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Lindfield

Ranked #98 of 422 Sydney suburbs for wealth. 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
Lindfield suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Wealth77#98 of 422
Active76#70 of 422
Value75#105 of 422
Safety73#116 of 422

Lindfield suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
76
#70 of 422
Safety
73
#116 of 422
Wealth
77
#98 of 422
Value
75
#105 of 422
Parks
54
#192 of 422
Cafés
60
#167 of 422
Transit
37
#267 of 422
Green space
72
#91 of 422
Active & healthy
65
#81 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
48
#224 of 422

Lindfield crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population10,943
Area5.17 km²
Postcode2070
Median household income$2,833/wk
Median rent$600/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$4,058,000 (low sales volume; up 7.9% YoY, down 6.7% QoQ; postcode 2070, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,300,000 (low sales volume; up 29.9% YoY, up 5.7% QoQ; postcode 2070, not suburb-level)
Crime rate22.9 incidents per 1,000 people — 79% of offences are against property, 21% against the person
Parks18 (9.02 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)4 — 2 primary, 2 secondary; nearest primary 0.82 km, secondary 1.04 km
Families score68/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park90.4% of the suburb
Cafés5
Gyms & sport venues85
Public transport stops84 (1 train station, 83 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunWilloughby parkrun (4.46 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)6 schools in the suburb, plus 3 kindergartens — nearest is Lindfield Primary School (0.56 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 Lindfield

Population
10,943
Median age
40 years
Median household income
$2,833/wk
Median rent
$600/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$4,058,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,300,000

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

Common questions about Lindfield

What is the postcode for Lindfield?

The postcode for Lindfield, Sydney is 2070.

Is Lindfield a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Lindfield is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #98 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 8 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Lindfield safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 73/100 for safety and ranking #116 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 23 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 Lindfield good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 73/100, parks 54/100 and green space 72/100, with a median age of 40. It has 4 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.8 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 Lindfield expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $4,058,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 7.9% YoY, down 6.7% QoQ. Median rent is $600 a week, and household income ranks #98 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 75/100 for value.

Does Lindfield have good public transport?

It scores 37/100 for transit, #267 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Lindfield?

90% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 9.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 72/100 for green space.

Is Lindfield good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Willoughby parkrun, 4.5 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 76/100 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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