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Best Cycling Suburbs in New South Wales

Suburbs with the best cycling infrastructure signals — bike parking, hire facilities and recreational cycling access from OpenStreetMap data.

Chippendale currently leads this New South Wales list. Suburbs with the best cycling infrastructure signals — bike parking, hire facilities and recreational cycling access from OpenStreetMap data. The index is relative to this list (100 = the top suburb here), not an overall suburb rating. Very small localities can rank highly when nearby services score well — check population and housing on each profile before treating a rank as a place to live.

Rank	Suburb	Index
#1	Chippendale	100
#2	Newcastle	100
#3	Eveleigh	98
#4	Sydney	98
#5	Barangaroo	94
#6	Cooks Hill	92
#7	Ultimo	89
#8	Alexandria	89
#9	Randwick	88
#10	The Rocks	87
#11	Bondi Beach	86
#12	Brookvale	81
#13	Centennial Park	80
#14	North Sydney	79
#15	Darlington	78
#16	Sydney Olympic Park	78
#17	Haymarket	78
#18	Potts Point	78
#19	Milsons Point	77
#20	Dawes Point	77
#21	Woolloomooloo	77
#22	Darlinghurst	77
#23	Glebe	77
#24	Haberfield	77
#25	Albury	77
#26	Double Bay	76
#27	Callaghan	76
#28	Crows Nest	76
#29	Chatswood	75
#30	Surry Hills	75
#31	St Leonards	75
#32	Manly	75
#33	Parramatta	75
#34	Summer Hill	75
#35	Newtown	75
#36	Mona Vale	75
#37	Ashfield	75
#38	Macquarie Park	74
#39	Redfern	74
#40	Camperdown	74
#41	Caringbah	74
#42	Wollongong	74
#43	Bondi Junction	74
#44	Marrickville	74
#45	Kensington	74
#46	Newcastle East	74
#47	Paddington	74
#48	Zetland	73
#49	Waterloo	73
#50	Coogee	73

Index shows relative strength within this list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader, not an overall suburb rating.

Last updated 4 October 2026 at 1:54 am AEST

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