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Vaucluse

Ranked #27 of 422 Sydney suburbs for wealth. 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
Vaucluse suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Wealth94#27 of 422
Active92#12 of 422
Parks84#42 of 422
Value82#77 of 422

Vaucluse suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
92
#12 of 422
Safety
71
#124 of 422
Wealth
94
#27 of 422
Value
82
#77 of 422
Parks
84
#42 of 422
Cafés
72
#110 of 422
Transit
69
#133 of 422
Green space
74
#84 of 422
Active & healthy
66
#77 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
24
#343 of 422

Vaucluse crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population9,510
Area3.08 km²
Postcode2030
Median household income$3,418/wk
Median rent$700/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$7,280,000 (low sales volume; down 11.8% YoY, down 23.4% QoQ; postcode 2030, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,935,000 (low sales volume; up 15.5% YoY, up 13.8% QoQ; postcode 2030, not suburb-level)
Crime rate23.6 incidents per 1,000 people — 59% of offences are against property, 41% against the person
Parks21 (5.49 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.69 km, secondary 2.77 km
Families score62/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park95.4% of the suburb
Cafés6
Gyms & sport venues200
Public transport stops82 (82 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunMosman parkrun (6.17 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Vaucluse Public School (0.77 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 Vaucluse

Population
9,510
Median age
43 years
Median household income
$3,418/wk
Median rent
$700/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$7,280,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,935,000

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

Common questions about Vaucluse

What is the postcode for Vaucluse?

The postcode for Vaucluse, Sydney is 2030.

Is Vaucluse a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Vaucluse is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #27 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 9 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Vaucluse safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 71/100 for safety and ranking #124 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 Vaucluse good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 71/100, parks 84/100 and green space 74/100, with a median age of 43. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.7 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 Vaucluse expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $7,280,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), down 11.8% YoY, down 23.4% QoQ. Median rent is $700 a week, and household income ranks #27 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 82/100 for value.

Does Vaucluse have good public transport?

It scores 69/100 for transit, #133 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Vaucluse?

95% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 5.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 74/100 for green space.

Is Vaucluse good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Mosman parkrun, 6.2 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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