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Narwee

Ranked #38 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
Narwee suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Transit91#38 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)72#101 of 422
Parks69#103 of 422
Cafés62#160 of 422

Narwee suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
28
#337 of 422
Safety
24
#319 of 422
Wealth
8
#390 of 422
Value
34
#276 of 422
Parks
69
#103 of 422
Cafés
62
#160 of 422
Transit
91
#38 of 422
Green space
54
#189 of 422
Active & healthy
39
#305 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
72
#101 of 422

Narwee crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,411
Area1.24 km²
Postcode2209
Median household income$1,431/wk
Median rent$354/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,933,000 (low sales volume; up 21.5% YoY, up 3.5% QoQ; postcode 2209, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$775,000 (low sales volume; up 9.2% YoY, up 9.7% QoQ; postcode 2209, not suburb-level)
Crime rate61.9 incidents per 1,000 people — 50% of offences are against property, 50% against the person
Parks8 (1.05 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.16 km, secondary 0.91 km
Families score62/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park96.8% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues8
Public transport stops47 (1 train station, 46 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCooks River parkrun (5.78 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Narwee Public School (0.11 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 Narwee

Population
5,411
Median age
40 years
Median household income
$1,431/wk
Median rent
$354/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,933,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$775,000

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

Common questions about Narwee

What is the postcode for Narwee?

The postcode for Narwee, Sydney is 2209.

Is Narwee a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Narwee is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #38 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 Narwee safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 24/100 for safety and ranking #319 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 62 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 Narwee good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 24/100, parks 69/100 and green space 54/100, with a median age of 40. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.2 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 Narwee expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,933,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 21.5% YoY, up 3.5% QoQ. Median rent is $354 a week, and household income ranks #390 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 34/100 for value.

Does Narwee have good public transport?

It scores 91/100 for transit, #38 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Narwee?

97% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 54/100 for green space.

Is Narwee good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Cooks River parkrun, 5.8 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 28/100 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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