HoodEx scores areas of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 0 to 10 on green space and air, comfort and safety, homes and buildings, shops and services, and getting around. Of the areas reported on in depth so far, Sydney scores highest at 8.3/10, against an average of 8.2/10. Open any report below, or find which part of Sydney fits you.
Sydney sits on the Tasman Sea where Port Jackson, a deep natural harbor, splits the metropolitan landscape into north and south shores. The central business district lies along the southern waterfront, with the urban fabric spreading westward in a broad arc. Housing ranges from dense apartment towers near the core to detached dwellings in the outer suburbs, with older terrace rows and walk-up flats in the inner ring. Commuters rely on a radial rail network, harbor ferries, and buses, though outer areas generally require a car. The terrain is hilly around the harbor and flatter inland. Summers are warm and winters mild, with rain possible year-round. Inner and eastern precincts tend to be denser and more walkable, while western areas are more spread out. The measurements are strongest for networks and society, weakest for nature.
Across the 2 measured areas HoodEx has mapped in Sydney, the average score is 8.2 out of 10 — excellent. That places Sydney 2nd of the 33 cities measured so far, 1.6 above the 6.6 average across those cities.
The highest-scoring area is Sydney at 8.3/10; the lowest is Sydney at 8.0/10. A gap of only 0.3 points means Sydney is fairly even: most areas offer a similar standard, and the choice comes down to what kind of place you want rather than how good it is. 2 of the 2 areas score 7 or better.
Averaged across Sydney: green & air 6.3, comfort & safety 7.3, homes & buildings 8.0, shops & services 9.4 and getting around 9.8, each out of 10.
Sydney's strongest category is getting around — transport and walkability — at 9.8/10, 2.7 above the 7.1 average for that category. The weakest is green & air — greenery and environmental quality — at 6.3/10, 0.6 above the 5.7 average. Those two are the shape of the city: what it gives you everywhere, and what you have to hunt for.
Against the other 33 measured cities, Sydney ranks 7th for comfort & safety, 7th for homes & buildings, 2nd for shops & services and 1st for getting around.
Describe the life you want — budget, commute, how much green you need, how lively the street should be — and HoodEx ranks Sydney's neighbourhoods against your answers instead of you looking up one address at a time.
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These parts of Sydney have been measured in full — each has its own page with the five scores, the readings underneath them and photos of the streets.
Every HoodEx neighbourhood is scored from 0 to 10 in five categories. Scores are generated by AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets, then blended into a single overall score.
HoodEx has scored 2 neighbourhoods in Sydney. New areas are added when someone checks a local address.
The average overall score across scored Sydney neighbourhoods is 8.2/10, blended from our five scoring categories — 1.6 above the 6.6 average across the 33 cities HoodEx has measured.
Sydney currently has the highest overall score in Sydney at 8.3/10, 0.3 points ahead of the lowest-scoring measured area, Sydney (8.0/10).
Every neighbourhood is scored 0–10 in five categories — Green & air, Comfort & safety, Homes & buildings, Shops & services, and Getting around — using AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets. The five category scores are blended into a single overall score.
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Scores update as new analyses are run and community feedback comes in. Each neighbourhood page shows when it was last updated.