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Cabramatta West

Ranked #80 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
Cabramatta West suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Transit81#80 of 422
Safety64#152 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)32#307 of 422
Green space30#325 of 422

Cabramatta West suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
2
#418 of 422
Safety
64
#152 of 422
Wealth
11
#377 of 422
Value
28
#299 of 422
Parks
27
#336 of 422
Cafés
13
#369 of 422
Transit
81
#80 of 422
Green space
30
#325 of 422
Active & healthy
16
#416 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
32
#307 of 422

Cabramatta West crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population7,822
Area1.81 km²
Postcode2166
Median household income$1,509/wk
Median rent$380/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,316,000 (66 sales this quarter; up 4.2% YoY, down 6.0% QoQ; postcode 2166, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$549,000 (52 sales this quarter; up 27.6% YoY, up 5.5% QoQ; postcode 2166, not suburb-level)
Crime rate27.9 incidents per 1,000 people — 55% of offences are against property, 45% against the person
Parks6 (0.85 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.55 km, secondary 1.77 km
Families score61/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park77.3% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues1
Public transport stops56 (56 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunChipping Norton parkrun (5.21 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Harrington Street Public School (0.53 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 Cabramatta West

Population
7,822
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,509/wk
Median rent
$380/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,316,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$549,000

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

Common questions about Cabramatta West

What is the postcode for Cabramatta West?

The postcode for Cabramatta West, Sydney is 2166.

Is Cabramatta West a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Cabramatta West is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #80 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 2 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Cabramatta West safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 64/100 for safety and ranking #152 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 28 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 Cabramatta West good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 64/100, parks 27/100 and green space 30/100, with a median age of 37. It has 1 school 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 Cabramatta West expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,316,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 4.2% YoY, down 6.0% QoQ. Median rent is $380 a week, and household income ranks #377 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 28/100 for value.

Does Cabramatta West have good public transport?

It scores 81/100 for transit, #80 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Cabramatta West?

77% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 30/100 for green space.

Is Cabramatta West good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Chipping Norton parkrun, 5.2 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 2/100 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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