Families

Summary: A high-end land rich with massive, sprawling homes on expansive blocks and wrapped in slices of semi-tamed Aussie bushland, Beecroft is immensely green, highly peaceful – and appropriately pricey. It’s home to some truly palatial residences with long, gated driveways and three-car-minimum garages, without much high-density living to speak of. It’s safe, clean and highly retiree-and-family-friendly with some great schools on offer, but is also a little lacking in amenities for shopping and has a premium pricetag for somewhere relatively far from Sydney city. Read Review

As if choosing a suburb to live in Sydney for yourself wasn’t difficult enough, a whole extra layer of complexity and decision-making comes into play once kids come along. Children …
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Summary: Not-quite-Inner-West and not-quite-Western Suburbs, Campsie is a suburb that screams “potential” but is not quite all the way there just yet. There’s the skeleton of a well-balanced and desirable place to live here, with a good physical location that’s well-serviced by public transport, diverse housing options, plentiful amenities, and a range of wide green spaces that are roomy if somewhat unkempt & featureless.

It’s far safer than it used to be and has gentrified in spots, but it still needs a helping of “TLC” and additional maintenance/upkeep to help it reach the best version of itself. Read Review

Summary: Convenient, well-positioned and incredibly well-equipped with amenities, Rockdale isn’t the prettiest suburb in the world but packs a ton into a relatively small space. It boasts good connectivity to the city and elsewhere by both road and rail, and a wide variety of housing types suitable for a range of budgets and lifestyles. It’s also very busy in sections, with its main roads packed with traffic and a continually growing number of apartments adding to its population. It’s also decent value, considering its location. Read Review

Summary: A picturesque and well-groomed suburb spanning back from the banks of the north side of the Parramatta River, Putney is a showcase of just how gorgeous suburban Sydney can be – if you’ve got the money for it. With about as pretty an aspect as one could hope for without directly facing Sydney Harbour, it’s a suburb where the fruits of capital growth are in plain sight. Large, architecturally-designed houses on big blocks, slices of lovely waterfront parkland and highly family-friendly leanings in general, its only major downsides are traffic/access issues, a lack of nightlife, and the general price of admission. Read Review

Summary: Seldom-discussed yet solid all-round, Carlton offers a good blend of peace, access, greenery and choice to make for a suburb that needs to be considered in your Sydney search. It’s in a position that provides access to plenty of different “types” of Sydney nearby while being safe and pleasant in and of itself – and having a decent bit of Euro-influenced character to boot. Freestanding home prices aren’t great, but its apartments and other housing alternatives represent pretty good variety and value overall. Read Review

Summary: Aspirational, peaceful and highly green, Roseville is a high-end North Shore suburb that’s a land of sprawling and manicured gardens largely dotted with impressive Euro-influenced older brick homes. It’s located in a desirable position which provides peace and quiet without sacrificing distance or connectivity from Sydney city, and has a massive shopping counterpart right next door. It’s no surprise, then, that it brings equally massive pricetags, and is not what anyone would ever call “lively” despite some handy amenities. Read Review

Summary: Packed to the brim with a staggering array of housing options small, medium and large, Rouse Hill offers an extensive array of places to live for nearly all life stages and budget levels. Formerly a region of lush pastureland, it’s now a still-mostly-green land of rapid change with nearly every vacant block currently under some sort of development. This has brought with it a massive array of demographic shift, amenities and services for families in particular – a necessity given its access times & traffic issues to and from Sydney city. Read Review

Summary: Walking the line between greenery, value, high-end and working class very well, Kingsgrove is down-to-earth and unpretentious Sydney suburbia in full swing. Boasting good diversity in both property types and people, this is a suburb in which decent proximity to Sydney city comes with personal space and a very good array of amenities. There’s plenty of quality local dining dotted throughout, a solid selection of schools, and enough to see and do to keep things lively. Traffic and price are issues, but it’s quite well-balanced overall. Read Review

Summary: A high-end slice of the “Hills District”, Castle Hill was formerly a secluded and peaceful slice of escapism amongst the greenery for those looking for big, spacious housing blocks outside Sydney. It’s undergone significant change, with the rapid development of its urban centre, Metro connectivity, substantial amenities and an increasing number of highrise apartment blocks changing the landscape entirely. It still offers plenty of space, quality schools and some great views for those with money, but distance from Sydney city combines with the increasing traffic and crowds to dull some of its shine. Read Review