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Yagoona

Ranked #93 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
Yagoona suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Transit78#93 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)42#263 of 422
Parks40#277 of 422
Safety34#279 of 422

Yagoona suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
9
#399 of 422
Safety
34
#279 of 422
Wealth
8
#389 of 422
Value
12
#366 of 422
Parks
40
#277 of 422
Cafés
30
#299 of 422
Transit
78
#93 of 422
Green space
30
#326 of 422
Active & healthy
22
#408 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
42
#263 of 422

Yagoona crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population19,651
Area4.55 km²
Postcode2199
Median household income$1,438/wk
Median rent$400/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,500,000 (31 sales this quarter; up 16.3% YoY, up 33.0% QoQ; postcode 2199, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$622,000 (low sales volume; up 5.4% YoY, down 25.1% QoQ; postcode 2199, not suburb-level)
Crime rate50.1 incidents per 1,000 people — 55% of offences are against property, 45% against the person
Parks19 (0.79 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.64 km, secondary 1.3 km
Families score50/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park78.6% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues12
Public transport stops133 (1 train station, 132 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunAuburn Botanic Gardens parkrun (4.96 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)3 schools in the suburb — nearest is Al Sadiq College Yagoona Campus (0.44 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 Yagoona

Population
19,651
Median age
34 years
Median household income
$1,438/wk
Median rent
$400/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,500,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$622,000

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

Common questions about Yagoona

What is the postcode for Yagoona?

The postcode for Yagoona, Sydney is 2199.

Is Yagoona a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Yagoona is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #93 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 1 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Yagoona safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 34/100 for safety and ranking #279 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 50 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 Yagoona good for families?

It rates below average on the family measures we can compute — safety 34/100, parks 40/100 and green space 30/100, with a median age of 34. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.6 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 Yagoona expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,500,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 16.3% YoY, up 33.0% QoQ. Median rent is $400 a week, and household income ranks #389 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 12/100 for value.

Does Yagoona have good public transport?

It scores 78/100 for transit, #93 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Yagoona?

79% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 30/100 for green space.

Is Yagoona good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Auburn Botanic Gardens parkrun, 5.0 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 9/100 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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