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Rydalmere

Ranked #39 of 422 Sydney suburbs for green space. 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
Rydalmere suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Green space81#39 of 422
Parks76#73 of 422
Cafés74#101 of 422
Active70#103 of 422

Rydalmere suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
70
#103 of 422
Safety
32
#287 of 422
Wealth
25
#316 of 422
Value
55
#188 of 422
Parks
76
#73 of 422
Cafés
74
#101 of 422
Transit
29
#301 of 422
Green space
81
#39 of 422
Active & healthy
67
#70 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
48
#225 of 422

Rydalmere crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population7,274
Area3.52 km²
Postcode2116
Median household income$1,871/wk
Median rent$430/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)withheld by source (too few sales in Jan–Mar 2026)
Crime rate52.0 incidents per 1,000 people — 71% of offences are against property, 29% against the person
Parks17 (7.16 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.6 km, secondary 2.3 km
Families score50/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park97.8% of the suburb
Cafés6
Gyms & sport venues14
Public transport stops49 (2 tram/light-rail stops, 46 bus stops, 1 ferry wharf)
Nearest parkrunParramatta parkrun (2.36 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is St Mary's Primary School (0.32 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 Rydalmere

Population
7,274
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,871/wk
Median rent
$430/wk

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

Common questions about Rydalmere

What is the postcode for Rydalmere?

The postcode for Rydalmere, Sydney is 2116.

Is Rydalmere a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Rydalmere is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is green space, ranking #39 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 Rydalmere safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 32/100 for safety and ranking #287 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 52 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 Rydalmere good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 32/100, parks 76/100 and green space 81/100, with a median age of 37. It has 1 school 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 Rydalmere expensive to live in?

Median rent is $430 a week, and household income ranks #316 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 55/100 for value.

Does Rydalmere have good public transport?

It scores 29/100 for transit, #301 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Rydalmere?

98% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 7.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 81/100 for green space.

Is Rydalmere good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Parramatta parkrun, 2.4 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 70/100 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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