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Clontarf

Ranked #4 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
Clontarf suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Wealth99#4 of 422
Cafés80#86 of 422
Safety74#110 of 422
Active & healthy69#59 of 422

Clontarf suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
63
#140 of 422
Safety
74
#110 of 422
Wealth
99
#4 of 422
Value
14
#360 of 422
Parks
8
#405 of 422
Cafés
80
#86 of 422
Transit
54
#195 of 422
Green space
68
#116 of 422
Active & healthy
69
#59 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
40
#278 of 422

Clontarf crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,746
Area0.88 km²
Postcode2093
Median household income$4,609/wk
Median rent$1250/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$3,825,000 (42 sales this quarter; up 66.0% YoY, up 0.0% QoQ; postcode 2093, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,383,000 (52 sales this quarter; up 16.4% YoY, up 20.2% QoQ; postcode 2093, not suburb-level)
Crime rate22.3 incidents per 1,000 people — 75% of offences are against property, 25% against the person
Parks1 (9.26 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.23 km, secondary 1.23 km
Families score48/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park86.5% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues3
Public transport stops20 (20 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunMosman parkrun (0.99 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Balgowlah Heights Public School (0.26 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 Clontarf

Population
1,746
Median age
47 years
Median household income
$4,609/wk
Median rent
$1,250/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$3,825,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,383,000

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

Common questions about Clontarf

What is the postcode for Clontarf?

The postcode for Clontarf, Sydney is 2093.

Is Clontarf a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Clontarf is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #4 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 Clontarf safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 74/100 for safety and ranking #110 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 22 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 Clontarf good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 74/100, parks 8/100 and green space 68/100, with a median age of 47. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.2 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 Clontarf expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $3,825,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 66.0% YoY, up 0.0% QoQ. Median rent is $1,250 a week, and household income ranks #4 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 14/100 for value.

Does Clontarf have good public transport?

It scores 54/100 for transit, #195 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Clontarf?

86% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 9.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 68/100 for green space.

Is Clontarf good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Mosman parkrun, 1.0 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 63/100 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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