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East Killara

Ranked #6 of 422 Sydney suburbs for safety. 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
East Killara suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Safety99#6 of 422
Active94#7 of 422
Green space86#21 of 422
Wealth83#72 of 422

East Killara suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
94
#7 of 422
Safety
99
#6 of 422
Wealth
83
#72 of 422
Value
2
#408 of 422
Parks
8
#404 of 422
Cafés
46
#242 of 422
Transit
10
#382 of 422
Green space
86
#21 of 422
Active & healthy
66
#75 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
16
#369 of 422

East Killara crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,895
Area3.15 km²
Postcode2071
Median household income$3,005/wk
Median rent$1000/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$3,750,000 (low sales volume; up 4.0% YoY, down 3.9% QoQ; postcode 2071, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,325,000 (low sales volume; up 29.1% YoY, up 30.1% QoQ; postcode 2071, not suburb-level)
Crime rate7.3 incidents per 1,000 people — 56% of offences are against property, 44% against the person
Parks2 (47.33 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 0 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 1.43 km, secondary 0.89 km
Families score67/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park97.8% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues37
Public transport stops23 (23 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunWildflower parkrun (5.77 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Killara High School (0.72 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 East Killara

Population
2,895
Median age
43 years
Median household income
$3,005/wk
Median rent
$1,000/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$3,750,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,325,000

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

Common questions about East Killara

What is the postcode for East Killara?

The postcode for East Killara, Sydney is 2071.

Is East Killara a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- East Killara is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #6 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 5 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is East Killara safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 99/100 for safety and ranking #6 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 7 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 East Killara good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 99/100, parks 8/100 and green space 86/100, with a median age of 43. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.4 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 East Killara expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $3,750,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 4.0% YoY, down 3.9% QoQ. Median rent is $1,000 a week, and household income ranks #72 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 2/100 for value.

Does East Killara have good public transport?

It scores 10/100 for transit, #382 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in East Killara?

98% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 47.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 86/100 for green space.

Is East Killara good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Wildflower parkrun, 5.8 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 94/100 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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