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Green Valley

Ranked #89 of 422 Sydney suburbs for schools nearby (osm). 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
Green Valley suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Schools nearby (OSM)74#89 of 422
Green space59#162 of 422
Transit51#207 of 422
Parks46#237 of 422

Green Valley suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
23
#353 of 422
Safety
31
#290 of 422
Wealth
19
#343 of 422
Value
27
#304 of 422
Parks
46
#237 of 422
Cafés
32
#290 of 422
Transit
51
#207 of 422
Green space
59
#162 of 422
Active & healthy
26
#397 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
74
#89 of 422

Green Valley crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population12,919
Area3.2 km²
Postcode2168
Median household income$1,775/wk
Median rent$450/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,141,000 (63 sales this quarter; up 15.8% YoY, up 3.5% QoQ; postcode 2168, not suburb-level)
Crime rate52.9 incidents per 1,000 people — 52% of offences are against property, 48% against the person
Parks14 (1.52 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)3 — 2 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.42 km, secondary 0.59 km
Families score56/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park97.3% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues7
Public transport stops69 (69 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCasula Parklands parkrun (6.52 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)4 schools in the suburb — nearest is Green Valley Public School (0.24 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 Green Valley

Population
12,919
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,775/wk
Median rent
$450/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,141,000

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

Common questions about Green Valley

What is the postcode for Green Valley?

The postcode for Green Valley, Sydney is 2168.

Is Green Valley a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Green Valley is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #89 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 3 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Green Valley safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 31/100 for safety and ranking #290 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 53 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 Green Valley good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 31/100, parks 46/100 and green space 59/100, with a median age of 37. It has 3 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.4 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 Green Valley expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,141,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 15.8% YoY, up 3.5% QoQ. Median rent is $450 a week, and household income ranks #343 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 27/100 for value.

Does Green Valley have good public transport?

It scores 51/100 for transit, #207 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Green Valley?

97% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 59/100 for green space.

Is Green Valley good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Casula Parklands parkrun, 6.5 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 23/100 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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