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Woolooware

Ranked #52 of 422 Sydney suburbs for active. 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
Woolooware suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Active79#52 of 422
Transit62#159 of 422
Active & healthy61#109 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)50#210 of 422

Woolooware suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
79
#52 of 422
Safety
39
#256 of 422
Wealth
48
#218 of 422
Value
35
#269 of 422
Parks
44
#247 of 422
Cafés
42
#252 of 422
Transit
62
#159 of 422
Green space
24
#355 of 422
Active & healthy
61
#109 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
50
#210 of 422

Woolooware crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,060
Area2.15 km²
Postcode2230
Median household income$2,228/wk
Median rent$550/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$2,643,000 (34 sales this quarter; down 11.9% YoY, down 18.7% QoQ; postcode 2230, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,200,000 (119 sales this quarter; up 2.0% YoY, down 4.8% QoQ; postcode 2230, not suburb-level)
Crime rate44.3 incidents per 1,000 people — 62% of offences are against property, 38% against the person
Parks7 (0.99 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 1 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.67 km, secondary 0.95 km
Families score54/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park60.8% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues34
Public transport stops49 (1 train station, 48 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCronulla parkrun (2.02 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)3 schools in the suburb — nearest is Woolooware Public School (0.59 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 Woolooware

Population
5,060
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$2,228/wk
Median rent
$550/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$2,643,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,200,000

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

Common questions about Woolooware

What is the postcode for Woolooware?

The postcode for Woolooware, Sydney is 2230.

Is Woolooware a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Woolooware is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is active, ranking #52 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 4 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Woolooware safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 39/100 for safety and ranking #256 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 Woolooware good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 39/100, parks 44/100 and green space 24/100, with a median age of 39. It has 2 schools 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 Woolooware expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,643,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), down 11.9% YoY, down 18.7% QoQ. Median rent is $550 a week, and household income ranks #218 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 35/100 for value.

Does Woolooware have good public transport?

It scores 62/100 for transit, #159 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Woolooware?

61% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 24/100 for green space.

Is Woolooware good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Cronulla parkrun, 2.0 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 79/100 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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