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Denistone East

Ranked #9 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
Denistone East suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Parks96#9 of 422
Safety91#39 of 422
Transit88#52 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)76#85 of 422

Denistone East suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
32
#310 of 422
Safety
91
#39 of 422
Wealth
60
#170 of 422
Value
16
#351 of 422
Parks
96
#9 of 422
Cafés
13
#393 of 422
Transit
88
#52 of 422
Green space
51
#207 of 422
Active & healthy
44
#264 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
76
#85 of 422

Denistone East crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,292
Area0.7 km²
Postcode2112
Median household income$2,424/wk
Median rent$650/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$2,853,000 (52 sales this quarter; up 7.6% YoY, up 1.9% QoQ; postcode 2112, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$745,000 (117 sales this quarter; up 1.7% YoY, up 34.0% QoQ; postcode 2112, not suburb-level)
Crime rate14.4 incidents per 1,000 people — 68% of offences are against property, 32% against the person
Parks9 (0.44 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.2 km, secondary 1.94 km
Families score79/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park99.8% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues4
Public transport stops26 (26 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunMacquarie University parkrun (2.97 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is St Therese's Catholic Primary 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 Denistone East

Population
2,292
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$2,424/wk
Median rent
$650/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$2,853,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$745,000

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

Common questions about Denistone East

What is the postcode for Denistone East?

The postcode for Denistone East, Sydney is 2112.

Is Denistone East a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Denistone East is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #9 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Denistone East safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 91/100 for safety and ranking #39 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 14 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 Denistone East good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 91/100, parks 96/100 and green space 51/100, with a median age of 41. It has 1 school 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 Denistone East expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,853,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 7.6% YoY, up 1.9% QoQ. Median rent is $650 a week, and household income ranks #170 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 16/100 for value.

Does Denistone East have good public transport?

It scores 88/100 for transit, #52 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Denistone East?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 51/100 for green space.

Is Denistone East good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Macquarie University parkrun, 3.0 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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