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North Bondi

Ranked #31 of 422 Sydney suburbs for wealth. 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
North Bondi suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Wealth93#31 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)93#12 of 422
Cafés87#52 of 422
Transit75#108 of 422

North Bondi suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
48
#239 of 422
Safety
52
#202 of 422
Wealth
93
#31 of 422
Value
73
#114 of 422
Parks
56
#177 of 422
Cafés
87
#52 of 422
Transit
75
#108 of 422
Green space
5
#410 of 422
Active & healthy
34
#356 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
93
#12 of 422

North Bondi crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population9,290
Area1.23 km²
Postcode2026
Median household income$3,292/wk
Median rent$700/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$5,100,000 (low sales volume; up 79.0% YoY, down 5.1% QoQ; postcode 2026, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,800,000 (105 sales this quarter; up 20.0% YoY, up 9.1% QoQ; postcode 2026, not suburb-level)
Crime rate34.9 incidents per 1,000 people — 68% of offences are against property, 32% against the person
Parks9 (0.1 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.44 km, secondary 0.85 km
Families score50/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park44.2% of the suburb
Cafés10
Gyms & sport venues14
Public transport stops35 (35 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCentennial parkrun (4.71 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)3 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Wairoa School (0.12 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 North Bondi

Population
9,290
Median age
35 years
Median household income
$3,292/wk
Median rent
$700/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$5,100,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,800,000

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

Common questions about North Bondi

What is the postcode for North Bondi?

The postcode for North Bondi, Sydney is 2026.

Is North Bondi a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- North Bondi is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #31 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 7 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is North Bondi safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 52/100 for safety and ranking #202 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 35 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 North Bondi good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 52/100, parks 56/100 and green space 5/100, with a median age of 35. It has 1 school 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 North Bondi expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $5,100,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 79.0% YoY, down 5.1% QoQ. Median rent is $700 a week, and household income ranks #31 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 73/100 for value.

Does North Bondi have good public transport?

It scores 75/100 for transit, #108 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in North Bondi?

44% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 5/100 for green space.

Is North Bondi good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Centennial parkrun, 4.7 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 48/100 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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