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South Coogee

Ranked #75 of 422 Sydney suburbs for parks. 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
South Coogee suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Parks76#75 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)72#103 of 422
Transit59#175 of 422
Cafés47#233 of 422

South Coogee suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
44
#254 of 422
Safety
26
#313 of 422
Wealth
40
#256 of 422
Parks
76
#75 of 422
Cafés
47
#233 of 422
Transit
59
#175 of 422
Green space
44
#250 of 422
Active & healthy
43
#274 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
72
#103 of 422

South Coogee crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,611
Area1.17 km²
Postcode2034
Median household income$2,105/wk
Median rent$207/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$3,575,000 (low sales volume; down 43.2% YoY, down 19.7% QoQ; postcode 2034, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$8,954,000 (184 sales this quarter; up 477.7% YoY, up 442.7% QoQ; postcode 2034, not suburb-level)
Crime rate58.8 incidents per 1,000 people — 62% of offences are against property, 38% against the person
Parks9 (1.45 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.07 km, secondary 1.83 km
Families score49/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park85.7% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues13
Public transport stops28 (28 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCentennial parkrun (4.4 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is South Coogee Public School (0.13 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 South Coogee

Population
5,611
Median age
42 years
Median household income
$2,105/wk
Median rent
$207/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$3,575,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$8,954,000

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

Common questions about South Coogee

What is the postcode for South Coogee?

The postcode for South Coogee, Sydney is 2034.

Is South Coogee a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- South Coogee is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #75 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 3 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is South Coogee safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 26/100 for safety and ranking #313 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 59 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 South Coogee good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 26/100, parks 76/100 and green space 44/100, with a median age of 42. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.1 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 South Coogee expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $3,575,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), down 43.2% YoY, down 19.7% QoQ. Median rent is $207 a week, and household income ranks #256 of 422 in Sydney. Its rental market is too thin for us to score value reliably.

Does South Coogee have good public transport?

It scores 59/100 for transit, #175 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in South Coogee?

86% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 44/100 for green space.

Is South Coogee good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Centennial parkrun, 4.4 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 44/100 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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