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Maroubra

Ranked #31 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
Maroubra suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Active86#31 of 422
Cafés70#120 of 422
Green space62#151 of 422
Transit61#167 of 422

Maroubra suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
86
#31 of 422
Safety
14
#362 of 422
Wealth
42
#247 of 422
Value
28
#302 of 422
Parks
37
#293 of 422
Cafés
70
#120 of 422
Transit
61
#167 of 422
Green space
62
#151 of 422
Active & healthy
60
#125 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
54
#193 of 422

Maroubra crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population30,722
Area6.01 km²
Postcode2035
Median household income$2,141/wk
Median rent$540/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$2,920,000 (36 sales this quarter; down 11.5% YoY, up 1.9% QoQ; postcode 2035, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,260,000 (67 sales this quarter; up 1.0% YoY, up 17.8% QoQ; postcode 2035, not suburb-level)
Crime rate84.5 incidents per 1,000 people — 65% of offences are against property, 35% against the person
Parks26 (2.78 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)3 — 2 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.7 km, secondary 1.03 km
Families score40/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park93.8% of the suburb
Cafés15
Gyms & sport venues131
Public transport stops148 (148 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunKamay parkrun (4.14 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)9 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (0.55 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 Maroubra

Population
30,722
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$2,141/wk
Median rent
$540/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$2,920,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,260,000

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

Common questions about Maroubra

What is the postcode for Maroubra?

The postcode for Maroubra, Sydney is 2035.

Is Maroubra a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Maroubra is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is active, ranking #31 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Maroubra safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 14/100 for safety and ranking #362 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 84 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 Maroubra good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 14/100, parks 37/100 and green space 62/100, with a median age of 39. It has 3 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 Maroubra expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,920,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), down 11.5% YoY, up 1.9% QoQ. Median rent is $540 a week, and household income ranks #247 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 28/100 for value.

Does Maroubra have good public transport?

It scores 61/100 for transit, #167 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Maroubra?

94% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 62/100 for green space.

Is Maroubra good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Kamay parkrun, 4.1 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 86/100 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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