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Potts Point

Ranked #11 of 422 Sydney suburbs for cafés. 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
Potts Point suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Cafés98#11 of 422
Transit93#32 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)70#115 of 422
Active62#148 of 422

Potts Point suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
62
#148 of 422
Safety
1
#418 of 422
Wealth
36
#272 of 422
Value
46
#227 of 422
Parks
34
#308 of 422
Cafés
98
#11 of 422
Transit
93
#32 of 422
Green space
17
#379 of 422
Active & healthy
54
#181 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
70
#115 of 422

Potts Point crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population7,183
Area0.6 km²
Postcode2011
Median household income$2,054/wk
Median rent$490/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)withheld by source (too few sales in Jan–Mar 2026)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$944,000 (131 sales this quarter; up 7.0% YoY, down 6.1% QoQ; postcode 2011, not suburb-level)
Crime rate316.9 incidents per 1,000 people — 58% of offences are against property, 42% against the person
Parks3 (0.04 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.64 km, secondary 0.6 km
Families score32/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park78.5% of the suburb
Cafés32
Gyms & sport venues21
Public transport stops21 (1 train station, 19 bus stops, 1 ferry wharf)
Nearest parkrunPirrama parkrun (3.17 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is St Vincent's College (0.37 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 Potts Point

Population
7,183
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$2,054/wk
Median rent
$490/wk
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$944,000

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

Common questions about Potts Point

What is the postcode for Potts Point?

The postcode for Potts Point, Sydney is 2011.

Is Potts Point a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Potts Point is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #11 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 Potts Point safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 1/100 for safety and ranking #418 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 317 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 Potts Point good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 1/100, parks 34/100 and green space 17/100, with a median age of 37. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.6 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 Potts Point expensive to live in?

Median rent is $490 a week, and household income ranks #272 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 46/100 for value.

Does Potts Point have good public transport?

It scores 93/100 for transit, #32 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Potts Point?

78% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 17/100 for green space.

Is Potts Point good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Pirrama parkrun, 3.2 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 62/100 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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