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South Turramurra

Ranked #14 of 422 Sydney suburbs for safety. 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 Turramurra suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Safety97#14 of 422
Wealth95#20 of 422
Active92#11 of 422
Green space82#34 of 422

South Turramurra suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
92
#11 of 422
Safety
97
#14 of 422
Wealth
95
#20 of 422
Value
54
#193 of 422
Parks
58
#163 of 422
Cafés
44
#247 of 422
Transit
14
#365 of 422
Green space
82
#34 of 422
Active & healthy
77
#19 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
14
#377 of 422

South Turramurra crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,208
Area3.05 km²
Postcode2074
Median household income$3,447/wk
Median rent$795/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$3,263,000 (46 sales this quarter; up 11.5% YoY, up 17.4% QoQ; postcode 2074, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$935,000 (low sales volume; down 13.4% YoY, down 2.6% QoQ; postcode 2074, not suburb-level)
Crime rate10.3 incidents per 1,000 people — 48% of offences are against property, 52% against the person
Parks8 (20.84 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 0 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.97 km, secondary 0.78 km
Families score67/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park95.1% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues39
Public transport stops28 (28 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunMacquarie University parkrun (2.54 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Turramurra High School (0.94 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 Turramurra

Population
3,208
Median age
42 years
Median household income
$3,447/wk
Median rent
$795/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$3,263,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$935,000

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

Common questions about South Turramurra

What is the postcode for South Turramurra?

The postcode for South Turramurra, Sydney is 2074.

Is South Turramurra a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- South Turramurra is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #14 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 South Turramurra safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 97/100 for safety and ranking #14 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 10 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 Turramurra good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 97/100, parks 58/100 and green space 82/100, with a median age of 42. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.0 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 Turramurra expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $3,263,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 11.5% YoY, up 17.4% QoQ. Median rent is $795 a week, and household income ranks #20 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 54/100 for value.

Does South Turramurra have good public transport?

It scores 14/100 for transit, #365 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in South Turramurra?

95% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 20.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 82/100 for green space.

Is South Turramurra good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Macquarie University parkrun, 2.5 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 92/100 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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