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Brighton-Le-Sands

Ranked #60 of 422 Sydney suburbs for cafés. 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
Brighton-Le-Sands suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Cafés86#60 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)84#46 of 422
Transit62#162 of 422
Active50#225 of 422

Brighton-Le-Sands suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
50
#225 of 422
Safety
40
#254 of 422
Wealth
14
#365 of 422
Value
9
#381 of 422
Parks
24
#348 of 422
Cafés
86
#60 of 422
Transit
62
#162 of 422
Green space
36
#296 of 422
Active & healthy
36
#335 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
84
#46 of 422

Brighton-Le-Sands crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population8,336
Area1.5 km²
Postcode2216
Median household income$1,582/wk
Median rent$450/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$2,025,000 (31 sales this quarter; up 11.2% YoY, up 7.1% QoQ; postcode 2216, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$760,000 (107 sales this quarter; up 2.4% YoY, down 4.9% QoQ; postcode 2216, not suburb-level)
Crime rate43.9 incidents per 1,000 people — 54% of offences are against property, 46% against the person
Parks5 (1.43 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.7 km, secondary 1.53 km
Families score57/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park77.6% of the suburb
Cafés9
Gyms & sport venues5
Public transport stops37 (37 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunDolls Point parkrun (4.19 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)3 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten

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 Brighton-Le-Sands

Population
8,336
Median age
43 years
Median household income
$1,582/wk
Median rent
$450/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$2,025,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$760,000

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 Brighton-Le-Sands — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Brighton-Le-Sands

What is the postcode for Brighton-Le-Sands?

The postcode for Brighton-Le-Sands, Sydney is 2216.

Is Brighton-Le-Sands a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Brighton-Le-Sands is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #60 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 Brighton-Le-Sands safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 40/100 for safety and ranking #254 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 44 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 Brighton-Le-Sands good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 40/100, parks 24/100 and green space 36/100, with a median age of 43. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.7 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 Brighton-Le-Sands expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,025,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 11.2% YoY, up 7.1% QoQ. Median rent is $450 a week, and household income ranks #365 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 9/100 for value.

Does Brighton-Le-Sands have good public transport?

It scores 62/100 for transit, #162 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Brighton-Le-Sands?

78% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 36/100 for green space.

Is Brighton-Le-Sands good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Dolls Point parkrun, 4.2 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 50/100 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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