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Bronte

Ranked #30 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
Bronte suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Wealth93#30 of 422
Cafés92#34 of 422
Value87#56 of 422
Transit85#65 of 422

Bronte suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
26
#343 of 422
Safety
56
#187 of 422
Wealth
93
#30 of 422
Value
87
#56 of 422
Parks
58
#165 of 422
Cafés
92
#34 of 422
Transit
85
#65 of 422
Green space
62
#152 of 422
Active & healthy
45
#255 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
64
#141 of 422

Bronte crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population7,166
Area1.32 km²
Postcode2024
Median household income$3,365/wk
Median rent$675/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$5,000,000 (low sales volume; down 15.2% YoY, up 1.5% QoQ; postcode 2024, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,600,000 (low sales volume; down 5.8% YoY, up 13.9% QoQ; postcode 2024, not suburb-level)
Crime rate32.2 incidents per 1,000 people — 67% of offences are against property, 33% against the person
Parks8 (1.58 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.39 km, secondary 2.96 km
Families score62/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park98.2% of the suburb
Cafés15
Gyms & sport venues1
Public transport stops46 (46 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCentennial parkrun (3.28 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Bronte Public School (0.43 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 Bronte

Population
7,166
Median age
38 years
Median household income
$3,365/wk
Median rent
$675/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$5,000,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,600,000

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

Common questions about Bronte

What is the postcode for Bronte?

The postcode for Bronte, Sydney is 2024.

Is Bronte a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Bronte is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #30 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 Bronte safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 56/100 for safety and ranking #187 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 32 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 Bronte good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 56/100, parks 58/100 and green space 62/100, with a median age of 38. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.4 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 Bronte expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $5,000,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), down 15.2% YoY, up 1.5% QoQ. Median rent is $675 a week, and household income ranks #30 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 87/100 for value.

Does Bronte have good public transport?

It scores 85/100 for transit, #65 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Bronte?

98% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.6 hectares per 1,000 residents — 62/100 for green space.

Is Bronte good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Centennial parkrun, 3.3 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 26/100 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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