Lakemba
New South Wales · Canterbury · Sydney - Inner South West
This profile uses the ABS Lakemba statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Lakemba is a locality in the Canterbury area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Lakemba SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Lakemba SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Hampden Park Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lakemba.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Lakemba (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 Lakemba
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment946ICSEA1041
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment859ICSEA966
- Secondary · Catholic · Years 7-12Enrolment730ICSEA999
- Primary · Independent · Years K-6Enrolment399ICSEA1049
- Primary · Catholic · Years K-6Enrolment176ICSEA1024
- Special · Government · Years UEnrolment36ICSEA921
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Meeting NQSColonial Pre-School and Child Care Centre - LakembaCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Lakemba
- Meeting NQSLakemba Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 44 places · Lakemba
- Meeting NQSSunny Kids LakembaCentre-Based Care · 44 places · Lakemba
- Meeting NQSMini Minds MontessoriCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Lakemba
- Meeting NQSSCECS OSHC St Therese LakembaCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Lakemba
- Meeting NQSAlice Street Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Wiley Park
- Meeting NQSArabic Australian Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 39 places · Lakemba
- Meeting NQSStar Kids Long Day Care and PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 39 places · Lakemba
- Meeting NQSVoyage Education Wiley ParkCentre-Based Care · 37 places · Wiley Park
- Meeting NQSStay & Play Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 33 places · Lakemba
- Meeting NQSAdvanced KindercareCentre-Based Care · 31 places · Wiley Park
- Meeting NQSKids World Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 29 places · Lakemba
+ 3 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
- 764
- vs previous year
- 0%
- vs 2021
- 854
- Theft 237
- Assault 161
- Against justice procedures 84
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment 79
- Malicious damage to property 74
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
- 2
- Supermarkets
- 5
- Parks
- 12
- Train stations
- 1
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Lakemba SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $1,618,000
- House price YoY
- +8.0%
- Median 3BR house rent
- $780/wk
Where did the gain come from?
+135Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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