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Haymarket

Ranked #2 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
Haymarket suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Transit100#2 of 422
Cafés98#8 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)92#17 of 422
Active56#190 of 422

Haymarket suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
56
#190 of 422
Safety
0
#419 of 422
Wealth
30
#297 of 422
Value
1
#414 of 422
Parks
56
#179 of 422
Cafés
98
#8 of 422
Transit
100
#2 of 422
Green space
52
#204 of 422
Active & healthy
53
#186 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
92
#17 of 422

Haymarket crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population8,305
Area0.52 km²
Postcode2000
Median household income$1,931/wk
Median rent$650/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)withheld by source (too few sales in Jan–Mar 2026)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,050,000 (146 sales this quarter; down 9.5% YoY, down 9.7% QoQ; postcode 2000, not suburb-level)
Crime rate665.6 incidents per 1,000 people — 66% of offences are against property, 34% against the person
Parks7 (0.24 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.91 km, secondary 0.96 km
Families score39/100 (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
Cafés35
Gyms & sport venues7
Public transport stops51 (1 train station, 7 tram/light-rail stops, 43 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunPirrama parkrun (2.14 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is ABILITY Education (0.09 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 Haymarket

Population
8,305
Median age
30 years
Median household income
$1,931/wk
Median rent
$650/wk
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,050,000

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

Common questions about Haymarket

What is the postcode for Haymarket?

The postcode for Haymarket, Sydney is 2000.

Is Haymarket a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Haymarket is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #2 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 7 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Haymarket safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 0/100 for safety and ranking #419 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 666 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 Haymarket good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 0/100, parks 56/100 and green space 52/100, with a median age of 30. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.9 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 Haymarket expensive to live in?

Median rent is $650 a week, and household income ranks #297 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 1/100 for value.

Does Haymarket have good public transport?

It scores 100/100 for transit, #2 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Haymarket?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 52/100 for green space.

Is Haymarket good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Pirrama parkrun, 2.1 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 56/100 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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