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Dean Park

Ranked #3 of 422 Sydney suburbs for green space. 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
Dean Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Green space94#3 of 422
Value71#121 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)62#145 of 422
Transit49#215 of 422

Dean Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
32
#308 of 422
Safety
48
#219 of 422
Wealth
23
#324 of 422
Value
71
#121 of 422
Parks
21
#364 of 422
Cafés
13
#333 of 422
Transit
49
#215 of 422
Green space
94
#3 of 422
Active & healthy
35
#338 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
62
#145 of 422

Dean Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,180
Area1.43 km²
Postcode2761
Median household income$1,846/wk
Median rent$400/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,135,000 (68 sales this quarter; up 12.7% YoY, down 2.6% QoQ; postcode 2761, not suburb-level)
Crime rate37.1 incidents per 1,000 people — 40% of offences are against property, 60% against the person
Parks3 (11.74 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.54 km, secondary 1.87 km
Families score64/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park100.0% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues2
Public transport stops30 (30 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunRooty Hill parkrun (5.4 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is William Dean Public School (0.19 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 Dean Park

Population
3,180
Median age
35 years
Median household income
$1,846/wk
Median rent
$400/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,135,000

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

Common questions about Dean Park

What is the postcode for Dean Park?

The postcode for Dean Park, Sydney is 2761.

Is Dean Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Dean Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is green space, ranking #3 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 Dean Park safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 48/100 for safety and ranking #219 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 37 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 Dean Park good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 48/100, parks 21/100 and green space 94/100, 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 Dean Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,135,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 12.7% YoY, down 2.6% QoQ. Median rent is $400 a week, and household income ranks #324 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 71/100 for value.

Does Dean Park have good public transport?

It scores 49/100 for transit, #215 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Dean Park?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 11.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 94/100 for green space.

Is Dean Park good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Rooty Hill parkrun, 5.4 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 32/100 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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