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Ranked #70 of 422 Sydney suburbs for schools nearby (osm). Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.

| Population | 2,673 |
| Area | 0.6 km² |
| Postcode | 2205 |
| Median household income | $2,137/wk |
| Median rent | $520/wk |
| Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026) | $1,857,000 (low sales volume; down 4.3% YoY, down 1.2% QoQ; postcode 2205, not suburb-level) |
| Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026) | $820,000 (102 sales this quarter; up 2.5% YoY, up 3.8% QoQ; postcode 2205, not suburb-level) |
| Crime rate | 44.1 incidents per 1,000 people — 70% of offences are against property, 30% against the person |
| Parks | 3 (0.1 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Schools (government data) | 1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.45 km, secondary 2.23 km |
| Families score | 63/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10) |
| Within 400m of a park | 100.0% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 1 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 1 |
| Public transport stops | 11 (1 train station, 10 bus stops) |
| Nearest parkrun | Cooks River parkrun (2.88 km) |
| Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning) | 2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Cairnsfoot Public School (0.35 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.
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 Turrella — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.
The postcode for Turrella, Sydney is 2205.
There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Turrella is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #70 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 5 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.
It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 40/100 for safety and ranking #252 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 44 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.
It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 40/100, parks 52/100 and green space 50/100, with a median age of 32. It has 1 school 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.
The median house sale price was $1,857,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), down 4.3% YoY, down 1.2% QoQ. Median rent is $520 a week, and household income ranks #244 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 39/100 for value.
It scores 64/100 for transit, #153 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 50/100 for green space.
The nearest parkrun is Cooks River parkrun, 2.9 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 6/100 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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