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Woronora

Ranked #130 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
Woronora suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Wealth69#130 of 422
Safety65#146 of 422
Value65#145 of 422
Parks55#180 of 422

Woronora suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
50
#214 of 422
Safety
65
#146 of 422
Wealth
69
#130 of 422
Value
65
#145 of 422
Parks
55
#180 of 422
Cafés
54
#192 of 422
Transit
12
#370 of 422
Green space
44
#245 of 422
Active & healthy
54
#173 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
48
#218 of 422

Woronora crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,043
Area2.14 km²
Postcode2232
Median household income$2,614/wk
Median rent$580/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,725,000 (44 sales this quarter; up 4.5% YoY, down 9.0% QoQ; postcode 2232, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$885,000 (94 sales this quarter; up 4.7% YoY, up 84.0% QoQ; postcode 2232, not suburb-level)
Crime rate27.4 incidents per 1,000 people — 49% of offences are against property, 51% against the person
Parks5 (2.74 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.32 km, secondary 1.83 km
Families score66/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park74.3% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues4
Public transport stops18 (18 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunMenai parkrun (2.61 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Woronora River Public School (0.3 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 Woronora

Population
2,043
Median age
44 years
Median household income
$2,614/wk
Median rent
$580/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,725,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$885,000

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

Common questions about Woronora

What is the postcode for Woronora?

The postcode for Woronora, Sydney is 2232.

Is Woronora a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Woronora is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #130 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 Woronora safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 65/100 for safety and ranking #146 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 27 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 Woronora good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 65/100, parks 55/100 and green space 44/100, with a median age of 44. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.3 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 Woronora expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,725,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 4.5% YoY, down 9.0% QoQ. Median rent is $580 a week, and household income ranks #130 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 65/100 for value.

Does Woronora have good public transport?

It scores 12/100 for transit, #370 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Woronora?

74% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 44/100 for green space.

Is Woronora good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Menai parkrun, 2.6 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 50/100 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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