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Sutherland

Ranked #83 of 422 Sydney suburbs for cafés. 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
Sutherland suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Cafés80#83 of 422
Active74#73 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)63#142 of 422
Active & healthy57#147 of 422

Sutherland suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
74
#73 of 422
Safety
4
#402 of 422
Wealth
31
#291 of 422
Value
54
#190 of 422
Parks
54
#182 of 422
Cafés
80
#83 of 422
Transit
28
#303 of 422
Green space
40
#266 of 422
Active & healthy
57
#147 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
63
#142 of 422

Sutherland crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population11,570
Area3.66 km²
Postcode2232
Median household income$1,949/wk
Median rent$450/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,725,000 (44 sales this quarter; up 4.5% YoY, down 9.0% QoQ; postcode 2232, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$885,000 (94 sales this quarter; up 4.7% YoY, up 84.0% QoQ; postcode 2232, not suburb-level)
Crime rate160.7 incidents per 1,000 people — 56% of offences are against property, 44% against the person
Parks16 (2.22 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)3 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.48 km, secondary 0.88 km
Families score48/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park72.5% of the suburb
Cafés11
Gyms & sport venues49
Public transport stops43 (2 train stations, 5 tram/light-rail stops, 36 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunMenai parkrun (4.22 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)4 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Minerva School (0.34 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 Sutherland

Population
11,570
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,949/wk
Median rent
$450/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,725,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$885,000

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

Common questions about Sutherland

What is the postcode for Sutherland?

The postcode for Sutherland, Sydney is 2232.

Is Sutherland a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Sutherland is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #83 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 Sutherland safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 4/100 for safety and ranking #402 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 161 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 Sutherland good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 4/100, parks 54/100 and green space 40/100, with a median age of 37. It has 3 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.5 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 Sutherland expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,725,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 4.5% YoY, down 9.0% QoQ. Median rent is $450 a week, and household income ranks #291 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 54/100 for value.

Does Sutherland have good public transport?

It scores 28/100 for transit, #303 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Sutherland?

72% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 40/100 for green space.

Is Sutherland good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Menai parkrun, 4.2 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 74/100 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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