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Bonnyrigg Heights

Ranked #59 of 422 Sydney suburbs for parks. 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
Bonnyrigg Heights suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Parks78#59 of 422
Green space76#65 of 422
Safety75#107 of 422
Transit71#121 of 422

Bonnyrigg Heights suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
61
#149 of 422
Safety
75
#107 of 422
Wealth
29
#301 of 422
Value
52
#200 of 422
Parks
78
#59 of 422
Cafés
13
#359 of 422
Transit
71
#121 of 422
Green space
76
#65 of 422
Active & healthy
32
#367 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
64
#134 of 422

Bonnyrigg Heights crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population7,369
Area2.11 km²
Postcode2177
Median household income$1,930/wk
Median rent$450/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,320,000 (low sales volume; up 5.6% YoY, up 2.7% QoQ; postcode 2177, not suburb-level)
Crime rate22.0 incidents per 1,000 people — 64% of offences are against property, 36% against the person
Parks14 (2.3 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.53 km, secondary 1.91 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
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues9
Public transport stops58 (58 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCasula Parklands parkrun (7.6 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Bonnyrigg Heights Public School (0.27 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 Bonnyrigg Heights

Population
7,369
Median age
38 years
Median household income
$1,930/wk
Median rent
$450/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,320,000

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

Common questions about Bonnyrigg Heights

What is the postcode for Bonnyrigg Heights?

The postcode for Bonnyrigg Heights, Sydney is 2177.

Is Bonnyrigg Heights a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Bonnyrigg Heights is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #59 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 Bonnyrigg Heights safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 75/100 for safety and ranking #107 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 22 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 Bonnyrigg Heights good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 75/100, parks 78/100 and green space 76/100, with a median age of 38. It has 1 school 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 Bonnyrigg Heights expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,320,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 5.6% YoY, up 2.7% QoQ. Median rent is $450 a week, and household income ranks #301 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 52/100 for value.

Does Bonnyrigg Heights have good public transport?

It scores 71/100 for transit, #121 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Bonnyrigg Heights?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 76/100 for green space.

Is Bonnyrigg Heights good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Casula Parklands parkrun, 7.6 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 61/100 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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