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Edgecliff

Ranked #5 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
Edgecliff suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Transit99#5 of 422
Cafés96#14 of 422
Active88#27 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)84#47 of 422

Edgecliff suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
88
#27 of 422
Safety
17
#351 of 422
Wealth
53
#200 of 422
Value
23
#322 of 422
Parks
21
#366 of 422
Cafés
96
#14 of 422
Transit
99
#5 of 422
Green space
30
#330 of 422
Active & healthy
69
#61 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
84
#47 of 422

Edgecliff crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,499
Area0.3 km²
Postcode2027
Median household income$2,321/wk
Median rent$600/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)withheld by source (too few sales in Jan–Mar 2026)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$2,300,000 (41 sales this quarter; down 32.4% YoY, down 21.4% QoQ; postcode 2027, not suburb-level)
Crime rate75.2 incidents per 1,000 people — 74% of offences are against property, 26% against the person
Parks1 (0.08 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.52 km, secondary 1.56 km
Families score40/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park90.9% of the suburb
Cafés7
Gyms & sport venues15
Public transport stops25 (1 train station, 24 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCentennial parkrun (2.23 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Ascham (0.27 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 Edgecliff

Population
2,499
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$2,321/wk
Median rent
$600/wk
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$2,300,000

Source: ABS Census 2021. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Edgecliff — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Edgecliff

What is the postcode for Edgecliff?

The postcode for Edgecliff, Sydney is 2027.

Is Edgecliff a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Edgecliff is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #5 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 Edgecliff safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 17/100 for safety and ranking #351 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 75 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 Edgecliff good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 17/100, parks 21/100 and green space 30/100, with a median age of 39. It has 0 schools 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 Edgecliff expensive to live in?

Median rent is $600 a week, and household income ranks #200 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 23/100 for value.

Does Edgecliff have good public transport?

It scores 99/100 for transit, #5 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Edgecliff?

91% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 30/100 for green space.

Is Edgecliff good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Centennial parkrun, 2.2 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 88/100 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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