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Bondi Junction

Ranked #8 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
Bondi Junction suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Transit98#8 of 422
Cafés92#37 of 422
Active & healthy64#89 of 422
Active62#147 of 422

Bondi Junction suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
62
#147 of 422
Safety
3
#408 of 422
Wealth
56
#188 of 422
Value
12
#368 of 422
Parks
34
#307 of 422
Cafés
92
#37 of 422
Transit
98
#8 of 422
Green space
52
#203 of 422
Active & healthy
64
#89 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
29
#321 of 422

Bondi Junction crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population10,361
Area1.04 km²
Postcode2022
Median household income$2,379/wk
Median rent$660/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$4,140,000 (low sales volume; up 13.3% YoY, up 30.4% QoQ; postcode 2022, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,172,000 (35 sales this quarter; down 15.3% YoY, down 18.6% QoQ; postcode 2022, not suburb-level)
Crime rate185.9 incidents per 1,000 people — 79% of offences are against property, 21% against the person
Parks5 (0.81 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.54 km, secondary 2.76 km
Families score36/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park97.5% of the suburb
Cafés17
Gyms & sport venues23
Public transport stops64 (1 train station, 63 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCentennial parkrun (2.09 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Reddam House (0.41 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 Bondi Junction

Population
10,361
Median age
35 years
Median household income
$2,379/wk
Median rent
$660/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$4,140,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,172,000

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

Common questions about Bondi Junction

What is the postcode for Bondi Junction?

The postcode for Bondi Junction, Sydney is 2022.

Is Bondi Junction a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Bondi Junction is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #8 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 Bondi Junction safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 3/100 for safety and ranking #408 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 186 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 Bondi Junction good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 3/100, parks 34/100 and green space 52/100, with a median age of 35. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.5 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 Bondi Junction expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $4,140,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 13.3% YoY, up 30.4% QoQ. Median rent is $660 a week, and household income ranks #188 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 12/100 for value.

Does Bondi Junction have good public transport?

It scores 98/100 for transit, #8 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Bondi Junction?

98% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 52/100 for green space.

Is Bondi Junction good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Centennial parkrun, 2.1 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 62/100 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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