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Bellevue Hill

Ranked #32 of 422 Sydney suburbs for wealth. 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
Bellevue Hill suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Wealth93#32 of 422
Value90#44 of 422
Safety85#65 of 422
Transit83#74 of 422

Bellevue Hill suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
73
#89 of 422
Safety
85
#65 of 422
Wealth
93
#32 of 422
Value
90
#44 of 422
Parks
22
#362 of 422
Cafés
73
#107 of 422
Transit
83
#74 of 422
Green space
28
#346 of 422
Active & healthy
59
#133 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
78
#76 of 422

Bellevue Hill crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population10,590
Area2.36 km²
Postcode2023
Median household income$3,315/wk
Median rent$650/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)withheld by source (too few sales in Jan–Mar 2026)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,600,000 (33 sales this quarter; down 12.6% YoY, down 7.9% QoQ; postcode 2023, not suburb-level)
Crime rate18.1 incidents per 1,000 people — 64% of offences are against property, 36% against the person
Parks7 (1.19 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.0 km, secondary 2.03 km
Families score59/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park65.7% of the suburb
Cafés6
Gyms & sport venues68
Public transport stops79 (79 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCentennial parkrun (3.32 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)5 schools in the suburb — nearest is The Scots College Early Learning Centre (0.3 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 Bellevue Hill

Population
10,590
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$3,315/wk
Median rent
$650/wk
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,600,000

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

Common questions about Bellevue Hill

What is the postcode for Bellevue Hill?

The postcode for Bellevue Hill, Sydney is 2023.

Is Bellevue Hill a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Bellevue Hill is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #32 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 8 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Bellevue Hill safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 85/100 for safety and ranking #65 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 18 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 Bellevue Hill good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 85/100, parks 22/100 and green space 28/100, with a median age of 39. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.0 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 Bellevue Hill expensive to live in?

Median rent is $650 a week, and household income ranks #32 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 90/100 for value.

Does Bellevue Hill have good public transport?

It scores 83/100 for transit, #74 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Bellevue Hill?

66% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 28/100 for green space.

Is Bellevue Hill good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Centennial parkrun, 3.3 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 73/100 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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