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Old Toongabbie
Ranked #88 of 422 Sydney suburbs for value. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.
Old Toongabbie suburb profile: score breakdown
Old Toongabbie crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers
| Population | 3,276 |
| Area | 1.21 km² |
| Postcode | 2146 |
| Median household income | $2,172/wk |
| Median rent | $450/wk |
| Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026) | $1,444,000 (35 sales this quarter; up 14.2% YoY, down 2.1% QoQ; postcode 2146, not suburb-level) |
| Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026) | $570,000 (40 sales this quarter; down 1.7% YoY, down 11.6% QoQ; postcode 2146, not suburb-level) |
| Crime rate | 21.4 incidents per 1,000 people — 59% of offences are against property, 41% against the person |
| Parks | 4 (1.58 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Schools (government data) | 1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.41 km, secondary 0.92 km |
| Families score | 73/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10) |
| Within 400m of a park | 96.8% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 1 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 22 |
| Public transport stops | 30 (30 bus stops) |
| Nearest parkrun | Auburn Botanic Gardens parkrun (8.84 km) |
| Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning) | 1 school in the suburb — nearest is Toongabbie Public School (0.47 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 Old Toongabbie
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 Old Toongabbie — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.
Common questions about Old Toongabbie
What is the postcode for Old Toongabbie?
The postcode for Old Toongabbie, Sydney is 2146.
Is Old Toongabbie a good suburb?
There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Old Toongabbie is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #88 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 Old Toongabbie safe?
Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 76/100 for safety and ranking #101 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 21 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 Old Toongabbie good for families?
It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 76/100, parks 40/100 and green space 59/100, with a median age of 38. 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 Old Toongabbie expensive to live in?
The median house sale price was $1,444,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 14.2% YoY, down 2.1% QoQ. Median rent is $450 a week, and household income ranks #234 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 79/100 for value.
Does Old Toongabbie have good public transport?
It scores 63/100 for transit, #156 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
Are there parks in Old Toongabbie?
97% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.6 hectares per 1,000 residents — 59/100 for green space.
Is Old Toongabbie good for running?
The nearest parkrun is Auburn Botanic Gardens parkrun, 8.8 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 70/100 for how much walking, running and riding actually happens there.
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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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