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Picnic Point

Ranked #89 of 422 Sydney suburbs for safety. 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
Picnic Point suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Safety79#89 of 422
Wealth62#162 of 422
Parks50#211 of 422
Value49#213 of 422

Picnic Point suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
21
#360 of 422
Safety
79
#89 of 422
Wealth
62
#162 of 422
Value
49
#213 of 422
Parks
50
#211 of 422
Cafés
48
#228 of 422
Transit
8
#389 of 422
Green space
1
#419 of 422
Active & healthy
24
#405 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
28
#324 of 422

Picnic Point crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population6,413
Area3.78 km²
Postcode2213
Median household income$2,459/wk
Median rent$580/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,680,000 (65 sales this quarter; up 1.8% YoY, down 1.5% QoQ; postcode 2213, not suburb-level)
Crime rate20.4 incidents per 1,000 people — 43% of offences are against property, 57% against the person
Parks11 (0.0 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 1 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.13 km, secondary 0.63 km
Families score70/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues2
Public transport stops25 (25 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunPanania parkrun (3.26 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Picnic Point Public School (0.59 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 Picnic Point

Population
6,413
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$2,459/wk
Median rent
$580/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,680,000

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

Common questions about Picnic Point

What is the postcode for Picnic Point?

The postcode for Picnic Point, Sydney is 2213.

Is Picnic Point a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Picnic Point is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #89 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 3 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Picnic Point safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 79/100 for safety and ranking #89 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 Picnic Point good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 79/100, parks 50/100 and green space 1/100, with a median age of 39. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.1 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 Picnic Point expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,680,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 1.8% YoY, down 1.5% QoQ. Median rent is $580 a week, and household income ranks #162 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 49/100 for value.

Does Picnic Point have good public transport?

It scores 8/100 for transit, #389 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Is Picnic Point good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Panania parkrun, 3.3 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 21/100 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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