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Kings Park

Ranked #72 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
Kings Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Value83#72 of 422
Green space50#212 of 422
Cafés46#236 of 422
Wealth45#233 of 422

Kings Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
39
#279 of 422
Safety
20
#335 of 422
Wealth
45
#233 of 422
Value
83
#72 of 422
Parks
2
#421 of 422
Cafés
46
#236 of 422
Transit
26
#311 of 422
Green space
50
#212 of 422
Active & healthy
31
#371 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
8
#402 of 422

Kings Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,476
Area2.58 km²
Postcode2148
Median household income$2,186/wk
Median rent$445/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,278,000 (114 sales this quarter; up 11.6% YoY, up 4.4% QoQ; postcode 2148, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$509,000 (88 sales this quarter; down 5.0% YoY, down 12.7% QoQ; postcode 2148, not suburb-level)
Crime rate69.3 incidents per 1,000 people — 65% of offences are against property, 35% against the person
Parks1 (4.42 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.07 km, secondary 1.78 km
Families score36/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park74.3% of the suburb
Cafés1
Public transport stops31 (1 train station, 30 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunThe Ponds parkrun (4.22 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Marayong Heights Public School (0.89 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 Kings Park

Population
3,476
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$2,186/wk
Median rent
$445/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,278,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$509,000

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

Common questions about Kings Park

What is the postcode for Kings Park?

The postcode for Kings Park, Sydney is 2148.

Is Kings Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Kings Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #72 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 1 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Kings Park safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 20/100 for safety and ranking #335 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 69 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 Kings Park good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 20/100, parks 2/100 and green space 50/100, with a median age of 37. It has 0 schools 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 Kings Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,278,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 11.6% YoY, up 4.4% QoQ. Median rent is $445 a week, and household income ranks #233 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 83/100 for value.

Does Kings Park have good public transport?

It scores 26/100 for transit, #311 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Kings Park?

74% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 4.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 50/100 for green space.

Is Kings Park good for running?

The nearest parkrun is The Ponds parkrun, 4.2 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 39/100 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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