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Belfield

Ranked #95 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
Belfield suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Transit78#95 of 422
Safety62#161 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)46#241 of 422
Green space44#248 of 422

Belfield suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
26
#342 of 422
Safety
62
#161 of 422
Wealth
18
#347 of 422
Value
18
#343 of 422
Parks
6
#412 of 422
Cafés
13
#413 of 422
Transit
78
#95 of 422
Green space
44
#248 of 422
Active & healthy
37
#328 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
46
#241 of 422

Belfield crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population6,555
Area1.23 km²
Postcode2191
Median household income$1,727/wk
Median rent$460/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$2,200,000 (low sales volume; up 6.8% YoY, up 1.6% QoQ; postcode 2191, not suburb-level)
Crime rate28.8 incidents per 1,000 people — 55% of offences are against property, 45% against the person
Parks2 (0.9 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.6 km, secondary 0.67 km
Families score54/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park91.7% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues8
Public transport stops37 (37 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCooks River parkrun (2.97 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Belmore North Public School (0.47 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 Belfield

Population
6,555
Median age
40 years
Median household income
$1,727/wk
Median rent
$460/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$2,200,000

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

Common questions about Belfield

What is the postcode for Belfield?

The postcode for Belfield, Sydney is 2191.

Is Belfield a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Belfield is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #95 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 2 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Belfield safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 62/100 for safety and ranking #161 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 29 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 Belfield good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 62/100, parks 6/100 and green space 44/100, with a median age of 40. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.6 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 Belfield expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,200,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 6.8% YoY, up 1.6% QoQ. Median rent is $460 a week, and household income ranks #347 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 18/100 for value.

Does Belfield have good public transport?

It scores 78/100 for transit, #95 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Belfield?

92% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.9 hectares per 1,000 residents — 44/100 for green space.

Is Belfield good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Cooks River parkrun, 3.0 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 26/100 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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