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Newington
Ranked #29 of 422 Sydney suburbs for parks. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.
Newington suburb profile: score breakdown
Newington crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers
| Population | 5,648 |
| Area | 0.88 km² |
| Postcode | 2127 |
| Median household income | $2,465/wk |
| Median rent | $560/wk |
| Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026) | withheld by source (too few sales in Jan–Mar 2026) |
| Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026) | $780,000 (148 sales this quarter; up 2.3% YoY, up 2.5% QoQ; postcode 2127, not suburb-level) |
| Crime rate | 20.5 incidents per 1,000 people — 74% of offences are against property, 26% against the person |
| Parks | 12 (0.54 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Schools (government data) | 1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.04 km, secondary 1.96 km |
| Families score | 67/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10) |
| Within 400m of a park | 95.5% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 2 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 2 |
| Public transport stops | 15 (15 bus stops) |
| Nearest parkrun | Wentworth Common parkrun (1.89 km) |
| Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning) | 1 school in the suburb — nearest is Newington Public School (0.23 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 Newington
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 Newington — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.
Common questions about Newington
What is the postcode for Newington?
The postcode for Newington, Sydney is 2127.
Is Newington a good suburb?
There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Newington is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #29 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 Newington safe?
Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 79/100 for safety and ranking #88 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 20 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 Newington good for families?
It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 79/100, parks 88/100 and green space 43/100, with a median age of 38. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.0 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 Newington expensive to live in?
Median rent is $560 a week, and household income ranks #156 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 58/100 for value.
Does Newington have good public transport?
It scores 37/100 for transit, #266 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
Are there parks in Newington?
96% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 43/100 for green space.
Is Newington good for running?
The nearest parkrun is Wentworth Common parkrun, 1.9 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 6/100 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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