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Seaforth

Ranked #10 of 422 Sydney suburbs for wealth. 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
Seaforth suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Wealth98#10 of 422
Value78#94 of 422
Safety74#111 of 422
Active & healthy72#39 of 422

Seaforth suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
64
#133 of 422
Safety
74
#111 of 422
Wealth
98
#10 of 422
Value
78
#94 of 422
Parks
30
#326 of 422
Cafés
66
#140 of 422
Transit
42
#246 of 422
Green space
52
#200 of 422
Active & healthy
72
#39 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
38
#289 of 422

Seaforth crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population7,384
Area3.06 km²
Postcode2092
Median household income$4,184/wk
Median rent$875/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$3,930,000 (low sales volume; up 3.3% YoY, up 9.6% QoQ; postcode 2092, not suburb-level)
Crime rate22.3 incidents per 1,000 people — 62% of offences are against property, 38% against the person
Parks8 (4.86 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.86 km, secondary 1.09 km
Families score58/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park75.1% of the suburb
Cafés4
Gyms & sport venues42
Public transport stops56 (56 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunMosman parkrun (1.71 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb, plus 5 kindergartens — nearest is Seaforth Public School (0.49 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 Seaforth

Population
7,384
Median age
42 years
Median household income
$4,184/wk
Median rent
$875/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$3,930,000

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

Common questions about Seaforth

What is the postcode for Seaforth?

The postcode for Seaforth, Sydney is 2092.

Is Seaforth a good suburb?

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

Is Seaforth safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 74/100 for safety and ranking #111 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 22 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 Seaforth good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 74/100, parks 30/100 and green space 52/100, with a median age of 42. It has 1 school 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 Seaforth expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $3,930,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 3.3% YoY, up 9.6% QoQ. Median rent is $875 a week, and household income ranks #10 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 78/100 for value.

Does Seaforth have good public transport?

It scores 42/100 for transit, #246 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Seaforth?

75% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 4.9 hectares per 1,000 residents — 52/100 for green space.

Is Seaforth good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Mosman parkrun, 1.7 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 64/100 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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