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Horningsea Park

Ranked #58 of 422 Sydney suburbs for parks. 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
Horningsea Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Parks78#58 of 422
Safety75#106 of 422
Green space74#78 of 422
Value72#118 of 422

Horningsea Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
12
#391 of 422
Safety
75
#106 of 422
Wealth
62
#161 of 422
Value
72
#118 of 422
Parks
78
#58 of 422
Cafés
13
#354 of 422
Transit
32
#288 of 422
Green space
74
#78 of 422
Active & healthy
25
#401 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
55
#185 of 422

Horningsea Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,673
Area1.49 km²
Postcode2171
Median household income$2,457/wk
Median rent$530/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,335,000 (54 sales this quarter; up 7.9% YoY, up 2.7% QoQ; postcode 2171, not suburb-level)
Crime rate21.8 incidents per 1,000 people — 42% of offences are against property, 58% against the person
Parks8 (4.72 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 0 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 1.11 km, secondary 0.38 km
Families score70/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park96.1% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues1
Public transport stops23 (23 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCasula Parklands parkrun (6.79 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is John Edmondson 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 Horningsea Park

Population
3,673
Median age
32 years
Median household income
$2,457/wk
Median rent
$530/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,335,000

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

Common questions about Horningsea Park

What is the postcode for Horningsea Park?

The postcode for Horningsea Park, Sydney is 2171.

Is Horningsea Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Horningsea Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #58 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 Horningsea Park safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 75/100 for safety and ranking #106 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 22 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 Horningsea Park good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 75/100, parks 78/100 and green space 74/100, with a median age of 32. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.1 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 Horningsea Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,335,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 7.9% YoY, up 2.7% QoQ. Median rent is $530 a week, and household income ranks #161 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 72/100 for value.

Does Horningsea Park have good public transport?

It scores 32/100 for transit, #288 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Horningsea Park?

96% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 4.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 74/100 for green space.

Is Horningsea Park good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Casula Parklands parkrun, 6.8 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 12/100 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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