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Bossley Park

Ranked #77 of 422 Sydney suburbs for safety. 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
Bossley Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Safety82#77 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)55#187 of 422
Green space52#197 of 422
Parks48#226 of 422

Bossley Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
35
#302 of 422
Safety
82
#77 of 422
Wealth
13
#367 of 422
Value
5
#395 of 422
Parks
48
#226 of 422
Cafés
13
#365 of 422
Transit
35
#274 of 422
Green space
52
#197 of 422
Active & healthy
27
#392 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
55
#187 of 422

Bossley Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population15,492
Area4.45 km²
Postcode2176
Median household income$1,542/wk
Median rent$465/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,525,000 (71 sales this quarter; up 10.5% YoY, up 5.4% QoQ; postcode 2176, not suburb-level)
Crime rate18.8 incidents per 1,000 people — 46% of offences are against property, 54% against the person
Parks19 (1.46 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)3 — 2 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.58 km, secondary 1.24 km
Families score68/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park93.1% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues22
Public transport stops72 (72 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunRooty Hill parkrun (8.81 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)4 schools in the suburb — nearest is Bossley Park Public School (0.38 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 Bossley Park

Population
15,492
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$1,542/wk
Median rent
$465/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,525,000

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

Common questions about Bossley Park

What is the postcode for Bossley Park?

The postcode for Bossley Park, Sydney is 2176.

Is Bossley Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Bossley Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #77 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 3 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Bossley Park safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 82/100 for safety and ranking #77 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 19 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 Bossley Park good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 82/100, parks 48/100 and green space 52/100, with a median age of 41. It has 3 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 Bossley Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,525,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 10.5% YoY, up 5.4% QoQ. Median rent is $465 a week, and household income ranks #367 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 5/100 for value.

Does Bossley Park have good public transport?

It scores 35/100 for transit, #274 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Bossley Park?

93% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 52/100 for green space.

Is Bossley Park good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Rooty Hill parkrun, 8.8 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 35/100 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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