Walkability ranking · NSW
The most walkable suburbs in New South Wales.
Suburbs with the highest walk scores, perfect for car-free or car-light lifestyles. Filtered to New South Wales suburbs only.
About this ranking
Walkability isn't just about cafes, well-connected suburbs with high walk scores tend to retain value better in downturns and attract a wider buyer pool when sold. The walk-score-driven ranking favours inner-ring suburbs with mixed-use streets, transport, and dense neighbourhood retail.
New South Wales property market in 2026
New South Wales is Australia's most expensive housing market by a wide margin. Sydney's median house price sits around $1.6M to $1.7M in 2026, with a structural undersupply of well-located stock keeping the harbour-city market firm even as borrowing capacity catches up to elevated rates. Regional NSW (Newcastle, Central Coast, Wollongong) has compressed the discount to Sydney over the last five years, and the Hunter and Illawarra now trade at premiums older buyers wouldn't have predicted. Lifestyle suburbs along the coast, Byron, Kiama, Port Macquarie, have held the COVID-era gains. Investor demand is back at scale; rental vacancies in metro Sydney remain below 1.5%.
Buyer tip, NSW
If you're buying in Sydney, the gap between asking prices and clearing prices has narrowed meaningfully. A 2024-style 'discount the asking price by 10%' approach now leaves you out of contention. Pre-approval at the top of your range plus 1-2 weekends of pre-auction reconnaissance is the approach that works now.Watch out, NSW
Sydney's middle-ring suburbs (Kingsford, Marrickville, Concord) have seen significant apartment supply. Body corporate fees on newer towers can swallow yield, so always pull the strata report and the sinking fund balance before committing.Methodology
Walk score is computed from OpenStreetMap data, counts of nearby amenities, transit stops, and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure within typical walking distance of the suburb centroid. Refreshed quarterly. Higher is better; 90+ is exceptional.Best for
Apartment buyers; downsizers who want to walk to local shops; renters of investment properties (walkability is a tenant-demand multiplier); car-free or one-car households.
Showing top 50 suburbs in New South Wales
The price beside a suburb is the median its own page publishes; a dash means none is published. Prices are medians of house sales recorded by the NSW Valuer General. A suburb needs five recorded sales in the year before a median is published.
NSW 2099
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$2.8M
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NSW 2099
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2753
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$950K
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NSW 2049
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$2.1M
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NSW 2099
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2093
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$3.4M
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NSW 2065
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2208
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.8M
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NSW 2533
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.5M
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NSW 2031
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2089
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2223
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.8M
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NSW 2229
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2204
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$2.2M
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NSW 2048
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$2.4M
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NSW 2209
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.8M
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NSW 2162
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.4M
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NSW 2300
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.6M
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NSW 2204
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2750
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.1M
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NSW 2055
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2217
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.9M
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NSW 2041
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$3.0M
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NSW 2077
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.9M
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NSW 2060
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$3.1M
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NSW 2300
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$2.3M
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NSW 2000
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2016
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$2.0M
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NSW 2229
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.9M
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NSW 2045
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$3.0M
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NSW 2043
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.9M
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NSW 2666
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$443K
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NSW 2230
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$3.4M
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NSW 2011
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.9M
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NSW 2026
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$4.3M
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NSW 2027
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2107
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2022
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$2.6M
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NSW 2148
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.1M
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NSW 2008
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2009
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$2.5M
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NSW 2000
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2046
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$2.8M
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NSW 2008
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.9M
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NSW 2000
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$3.7M
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NSW 2302
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2024
Walk score
100/100
Median price
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NSW 2200
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.5M
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NSW 2298
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$1.1M
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NSW 2022
Walk score
100/100
Median price
$3.7M
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Common questions
About this ranking
Are walkable suburbs always more expensive?
Generally yes, walkability is priced into median values, particularly for apartments and townhouses. The exception is some emerging inner-ring suburbs whose walkability has improved through new transit infrastructure but where prices haven't caught up yet.
Does walkability drive rental yield?
It drives rental demand and vacancy rates more than absolute yield. Highly walkable suburbs typically have lower vacancy and shorter days-on-market when re-letting, both reduce the effective vacancy cost on a rental investment.
How does walkability differ from transit score?
Walk score measures access to amenities on foot. Transit score measures public transport access. The two correlate but aren't identical, some apartment-heavy suburbs have moderate walk scores but exceptional transit, and vice versa.
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