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Punchbowl
Ranked #111 of 422 Sydney suburbs for transit. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.
Punchbowl suburb profile: score breakdown
Punchbowl rent, prices and other numbers
| Population | 21,384 |
| Area | 4.42 km² |
| Postcode | 2196 |
| Median household income | $1,389/wk |
| Median rent | $380/wk |
| Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026) | $1,635,000 (36 sales this quarter; up 10.8% YoY, up 7.6% QoQ; postcode 2196, not suburb-level) |
| Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026) | $583,000 (38 sales this quarter; up 9.9% YoY, up 5.0% QoQ; postcode 2196, not suburb-level) |
| Parks | 11 (0.25 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Schools (government data) | 2 — 1 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.57 km, secondary 0.51 km |
| Families score | 55/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10) |
| Within 400m of a park | 73.9% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 1 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 20 |
| Public transport stops | 121 (1 train station, 120 bus stops) |
| Nearest parkrun | Panania parkrun (5.69 km) |
| Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning) | 4 schools in the suburb — nearest is St Jerome's Catholic Primary School (0.31 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 Punchbowl
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 Punchbowl — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.
Common questions about Punchbowl
What is the postcode for Punchbowl?
The postcode for Punchbowl, Sydney is 2196.
Is Punchbowl a good suburb?
There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Punchbowl is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #111 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 2 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.
Is Punchbowl expensive to live in?
The median house sale price was $1,635,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 10.8% YoY, up 7.6% QoQ. Median rent is $380 a week, and household income ranks #394 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 13/100 for value.
Does Punchbowl have good public transport?
It scores 74/100 for transit, #111 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
Are there parks in Punchbowl?
74% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 18/100 for green space.
Is Punchbowl good for running?
The nearest parkrun is Panania parkrun, 5.7 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 18/100 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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