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East Ryde

Ranked #27 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 Ryde suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Safety94#27 of 422
Wealth91#39 of 422
Green space88#16 of 422
Value59#172 of 422

East Ryde suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
29
#330 of 422
Safety
94
#27 of 422
Wealth
91
#39 of 422
Value
59
#172 of 422
Parks
32
#315 of 422
Cafés
13
#396 of 422
Transit
3
#411 of 422
Green space
88
#16 of 422
Active & healthy
32
#370 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
6
#412 of 422

East Ryde crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,522
Area1.24 km²
Postcode2113
Median household income$3,240/wk
Median rent$735/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$2,700,000 (low sales volume; up 4.3% YoY, down 1.8% QoQ; postcode 2113, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$905,000 (107 sales this quarter; up 2.8% YoY, up 13.1% QoQ; postcode 2113, not suburb-level)
Crime rate12.3 incidents per 1,000 people — 70% of offences are against property, 30% against the person
Parks3 (5.51 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.03 km, secondary 1.65 km
Families score58/100 (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 stops5 (5 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunMacquarie University parkrun (4.52 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Ryde East Public School (1.0 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 Ryde

Population
2,522
Median age
43 years
Median household income
$3,240/wk
Median rent
$735/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$2,700,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$905,000

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

Common questions about East Ryde

What is the postcode for East Ryde?

The postcode for East Ryde, Sydney is 2113.

Is East Ryde a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- East Ryde is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #27 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 East Ryde safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 94/100 for safety and ranking #27 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 12 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 Ryde good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 94/100, parks 32/100 and green space 88/100, with a median age of 43. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.0 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 Ryde expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,700,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 4.3% YoY, down 1.8% QoQ. Median rent is $735 a week, and household income ranks #39 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 59/100 for value.

Does East Ryde have good public transport?

It scores 3/100 for transit, #411 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in East Ryde?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 5.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 88/100 for green space.

Is East Ryde good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Macquarie University parkrun, 4.5 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 29/100 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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