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Turrella

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.

By BestSuburbs research · Updated October 2026 · Sydney
Turrella suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Schools nearby (OSM)78#70 of 422
Transit64#153 of 422
Cafés62#154 of 422
Parks52#196 of 422

Turrella suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
6
#407 of 422
Safety
40
#252 of 422
Wealth
42
#244 of 422
Value
39
#254 of 422
Parks
52
#196 of 422
Cafés
62
#154 of 422
Transit
64
#153 of 422
Green space
50
#211 of 422
Active & healthy
39
#296 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
78
#70 of 422

Turrella crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,673
Area0.6 km²
Postcode2205
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 rate44.1 incidents per 1,000 people — 70% of offences are against property, 30% against the person
Parks3 (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 score63/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park100.0% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues1
Public transport stops11 (1 train station, 10 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCooks 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.

Who lives in Turrella

Population
2,673
Median age
32 years
Median household income
$2,137/wk
Median rent
$520/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,857,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$820,000

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

Common questions about Turrella

What is the postcode for Turrella?

The postcode for Turrella, Sydney is 2205.

Is Turrella a good suburb?

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.

Is Turrella safe?

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.

Is Turrella good for families?

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.

Is Turrella expensive to live in?

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.

Does Turrella have good public transport?

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.

Are there parks in Turrella?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 50/100 for green space.

Is Turrella good for running?

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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