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Milperra

Ranked #10 of 422 Sydney suburbs for active and healthy. 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
Milperra suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Active & healthy82#10 of 422
Parks62#142 of 422
Cafés62#155 of 422
Active60#157 of 422

Milperra suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
60
#157 of 422
Safety
46
#226 of 422
Wealth
41
#250 of 422
Value
27
#305 of 422
Parks
62
#142 of 422
Cafés
62
#155 of 422
Transit
12
#372 of 422
Green space
60
#155 of 422
Active & healthy
82
#10 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
41
#268 of 422

Milperra crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,074
Area5.34 km²
Postcode2214
Median household income$2,117/wk
Median rent$538/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,550,000 (low sales volume; up 16.4% YoY, down 1.7% QoQ; postcode 2214, not suburb-level)
Crime rate39.0 incidents per 1,000 people — 64% of offences are against property, 36% against the person
Parks14 (14.23 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.82 km, secondary 2.07 km
Families score64/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park75.0% of the suburb
Cafés3
Gyms & sport venues44
Public transport stops45 (45 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunPanania parkrun (1.04 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Milperra Primary (0.35 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 Milperra

Population
4,074
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$2,117/wk
Median rent
$538/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,550,000

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

Common questions about Milperra

What is the postcode for Milperra?

The postcode for Milperra, Sydney is 2214.

Is Milperra a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Milperra is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is active and healthy, ranking #10 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 Milperra safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 46/100 for safety and ranking #226 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 39 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 Milperra good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 46/100, parks 62/100 and green space 60/100, with a median age of 39. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.8 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 Milperra expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,550,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 16.4% YoY, down 1.7% QoQ. Median rent is $538 a week, and household income ranks #250 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 27/100 for value.

Does Milperra have good public transport?

It scores 12/100 for transit, #372 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Milperra?

75% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 14.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 60/100 for green space.

Is Milperra good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Panania parkrun, 1.0 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 60/100 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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