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Hinchinbrook

Ranked #110 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
Hinchinbrook suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Schools nearby (OSM)70#110 of 422
Safety67#139 of 422
Green space48#228 of 422
Value40#251 of 422

Hinchinbrook suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
14
#385 of 422
Safety
67
#139 of 422
Wealth
29
#300 of 422
Value
40
#251 of 422
Parks
22
#357 of 422
Cafés
13
#356 of 422
Transit
27
#309 of 422
Green space
48
#228 of 422
Active & healthy
24
#404 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
70
#110 of 422

Hinchinbrook crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population11,521
Area3.31 km²
Postcode2168
Median household income$1,909/wk
Median rent$463/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 rate26.0 incidents per 1,000 people — 43% of offences are against property, 57% against the person
Parks9 (1.84 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 1 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.5 km, secondary 0.37 km
Families score59/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park86.3% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues10
Public transport stops45 (45 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCasula Parklands parkrun (5.91 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)4 schools in the suburb — nearest is Hoxton Park High School (0.28 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 Hinchinbrook

Population
11,521
Median age
35 years
Median household income
$1,909/wk
Median rent
$463/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 Hinchinbrook — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Hinchinbrook

What is the postcode for Hinchinbrook?

The postcode for Hinchinbrook, Sydney is 2168.

Is Hinchinbrook a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Hinchinbrook is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #110 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 2 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Hinchinbrook safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 67/100 for safety and ranking #139 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 26 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 Hinchinbrook good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 67/100, parks 22/100 and green space 48/100, with a median age of 35. It has 2 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 Hinchinbrook 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 $463 a week, and household income ranks #300 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 40/100 for value.

Does Hinchinbrook have good public transport?

It scores 27/100 for transit, #309 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Hinchinbrook?

86% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 48/100 for green space.

Is Hinchinbrook good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Casula Parklands parkrun, 5.9 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 14/100 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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