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Haberfield

Ranked #23 of 422 Sydney suburbs for value. 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
Haberfield suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Value95#23 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)85#40 of 422
Active80#50 of 422
Active & healthy78#16 of 422

Haberfield suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
80
#50 of 422
Safety
61
#165 of 422
Wealth
75
#108 of 422
Value
95
#23 of 422
Parks
65
#130 of 422
Cafés
74
#103 of 422
Transit
57
#184 of 422
Green space
54
#190 of 422
Active & healthy
78
#16 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
85
#40 of 422

Haberfield crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population6,480
Area2.38 km²
Postcode2045
Median household income$2,761/wk
Median rent$530/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)withheld by source (too few sales in Jan–Mar 2026)
Crime rate29.3 incidents per 1,000 people — 64% of offences are against property, 36% against the person
Parks11 (2.37 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.36 km, secondary 1.69 km
Families score72/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park87.5% of the suburb
Cafés5
Gyms & sport venues42
Public transport stops56 (3 tram/light-rail stops, 53 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunGreenWay parkrun (0.61 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)3 schools in the suburb, plus 2 kindergartens — nearest is St Joan of Arc Catholic Primary School (0.08 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 Haberfield

Population
6,480
Median age
46 years
Median household income
$2,761/wk
Median rent
$530/wk

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

Common questions about Haberfield

What is the postcode for Haberfield?

The postcode for Haberfield, Sydney is 2045.

Is Haberfield a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Haberfield is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #23 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 10 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Haberfield safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 61/100 for safety and ranking #165 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 29 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 Haberfield good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 61/100, parks 65/100 and green space 54/100, with a median age of 46. It has 2 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 Haberfield expensive to live in?

Median rent is $530 a week, and household income ranks #108 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 95/100 for value.

Does Haberfield have good public transport?

It scores 57/100 for transit, #184 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Haberfield?

88% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 54/100 for green space.

Is Haberfield good for running?

The nearest parkrun is GreenWay parkrun, 0.6 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 80/100 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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