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Terrey Hills

Ranked #91 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
Terrey Hills suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Cafés79#91 of 422
Wealth76#102 of 422
Active72#91 of 422
Value72#119 of 422

Terrey Hills suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
72
#91 of 422
Safety
71
#120 of 422
Wealth
76
#102 of 422
Value
72
#119 of 422
Parks
46
#239 of 422
Cafés
79
#91 of 422
Transit
3
#410 of 422
Green space
1
#420 of 422
Active & healthy
60
#120 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
40
#275 of 422

Terrey Hills crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,142
Area8.01 km²
Postcode2084
Median household income$2,778/wk
Median rent$600/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)withheld by source (too few sales in Jan–Mar 2026)
Crime rate23.6 incidents per 1,000 people — 66% of offences are against property, 34% against the person
Parks7 (0.0 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.91 km, secondary 5.49 km
Families score60/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Cafés9
Gyms & sport venues113
Public transport stops33 (33 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunWildflower parkrun (3.92 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)5 schools in the suburb — nearest is German International School Sydney (0.46 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 Terrey Hills

Population
3,142
Median age
47 years
Median household income
$2,778/wk
Median rent
$600/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 Terrey Hills — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Terrey Hills

What is the postcode for Terrey Hills?

The postcode for Terrey Hills, Sydney is 2084.

Is Terrey Hills a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Terrey Hills is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #91 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 Terrey Hills safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 71/100 for safety and ranking #120 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 24 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 Terrey Hills good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 71/100, parks 46/100 and green space 1/100, with a median age of 47. 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 Terrey Hills expensive to live in?

Median rent is $600 a week, and household income ranks #102 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 72/100 for value.

Does Terrey Hills have good public transport?

It scores 3/100 for transit, #410 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Is Terrey Hills good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Wildflower parkrun, 3.9 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 72/100 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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