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Leumeah

Ranked #33 of 422 Sydney suburbs for active. 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
Leumeah suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Active85#33 of 422
Parks62#141 of 422
Value46#224 of 422
Transit45#232 of 422

Leumeah suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
85
#33 of 422
Safety
16
#353 of 422
Wealth
10
#380 of 422
Value
46
#224 of 422
Parks
62
#141 of 422
Cafés
13
#344 of 422
Transit
45
#232 of 422
Green space
40
#270 of 422
Active & healthy
39
#297 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
31
#310 of 422

Leumeah crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population9,992
Area4.47 km²
Postcode2560
Median household income$1,469/wk
Median rent$350/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,033,000 (206 sales this quarter; up 14.1% YoY, up 1.7% QoQ; postcode 2560, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$630,000 (65 sales this quarter; up 12.5% YoY, up 2.9% QoQ; postcode 2560, not suburb-level)
Crime rate80.6 incidents per 1,000 people — 51% of offences are against property, 49% against the person
Parks18 (2.09 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 1 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.67 km, secondary 0.99 km
Families score50/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park73.4% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues53
Public transport stops84 (1 train station, 83 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCasula Parklands parkrun (13.55 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Leumeah Public School (0.5 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 Leumeah

Population
9,992
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,469/wk
Median rent
$350/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,033,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$630,000

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

Common questions about Leumeah

What is the postcode for Leumeah?

The postcode for Leumeah, Sydney is 2560.

Is Leumeah a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Leumeah is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is active, ranking #33 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 2 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Leumeah safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 16/100 for safety and ranking #353 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 81 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 Leumeah good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 16/100, parks 62/100 and green space 40/100, with a median age of 37. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.7 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 Leumeah expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,033,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 14.1% YoY, up 1.7% QoQ. Median rent is $350 a week, and household income ranks #380 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 46/100 for value.

Does Leumeah have good public transport?

It scores 45/100 for transit, #232 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Leumeah?

73% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 40/100 for green space.

Is Leumeah good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Casula Parklands parkrun, 13.6 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 85/100 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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