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Jannali

Ranked #28 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
Jannali suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Value93#28 of 422
Cafés70#112 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)69#116 of 422
Wealth47#223 of 422

Jannali suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
20
#362 of 422
Safety
40
#251 of 422
Wealth
47
#223 of 422
Value
93
#28 of 422
Parks
41
#270 of 422
Cafés
70
#112 of 422
Transit
25
#315 of 422
Green space
22
#361 of 422
Active & healthy
34
#342 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
69
#116 of 422

Jannali crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population6,632
Area2.31 km²
Postcode2226
Median household income$2,220/wk
Median rent$428/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,818,000 (low sales volume; up 6.9% YoY, up 97.0% QoQ; postcode 2226, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,137,000 (low sales volume; up 42.1% YoY, up 21.2% QoQ; postcode 2226, not suburb-level)
Crime rate43.0 incidents per 1,000 people — 43% of offences are against property, 57% against the person
Parks8 (0.7 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)3 — 2 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.5 km, secondary 0.73 km
Families score60/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park68.4% of the suburb
Cafés4
Gyms & sport venues8
Public transport stops27 (1 train station, 26 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunMenai parkrun (4.52 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)4 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Jannali Public School (0.38 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 Jannali

Population
6,632
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$2,220/wk
Median rent
$428/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,818,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,137,000

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

Common questions about Jannali

What is the postcode for Jannali?

The postcode for Jannali, Sydney is 2226.

Is Jannali a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Jannali is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #28 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 Jannali safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 40/100 for safety and ranking #251 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 43 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 Jannali good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 40/100, parks 41/100 and green space 22/100, with a median age of 39. It has 3 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 Jannali expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,818,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 6.9% YoY, up 97.0% QoQ. Median rent is $428 a week, and household income ranks #223 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 93/100 for value.

Does Jannali have good public transport?

It scores 25/100 for transit, #315 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Jannali?

68% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 22/100 for green space.

Is Jannali good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Menai parkrun, 4.5 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 20/100 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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