Burwood
New South Wales · Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield · Sydney - Inner West
Why “Burwood (NSW)”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Burwood into several statistical areas (SA2s); this profile covers one part of it. Other parts are listed further down. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Burwood is a locality in the Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Burwood (NSW) SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Burwood (NSW) SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Burwood Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Burwood.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Burwood (NSW catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Burwood (NSW)
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment1,393ICSEA1177
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment476ICSEA1092
- Secondary · Catholic · Years 10-12Enrolment139ICSEA1042
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSUniting Care Burwood PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSToBeMe Early Learning - BurwoodCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSBurwood Montessori AcademyCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSYMCA Burwood OSHCCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSLittle Bees Childcare BurwoodCentre-Based Care · 88 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSRobyn Taylor Child Development CentreCentre-Based Care · 84 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSBurwood Road Montessori AcademyCentre-Based Care · 68 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSWoodstock Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 63 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSUniting MLC School Outside School Hours Care BurwoodCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSLittle Lion Early LearningCentre-Based Care · 54 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSSunshine Buddies Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSKU - Burwood PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 25 places · Burwood
+ 1 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 2,201
- vs previous year
- +15%
- vs 2021
- 1,902
- Theft 874
- Against justice procedures 495
- Assault 195
- Drug offences 141
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment 107
Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 1
- Supermarkets
- 5
- Parks
- 10
- Train stations
- 1
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Burwood (NSW) SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $3,102,000
- House price YoY
- +46.0%
- Median 3BR house rent
- —
Where did the gain come from?
+512Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
Other SA2s in Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
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