Most socio-economically advantaged suburbs in New South Wales
The 25 suburbs in New South Wales with the highest Suburb Score— our transparent 0–100 measure of socio-economic advantage, derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' SEIFA index of the 2021 Census. Higher means more advantaged on the ABS's own composite of income, education and occupation.
This ranks suburbs purely on a socio-economic measure from ABS Census data. It is not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit — advantage is not the same as livability, character or value. How we calculate the Suburb Score.
- 1Northwood (NSW)Suburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1217 · 916 residents
- 2BarangarooSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1214 · 220 residents
- 3TamaramaSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1209 · 1,478 residents
- 4Dawes PointSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1205 · 385 residents
- 5Greenhills BeachSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1205 · 1,375 residents
- 6Balgowlah HeightsSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1202 · 3,546 residents
- 7LonguevilleSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1198 · 2,116 residents
- 8The Rocks (Sydney - NSW)Suburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1197 · 629 residents
- 9Riverview (NSW)Suburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1196 · 3,148 residents
- 10CastlecragSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1195 · 2,965 residents
- 11Roseville ChaseSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1194 · 1,618 residents
- 12Clontarf (NSW)Suburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1189 · 1,746 residents
- 13ClovellySuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1188 · 4,887 residents
- 14Milsons PointSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1188 · 2,529 residents
- 15Dover HeightsSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1186 · 4,044 residents
- 16Millers PointSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1186 · 1,735 residents
- 17Willoughby EastSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1186 · 1,864 residents
- 18ErskinevilleSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1185 · 9,657 residents
- 19Middle CoveSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1185 · 1,327 residents
- 20North BalgowlahSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1184 · 3,816 residents
- 21Point PiperSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1184 · 1,334 residents
- 22BronteSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1182 · 7,166 residents
- 23HenleySuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1182 · 455 residents
- 24Beaconsfield (NSW)Suburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1181 · 1,172 residents
- 25Bellevue HillSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1181 · 10,590 residents
Suburbs with no ABS SEIFA score (some very small or unpopulated localities) are not ranked. Where suburbs share an identical SEIFA score they share a Suburb Score. The Suburb Score is always a national percentile, so a state list shows how its top suburbs sit against the whole country — not just against each other.