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Woolloomooloo

Ranked #10 of 422 Sydney suburbs for transit. 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
Woolloomooloo suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Transit98#10 of 422
Cafés94#26 of 422
Parks93#16 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)92#18 of 422

Woolloomooloo suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
54
#202 of 422
Safety
2
#414 of 422
Wealth
34
#281 of 422
Value
30
#293 of 422
Parks
93
#16 of 422
Cafés
94
#26 of 422
Transit
98
#10 of 422
Green space
49
#223 of 422
Active & healthy
63
#102 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
92
#18 of 422

Woolloomooloo crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,792
Area0.37 km²
Postcode2011
Median household income$2,001/wk
Median rent$500/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)withheld by source (too few sales in Jan–Mar 2026)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$944,000 (131 sales this quarter; up 7.0% YoY, down 6.1% QoQ; postcode 2011, not suburb-level)
Crime rate229.2 incidents per 1,000 people — 55% of offences are against property, 45% against the person
Parks9 (0.07 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 1 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.13 km, secondary 0.17 km
Families score65/100 (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
Cafés8
Gyms & sport venues9
Public transport stops17 (1 train station, 16 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunPirrama parkrun (2.54 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb, plus 2 kindergartens — nearest is Sydney Distance Education High School (0.18 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 Woolloomooloo

Population
3,792
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$2,001/wk
Median rent
$500/wk
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$944,000

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

Common questions about Woolloomooloo

What is the postcode for Woolloomooloo?

The postcode for Woolloomooloo, Sydney is 2011.

Is Woolloomooloo a good suburb?

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

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 2/100 for safety and ranking #414 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 229 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 Woolloomooloo good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 2/100, parks 93/100 and green space 49/100, with a median age of 39. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.1 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 Woolloomooloo expensive to live in?

Median rent is $500 a week, and household income ranks #281 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 30/100 for value.

Does Woolloomooloo have good public transport?

It scores 98/100 for transit, #10 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Woolloomooloo?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 49/100 for green space.

Is Woolloomooloo good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Pirrama parkrun, 2.5 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 54/100 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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