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Liverpool

Ranked #79 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
Liverpool suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Cafés81#79 of 422
Green space70#104 of 422
Active & healthy63#95 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)57#173 of 422

Liverpool suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
42
#261 of 422
Safety
1
#416 of 422
Wealth
5
#400 of 422
Value
10
#375 of 422
Parks
40
#275 of 422
Cafés
81
#79 of 422
Transit
55
#189 of 422
Green space
70
#104 of 422
Active & healthy
63
#95 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
57
#173 of 422

Liverpool crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population31,078
Area6.39 km²
Postcode2170
Median household income$1,303/wk
Median rent$370/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,300,000 (152 sales this quarter; up 10.4% YoY, down 2.8% QoQ; postcode 2170, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$560,000 (237 sales this quarter; up 90.0% YoY, up 0.0% QoQ; postcode 2170, not suburb-level)
Crime rate477.5 incidents per 1,000 people — 64% of offences are against property, 36% against the person
Parks28 (2.18 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)7 — 4 primary, 2 secondary; nearest primary 0.52 km, secondary 1.01 km
Families score51/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park99.5% of the suburb
Cafés27
Gyms & sport venues71
Public transport stops144 (1 train station, 143 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCasula Parklands parkrun (3.05 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)13 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Marsden Road Public School (0.59 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 Liverpool

Population
31,078
Median age
34 years
Median household income
$1,303/wk
Median rent
$370/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,300,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$560,000

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

Common questions about Liverpool

What is the postcode for Liverpool?

The postcode for Liverpool, Sydney is 2170.

Is Liverpool a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Liverpool is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #79 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 5 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Liverpool safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 1/100 for safety and ranking #416 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 478 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 Liverpool good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 1/100, parks 40/100 and green space 70/100, with a median age of 34. It has 7 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 Liverpool expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,300,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 10.4% YoY, down 2.8% QoQ. Median rent is $370 a week, and household income ranks #400 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 10/100 for value.

Does Liverpool have good public transport?

It scores 55/100 for transit, #189 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Liverpool?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 70/100 for green space.

Is Liverpool good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Casula Parklands parkrun, 3.0 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 42/100 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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