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Hammondville

Ranked #144 of 422 Sydney suburbs for cafés. 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
Hammondville suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Cafés64#144 of 422
Active & healthy63#94 of 422
Active62#142 of 422
Safety60#168 of 422

Hammondville suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
62
#142 of 422
Safety
60
#168 of 422
Wealth
25
#315 of 422
Value
50
#208 of 422
Parks
38
#283 of 422
Cafés
64
#144 of 422
Transit
33
#283 of 422
Green space
56
#173 of 422
Active & healthy
63
#94 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
38
#284 of 422

Hammondville crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,691
Area1.91 km²
Postcode2170
Median household income$1,868/wk
Median rent$440/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,300,000 (152 sales this quarter; up 10.4% YoY, down 2.8% QoQ; postcode 2170, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$560,000 (237 sales this quarter; up 90.0% YoY, up 0.0% QoQ; postcode 2170, not suburb-level)
Crime rate29.8 incidents per 1,000 people — 62% of offences are against property, 38% against the person
Parks5 (8.18 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.51 km, secondary 0.79 km
Families score62/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park73.5% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues17
Public transport stops30 (30 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunPanania parkrun (3.36 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Hammondville Public School (0.44 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 Hammondville

Population
3,691
Median age
42 years
Median household income
$1,868/wk
Median rent
$440/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,300,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$560,000

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

Common questions about Hammondville

What is the postcode for Hammondville?

The postcode for Hammondville, Sydney is 2170.

Is Hammondville a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Hammondville is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #144 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 Hammondville safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 60/100 for safety and ranking #168 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 30 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 Hammondville good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 60/100, parks 38/100 and green space 56/100, with a median age of 42. It has 1 school 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 Hammondville expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,300,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 10.4% YoY, down 2.8% QoQ. Median rent is $440 a week, and household income ranks #315 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 50/100 for value.

Does Hammondville have good public transport?

It scores 33/100 for transit, #283 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Hammondville?

74% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 8.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 56/100 for green space.

Is Hammondville good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Panania parkrun, 3.4 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 62/100 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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