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Pymble

Ranked #7 of 422 Sydney suburbs for value. 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
Pymble suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Value98#7 of 422
Wealth94#26 of 422
Safety85#62 of 422
Active80#49 of 422

Pymble suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
80
#49 of 422
Safety
85
#62 of 422
Wealth
94
#26 of 422
Value
98
#7 of 422
Parks
48
#228 of 422
Cafés
36
#278 of 422
Transit
16
#357 of 422
Green space
58
#168 of 422
Active & healthy
63
#98 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
47
#232 of 422

Pymble crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population11,775
Area6.48 km²
Postcode2073
Median household income$3,379/wk
Median rent$630/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$3,241,000 (38 sales this quarter; down 5.2% YoY, down 2.7% QoQ; postcode 2073, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,075,000 (low sales volume; up 7.5% YoY, up 1.9% QoQ; postcode 2073, not suburb-level)
Crime rate17.4 incidents per 1,000 people — 65% of offences are against property, 35% against the person
Parks19 (4.24 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.91 km, secondary 1.9 km
Families score56/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park85.4% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues231
Public transport stops62 (1 train station, 61 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunMacquarie University parkrun (4.1 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)5 schools in the suburb — nearest is Pymble Ladies College (0.43 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 Pymble

Population
11,775
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$3,379/wk
Median rent
$630/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$3,241,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,075,000

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

Common questions about Pymble

What is the postcode for Pymble?

The postcode for Pymble, Sydney is 2073.

Is Pymble a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Pymble is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #7 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Pymble safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 85/100 for safety and ranking #62 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 17 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 Pymble good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 85/100, parks 48/100 and green space 58/100, with a median age of 41. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.9 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 Pymble expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $3,241,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), down 5.2% YoY, down 2.7% QoQ. Median rent is $630 a week, and household income ranks #26 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 98/100 for value.

Does Pymble have good public transport?

It scores 16/100 for transit, #357 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Pymble?

85% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 4.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 58/100 for green space.

Is Pymble good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Macquarie University parkrun, 4.1 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 80/100 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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