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Macquarie Park

Ranked #42 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
Macquarie Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Cafés89#42 of 422
Active & healthy79#15 of 422
Green space64#134 of 422
Active58#167 of 422

Macquarie Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
58
#167 of 422
Safety
11
#374 of 422
Wealth
26
#311 of 422
Value
38
#259 of 422
Parks
32
#314 of 422
Cafés
89
#42 of 422
Transit
38
#263 of 422
Green space
64
#134 of 422
Active & healthy
79
#15 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
34
#302 of 422

Macquarie Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population11,071
Area6.67 km²
Postcode2113
Median household income$1,886/wk
Median rent$460/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$2,700,000 (low sales volume; up 4.3% YoY, down 1.8% QoQ; postcode 2113, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$905,000 (107 sales this quarter; up 2.8% YoY, up 13.1% QoQ; postcode 2113, not suburb-level)
Crime rate98.4 incidents per 1,000 people — 76% of offences are against property, 24% against the person
Parks14 (15.28 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.32 km, secondary 2.77 km
Families score33/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park80.1% of the suburb
Cafés29
Gyms & sport venues47
Public transport stops103 (3 train stations, 100 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunMacquarie University parkrun (1.27 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)7 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Faculty of Business & Economics (1.07 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 Park

Population
11,071
Median age
31 years
Median household income
$1,886/wk
Median rent
$460/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$2,700,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$905,000

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

Common questions about Macquarie Park

What is the postcode for Macquarie Park?

The postcode for Macquarie Park, Sydney is 2113.

Is Macquarie Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Macquarie Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #42 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 4 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Macquarie Park safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 11/100 for safety and ranking #374 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 98 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 Park good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 11/100, parks 32/100 and green space 64/100, with a median age of 31. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.3 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 Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,700,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 4.3% YoY, down 1.8% QoQ. Median rent is $460 a week, and household income ranks #311 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 38/100 for value.

Does Macquarie Park have good public transport?

It scores 38/100 for transit, #263 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Macquarie Park?

80% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 15.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 64/100 for green space.

Is Macquarie Park good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Macquarie University parkrun, 1.3 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 58/100 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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