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Carramar

Ranked #22 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
Carramar suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Parks90#22 of 422
Green space72#90 of 422
Transit62#160 of 422
Cafés56#188 of 422

Carramar suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
26
#340 of 422
Safety
15
#358 of 422
Wealth
1
#419 of 422
Value
11
#370 of 422
Parks
90
#22 of 422
Cafés
56
#188 of 422
Transit
62
#160 of 422
Green space
72
#90 of 422
Active & healthy
48
#223 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
21
#349 of 422

Carramar crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,475
Area1.01 km²
Postcode2163
Median household income$1,073/wk
Median rent$300/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)withheld by source (too few sales in Jan–Mar 2026)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$413,000 (low sales volume; up 61.0% YoY, down 26.7% QoQ; postcode 2163, not suburb-level)
Crime rate82.6 incidents per 1,000 people — 61% of offences are against property, 39% against the person
Parks9 (4.65 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.55 km, secondary 1.09 km
Families score44/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park95.1% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues3
Public transport stops21 (1 train station, 20 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunChipping Norton parkrun (2.8 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Carramar Public School (0.51 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 Carramar

Population
3,475
Median age
40 years
Median household income
$1,073/wk
Median rent
$300/wk
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$413,000

Source: ABS Census 2021. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Carramar — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Carramar

What is the postcode for Carramar?

The postcode for Carramar, Sydney is 2163.

Is Carramar a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Carramar is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #22 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 4 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Carramar safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 15/100 for safety and ranking #358 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 83 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 Carramar good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 15/100, parks 90/100 and green space 72/100, with a median age of 40. It has 0 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 Carramar expensive to live in?

Median rent is $300 a week, and household income ranks #419 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 11/100 for value.

Does Carramar have good public transport?

It scores 62/100 for transit, #160 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Carramar?

95% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 4.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 72/100 for green space.

Is Carramar good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Chipping Norton parkrun, 2.8 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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