BestSuburbs › Sydney › rankings › Coogee

See all Sydney suburb rankings · all lists · safest · for families · best value · young professionals · greenest · for runners · best coffee · public transport · wealthiest · most active

Coogee

Ranked #51 of 422 Sydney suburbs for cafés. 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
Coogee suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Cafés87#51 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)83#52 of 422
Wealth82#78 of 422
Transit80#86 of 422

Coogee suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
59
#163 of 422
Safety
43
#241 of 422
Wealth
82
#78 of 422
Value
68
#134 of 422
Parks
52
#202 of 422
Cafés
87
#51 of 422
Transit
80
#86 of 422
Green space
56
#178 of 422
Active & healthy
53
#185 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
83
#52 of 422

Coogee crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population14,634
Area1.96 km²
Postcode2034
Median household income$2,976/wk
Median rent$650/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$3,575,000 (low sales volume; down 43.2% YoY, down 19.7% QoQ; postcode 2034, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$8,954,000 (184 sales this quarter; up 477.7% YoY, up 442.7% QoQ; postcode 2034, not suburb-level)
Crime rate41.1 incidents per 1,000 people — 70% of offences are against property, 30% against the person
Parks13 (1.26 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.46 km, secondary 1.42 km
Families score46/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park96.8% of the suburb
Cafés16
Gyms & sport venues22
Public transport stops60 (60 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCentennial parkrun (3.35 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)3 schools in the suburb — nearest is St Brigids Catholic Primary School (0.18 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 Coogee

Population
14,634
Median age
35 years
Median household income
$2,976/wk
Median rent
$650/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$3,575,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$8,954,000

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

Common questions about Coogee

What is the postcode for Coogee?

The postcode for Coogee, Sydney is 2034.

Is Coogee a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Coogee is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #51 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 9 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Coogee safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 43/100 for safety and ranking #241 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 41 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 Coogee good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 43/100, parks 52/100 and green space 56/100, with a median age of 35. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.5 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 Coogee expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $3,575,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), down 43.2% YoY, down 19.7% QoQ. Median rent is $650 a week, and household income ranks #78 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 68/100 for value.

Does Coogee have good public transport?

It scores 80/100 for transit, #86 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Coogee?

97% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 56/100 for green space.

Is Coogee good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Centennial parkrun, 3.4 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 59/100 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.
← all 422 Sydney suburbs, with sliders