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Milsons Point

Ranked #1 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
Milsons Point suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Transit100#1 of 422
Cafés98#5 of 422
Wealth92#33 of 422
Active88#22 of 422

Milsons Point suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
88
#22 of 422
Safety
42
#243 of 422
Wealth
92
#33 of 422
Value
56
#184 of 422
Parks
81
#49 of 422
Cafés
98
#5 of 422
Transit
100
#1 of 422
Green space
74
#74 of 422
Active & healthy
80
#11 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
44
#249 of 422

Milsons Point crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,529
Area0.19 km²
Postcode2061
Median household income$3,267/wk
Median rent$750/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)withheld by source (too few sales in Jan–Mar 2026)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,265,000 (low sales volume; down 42.8% YoY, down 63.6% QoQ; postcode 2061, not suburb-level)
Crime rate41.5 incidents per 1,000 people — 60% of offences are against property, 40% against the person
Parks4 (1.97 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.52 km, secondary 1.76 km
Families score60/100 (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
Cafés8
Gyms & sport venues12
Public transport stops14 (1 train station, 11 bus stops, 2 ferry wharfs)
Nearest parkrunNorth Sydney parkrun (1.86 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Saint Aloysius College Junior School Campus (0.22 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 Milsons Point

Population
2,529
Median age
44 years
Median household income
$3,267/wk
Median rent
$750/wk
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,265,000

Source: ABS Census 2021. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Milsons Point — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Milsons Point

What is the postcode for Milsons Point?

The postcode for Milsons Point, Sydney is 2061.

Is Milsons Point a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Milsons Point is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #1 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 8 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Milsons Point safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 42/100 for safety and ranking #243 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 42 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 Milsons Point good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 42/100, parks 81/100 and green space 74/100, with a median age of 44. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.5 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 Milsons Point expensive to live in?

Median rent is $750 a week, and household income ranks #33 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 56/100 for value.

Does Milsons Point have good public transport?

It scores 100/100 for transit, #1 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Milsons Point?

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 Milsons Point good for running?

The nearest parkrun is North Sydney parkrun, 1.9 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 88/100 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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