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Hurlstone Park

Ranked #124 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
Hurlstone Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Value70#124 of 422
Transit65#148 of 422
Active60#151 of 422
Parks54#183 of 422

Hurlstone Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
60
#151 of 422
Safety
51
#204 of 422
Wealth
41
#248 of 422
Value
70
#124 of 422
Parks
54
#183 of 422
Cafés
13
#320 of 422
Transit
65
#148 of 422
Green space
54
#183 of 422
Active & healthy
46
#239 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
46
#235 of 422

Hurlstone Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,001
Area1.19 km²
Postcode2193
Median household income$2,121/wk
Median rent$460/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$2,335,000 (low sales volume; up 13.9% YoY, down 3.6% QoQ; postcode 2193, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$857,000 (34 sales this quarter; up 16.6% YoY, up 5.8% QoQ; postcode 2193, not suburb-level)
Crime rate35.2 incidents per 1,000 people — 69% of offences are against property, 31% against the person
Parks6 (1.63 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.53 km, secondary 0.56 km
Families score58/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park94.1% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues5
Public transport stops26 (1 train station, 25 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCooks River parkrun (1.15 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Edgeware School (0.48 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 Hurlstone Park

Population
5,001
Median age
42 years
Median household income
$2,121/wk
Median rent
$460/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$2,335,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$857,000

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

Common questions about Hurlstone Park

What is the postcode for Hurlstone Park?

The postcode for Hurlstone Park, Sydney is 2193.

Is Hurlstone Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Hurlstone Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #124 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 Hurlstone Park safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 51/100 for safety and ranking #204 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 35 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 Hurlstone Park good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 51/100, parks 54/100 and green space 54/100, 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 Hurlstone Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,335,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 13.9% YoY, down 3.6% QoQ. Median rent is $460 a week, and household income ranks #248 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 70/100 for value.

Does Hurlstone Park have good public transport?

It scores 65/100 for transit, #148 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Hurlstone Park?

94% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.6 hectares per 1,000 residents — 54/100 for green space.

Is Hurlstone Park good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Cooks River parkrun, 1.1 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 60/100 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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