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Darling Point

Ranked #44 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
Darling Point suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Wealth90#44 of 422
Cafés86#62 of 422
Parks81#52 of 422
Transit79#91 of 422

Darling Point suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
71
#95 of 422
Safety
54
#196 of 422
Wealth
90
#44 of 422
Value
25
#314 of 422
Parks
81
#52 of 422
Cafés
86
#62 of 422
Transit
79
#91 of 422
Green space
67
#123 of 422
Active & healthy
68
#67 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
18
#365 of 422

Darling Point crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,977
Area0.66 km²
Postcode2027
Median household income$3,219/wk
Median rent$825/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)withheld by source (too few sales in Jan–Mar 2026)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$2,300,000 (41 sales this quarter; down 32.4% YoY, down 21.4% QoQ; postcode 2027, not suburb-level)
Crime rate33.2 incidents per 1,000 people — 73% of offences are against property, 27% against the person
Parks7 (2.08 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.48 km, secondary 1.44 km
Families score65/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park98.7% of the suburb
Cafés4
Gyms & sport venues15
Public transport stops19 (18 bus stops, 1 ferry wharf)
Nearest parkrunCentennial parkrun (3.02 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Ascham (0.55 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 Darling Point

Population
3,977
Median age
49 years
Median household income
$3,219/wk
Median rent
$825/wk
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$2,300,000

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

Common questions about Darling Point

What is the postcode for Darling Point?

The postcode for Darling Point, Sydney is 2027.

Is Darling Point a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Darling Point is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #44 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 8 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Darling Point safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 54/100 for safety and ranking #196 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 33 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 Darling Point good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 54/100, parks 81/100 and green space 67/100, with a median age of 49. It has 0 schools 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 Darling Point expensive to live in?

Median rent is $825 a week, and household income ranks #44 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 25/100 for value.

Does Darling Point have good public transport?

It scores 79/100 for transit, #91 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Darling Point?

99% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 67/100 for green space.

Is Darling Point good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Centennial parkrun, 3.0 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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