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Mays Hill

Ranked #14 of 422 Sydney suburbs for transit. 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
Mays Hill suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Transit97#14 of 422
Value78#92 of 422
Green space74#80 of 422
Parks57#169 of 422

Mays Hill suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
42
#262 of 422
Safety
20
#336 of 422
Wealth
38
#262 of 422
Value
78
#92 of 422
Parks
57
#169 of 422
Cafés
13
#376 of 422
Transit
97
#14 of 422
Green space
74
#80 of 422
Active & healthy
44
#262 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
32
#308 of 422

Mays Hill crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,902
Area0.3 km²
Postcode2145
Median household income$2,076/wk
Median rent$435/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,480,000 (129 sales this quarter; up 5.7% YoY, down 1.4% QoQ; postcode 2145, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$600,000 (198 sales this quarter; up 8.0% YoY, down 1.8% QoQ; postcode 2145, not suburb-level)
Crime rate68.9 incidents per 1,000 people — 70% of offences are against property, 30% against the person
Parks2 (2.04 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.44 km, secondary 0.64 km
Families score52/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park100.0% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues4
Public transport stops16 (16 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunAuburn Botanic Gardens parkrun (4.95 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Parramatta West Public School (0.37 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 Mays Hill

Population
1,902
Median age
31 years
Median household income
$2,076/wk
Median rent
$435/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,480,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$600,000

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

Common questions about Mays Hill

What is the postcode for Mays Hill?

The postcode for Mays Hill, Sydney is 2145.

Is Mays Hill a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Mays Hill is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #14 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 Mays Hill safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 20/100 for safety and ranking #336 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 69 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 Mays Hill good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 20/100, parks 57/100 and green space 74/100, with a median age of 31. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.4 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 Mays Hill expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,480,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 5.7% YoY, down 1.4% QoQ. Median rent is $435 a week, and household income ranks #262 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 78/100 for value.

Does Mays Hill have good public transport?

It scores 97/100 for transit, #14 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Mays Hill?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 74/100 for green space.

Is Mays Hill good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Auburn Botanic Gardens parkrun, 5.0 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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