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Dolls Point

Ranked #16 of 422 Sydney suburbs for transit. 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
Dolls Point suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Transit96#16 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)86#39 of 422
Green space60#157 of 422
Safety57#183 of 422

Dolls Point suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
26
#341 of 422
Safety
57
#183 of 422
Wealth
17
#351 of 422
Value
19
#338 of 422
Parks
0
#422 of 422
Cafés
13
#407 of 422
Transit
96
#16 of 422
Green space
60
#157 of 422
Active & healthy
43
#273 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
86
#39 of 422

Dolls Point crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,633
Area0.21 km²
Postcode2219
Median household income$1,708/wk
Median rent$451/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$2,110,000 (low sales volume; down 21.9% YoY, down 23.1% QoQ; postcode 2219, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,068,000 (low sales volume; up 16.9% YoY, up 16.0% QoQ; postcode 2219, not suburb-level)
Crime rate31.2 incidents per 1,000 people — 55% of offences are against property, 45% against the person
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.34 km, secondary 3.0 km
Families score53/100 (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
Public transport stops11 (11 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunDolls Point parkrun (0.24 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is The Scots College Brighton Preparatory 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 Dolls Point

Population
1,633
Median age
44 years
Median household income
$1,708/wk
Median rent
$451/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$2,110,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,068,000

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

Common questions about Dolls Point

What is the postcode for Dolls Point?

The postcode for Dolls Point, Sydney is 2219.

Is Dolls Point a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Dolls Point is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #16 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 4 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Dolls Point safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 57/100 for safety and ranking #183 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 31 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 Dolls Point good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 57/100, parks 0/100 and green space 60/100, with a median age of 44. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.3 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 Dolls Point expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,110,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), down 21.9% YoY, down 23.1% QoQ. Median rent is $451 a week, and household income ranks #351 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 19/100 for value.

Does Dolls Point have good public transport?

It scores 96/100 for transit, #16 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Dolls Point?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 60/100 for green space.

Is Dolls Point good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Dolls Point parkrun, 0.2 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 26/100 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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