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Kirrawee

Ranked #93 of 422 Sydney suburbs for cafés. 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
Kirrawee suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Cafés78#93 of 422
Parks58#155 of 422
Active53#203 of 422
Safety42#242 of 422

Kirrawee suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
53
#203 of 422
Safety
42
#242 of 422
Wealth
37
#265 of 422
Value
41
#244 of 422
Parks
58
#155 of 422
Cafés
78
#93 of 422
Transit
38
#261 of 422
Green space
10
#397 of 422
Active & healthy
42
#277 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
36
#291 of 422

Kirrawee crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population11,007
Area3.55 km²
Postcode2232
Median household income$2,070/wk
Median rent$500/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,725,000 (44 sales this quarter; up 4.5% YoY, down 9.0% QoQ; postcode 2232, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$885,000 (94 sales this quarter; up 4.7% YoY, up 84.0% QoQ; postcode 2232, not suburb-level)
Crime rate41.4 incidents per 1,000 people — 64% of offences are against property, 36% against the person
Parks16 (0.14 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 1 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.39 km, secondary 1.0 km
Families score57/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park62.3% of the suburb
Cafés10
Gyms & sport venues34
Public transport stops57 (1 train station, 56 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunMenai parkrun (5.58 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Kirrawee Public School (0.49 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 Kirrawee

Population
11,007
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$2,070/wk
Median rent
$500/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,725,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$885,000

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

Common questions about Kirrawee

What is the postcode for Kirrawee?

The postcode for Kirrawee, Sydney is 2232.

Is Kirrawee a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Kirrawee is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #93 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 Kirrawee safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 42/100 for safety and ranking #242 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 41 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 Kirrawee good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 42/100, parks 58/100 and green space 10/100, with a median age of 39. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.4 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 Kirrawee expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,725,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 4.5% YoY, down 9.0% QoQ. Median rent is $500 a week, and household income ranks #265 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 41/100 for value.

Does Kirrawee have good public transport?

It scores 38/100 for transit, #261 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Kirrawee?

62% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 10/100 for green space.

Is Kirrawee good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Menai parkrun, 5.6 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 53/100 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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