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Best Family Suburbs in New South Wales

Suburbs ranked for families using education access, early-years services, safety, parks and sport facilities from official data.

Castlecrag currently leads this New South Wales list. Suburbs ranked for families using education access, early-years services, safety, parks and sport facilities from official 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	Castlecrag	100
#2	Berrilee	99
#3	Roseville Chase	99
#4	Northwood	97
#5	Kurraba Point	96
#6	Curl Curl	95
#7	Cremorne Point	95
#8	Warrawee	95
#9	Longueville	95
#10	Norwest	95
#11	Oxford Falls	95
#12	Normanhurst	95
#13	Watsons Bay	94
#14	Cheltenham	94
#15	Thornleigh	94
#16	Lane Cove West	93
#17	Davidson	93
#18	Waverton	93
#19	Greenwich	93
#20	Lavender Bay	92
#21	Gerroa	92
#22	St Ives Chase	91
#23	Stanhope Gardens	91
#24	Kirribilli	91
#25	Rodd Point	91
#26	Connells Point	91
#27	Northbridge	91
#28	Woolwich	91
#29	South Turramurra	91
#30	Henley	90
#31	Stanwell Tops	90
#32	Dalgety	90
#33	Sun Valley	90
#34	Menangle Park	90
#35	Coalcliff	90
#36	Lapstone	89
#37	Mona Vale	89
#38	Queenscliff	89
#39	North Wahroonga	89
#40	Gerringong	89
#41	Otford	89
#42	Werri Beach	89
#43	Milsons Point	89
#44	Austinmer	89
#45	Beaumont Hills	89
#46	North Epping	88
#47	Middle Cove	88
#48	Riverview	88
#49	North Balgowlah	88
#50	Bangalow	88

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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