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Chatswood West

Ranked #23 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
Chatswood West suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Parks90#23 of 422
Wealth87#56 of 422
Green space85#26 of 422
Active71#94 of 422

Chatswood West suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
71
#94 of 422
Safety
59
#173 of 422
Wealth
87
#56 of 422
Value
43
#238 of 422
Parks
90
#23 of 422
Cafés
13
#398 of 422
Transit
68
#137 of 422
Green space
85
#26 of 422
Active & healthy
57
#152 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
12
#385 of 422

Chatswood West crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,521
Area0.84 km²
Postcode2067
Median household income$3,121/wk
Median rent$750/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$3,190,000 (low sales volume; up 9.7% YoY, down 7.3% QoQ; postcode 2067, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,160,000 (47 sales this quarter; down 10.8% YoY, up 85.0% QoQ; postcode 2067, not suburb-level)
Crime rate30.2 incidents per 1,000 people — 70% of offences are against property, 30% against the person
Parks6 (7.32 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.65 km, secondary 0.65 km
Families score55/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park99.1% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues5
Public transport stops22 (22 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunWilloughby parkrun (3.47 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Lindfield College (0.68 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 Chatswood West

Population
1,521
Median age
42 years
Median household income
$3,121/wk
Median rent
$750/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$3,190,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,160,000

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

Common questions about Chatswood West

What is the postcode for Chatswood West?

The postcode for Chatswood West, Sydney is 2067.

Is Chatswood West a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Chatswood West is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #23 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 7 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Chatswood West safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 59/100 for safety and ranking #173 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 30 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 Chatswood West good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 59/100, parks 90/100 and green space 85/100, with a median age of 42. It has 0 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 Chatswood West expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $3,190,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 9.7% YoY, down 7.3% QoQ. Median rent is $750 a week, and household income ranks #56 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 43/100 for value.

Does Chatswood West have good public transport?

It scores 68/100 for transit, #137 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Chatswood West?

99% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 7.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 85/100 for green space.

Is Chatswood West good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Willoughby parkrun, 3.5 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 71/100 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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