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Macquarie Fields

Ranked #50 of 422 Sydney suburbs for parks. 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
Macquarie Fields suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Parks81#50 of 422
Active74#79 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)73#92 of 422
Green space62#145 of 422

Macquarie Fields suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
74
#79 of 422
Safety
10
#378 of 422
Wealth
6
#397 of 422
Value
34
#274 of 422
Parks
81
#50 of 422
Cafés
13
#349 of 422
Transit
24
#322 of 422
Green space
62
#145 of 422
Active & healthy
49
#210 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
73
#92 of 422

Macquarie Fields crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population14,023
Area7.0 km²
Postcode2564
Median household income$1,374/wk
Median rent$340/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,053,000 (low sales volume; up 68.0% YoY, down 8.5% QoQ; postcode 2564, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$750,000 (low sales volume; up 18.1% YoY, up 7.8% QoQ; postcode 2564, not suburb-level)
Crime rate100.8 incidents per 1,000 people — 47% of offences are against property, 53% against the person
Parks37 (8.95 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)5 — 3 primary, 2 secondary; nearest primary 0.11 km, secondary 0.36 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 park80.4% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues69
Public transport stops85 (1 train station, 84 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCasula Parklands parkrun (5.1 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)7 schools in the suburb, plus 3 kindergartens — nearest is Eden College (0.18 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 Macquarie Fields

Population
14,023
Median age
36 years
Median household income
$1,374/wk
Median rent
$340/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,053,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$750,000

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

Common questions about Macquarie Fields

What is the postcode for Macquarie Fields?

The postcode for Macquarie Fields, Sydney is 2564.

Is Macquarie Fields a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Macquarie Fields is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #50 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 Macquarie Fields safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 10/100 for safety and ranking #378 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 101 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 Macquarie Fields good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 10/100, parks 81/100 and green space 62/100, with a median age of 36. It has 5 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.1 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 Macquarie Fields expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,053,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 68.0% YoY, down 8.5% QoQ. Median rent is $340 a week, and household income ranks #397 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 34/100 for value.

Does Macquarie Fields have good public transport?

It scores 24/100 for transit, #322 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Macquarie Fields?

80% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 8.9 hectares per 1,000 residents — 62/100 for green space.

Is Macquarie Fields good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Casula Parklands parkrun, 5.1 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 74/100 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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