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Horsley Park

Ranked #55 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
Horsley Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Value87#55 of 422
Active54#196 of 422
Green space50#215 of 422
Active & healthy49#211 of 422

Horsley Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
54
#196 of 422
Safety
22
#326 of 422
Wealth
42
#245 of 422
Value
87
#55 of 422
Parks
4
#418 of 422
Cafés
13
#361 of 422
Transit
0
#422 of 422
Green space
50
#215 of 422
Active & healthy
49
#211 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
36
#293 of 422

Horsley Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,790
Area22.01 km²
Postcode2175
Median household income$2,135/wk
Median rent$428/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)withheld by source (too few sales in Jan–Mar 2026)
Crime rate64.2 incidents per 1,000 people — 62% of offences are against property, 38% against the person
Parks1 (168.31 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.78 km, secondary 3.96 km
Families score34/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park23.6% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues32
Public transport stops18 (18 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunRooty Hill parkrun (6.82 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)3 schools in the suburb — nearest is Marion Catholic Primary School (0.37 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 Horsley Park

Population
1,790
Median age
45 years
Median household income
$2,135/wk
Median rent
$428/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 Horsley Park — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Horsley Park

What is the postcode for Horsley Park?

The postcode for Horsley Park, Sydney is 2175.

Is Horsley Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Horsley Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #55 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 3 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Horsley Park safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 22/100 for safety and ranking #326 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 64 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 Horsley Park good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 22/100, parks 4/100 and green space 50/100, with a median age of 45. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.8 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 Horsley Park expensive to live in?

Median rent is $428 a week, and household income ranks #245 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 87/100 for value.

Does Horsley Park have good public transport?

It scores 0/100 for transit, #422 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Horsley Park?

24% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 168.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 50/100 for green space.

Is Horsley Park good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Rooty Hill parkrun, 6.8 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 54/100 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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