks5 (2.23 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.17 km, secondary 2.65 km
Families score73/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park100.0% of the suburb
Cafés2
Public transport stops24 (1 train station, 23 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCooks River parkrun (2.54 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Bardwell Park Infants School (0.22 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 Bardwell Park

Population
2,320
Median age
42 years
Median household income
$2,386/wk
Median rent
$550/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,900,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$990,000

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

Common questions about Bardwell Park

What is the postcode for Bardwell Park?

The postcode for Bardwell Park, Sydney is 2207.

Is Bardwell Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Bardwell Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #83 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 9 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Bardwell Park safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 60/100 for safety and ranking #167 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 30 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 Bardwell Park good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 60/100, parks 77/100 and green space 76/100, with a median age of 42. It has 1 school 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 Bardwell Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,900,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 91.0% YoY, down 2.6% QoQ. Median rent is $550 a week, and household income ranks #181 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 55/100 for value.

Does Bardwell Park have good public transport?

It scores 80/100 for transit, #83 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Bardwell Park?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 76/100 for green space.

Is Bardwell Park good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Cooks River parkrun, 2.5 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 2/100 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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