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Chipping Norton

Ranked #85 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
Chipping Norton suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Parks72#85 of 422
Green space71#99 of 422
Active & healthy60#119 of 422
Safety48#221 of 422

Chipping Norton suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
18
#372 of 422
Safety
48
#221 of 422
Wealth
35
#274 of 422
Value
35
#271 of 422
Parks
72
#85 of 422
Cafés
38
#269 of 422
Transit
10
#381 of 422
Green space
71
#99 of 422
Active & healthy
60
#119 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
31
#311 of 422

Chipping Norton crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population9,412
Area7.07 km²
Postcode2170
Median household income$2,024/wk
Median rent$500/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,300,000 (152 sales this quarter; up 10.4% YoY, down 2.8% QoQ; postcode 2170, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$560,000 (237 sales this quarter; up 90.0% YoY, up 0.0% QoQ; postcode 2170, not suburb-level)
Crime rate37.5 incidents per 1,000 people — 58% of offences are against property, 42% against the person
Parks29 (10.81 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)3 — 2 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.9 km, secondary 0.71 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 park88.5% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues13
Public transport stops51 (51 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunChipping Norton parkrun (0.89 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)5 schools in the suburb — nearest is Georges River Environmental Education Centre (0.64 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 Chipping Norton

Population
9,412
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$2,024/wk
Median rent
$500/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,300,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$560,000

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

Common questions about Chipping Norton

What is the postcode for Chipping Norton?

The postcode for Chipping Norton, Sydney is 2170.

Is Chipping Norton a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Chipping Norton is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #85 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 Chipping Norton safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 48/100 for safety and ranking #221 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 38 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 Chipping Norton good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 48/100, parks 72/100 and green space 71/100, with a median age of 39. It has 3 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.9 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 Chipping Norton expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,300,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 10.4% YoY, down 2.8% QoQ. Median rent is $500 a week, and household income ranks #274 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 35/100 for value.

Does Chipping Norton have good public transport?

It scores 10/100 for transit, #381 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Chipping Norton?

88% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 10.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 71/100 for green space.

Is Chipping Norton good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Chipping Norton parkrun, 0.9 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 18/100 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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