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Arncliffe
4.4(18 reviews)

Arncliffe, NSW 2205

4.4(18 reviews)

Ranked 165th best suburb by locals in Sydney (Greater) Region, NSW

Great for

  • Neighbourly spirit
  • Public transport
  • Internet access
  • Parks and recreation
  • Cost of living

Not great for

  • Nightlife

Who lives here?

  • Families With Kids
  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Retirees
  • LGBTQ+

Reviews of Arncliffe, NSW

25th March 2022

"Hidden gem"

I have lived in Arncliffe over 20 years and I loved it from the first moment after moving from Rosbery....my 2 children grew up here and it is such a lovely neighborhood...I know many people and people walked past each other and say hi! I moved here at the time because it was so affordable and I was suspicious as it had everything but after 20 years I still can't find a single thing wrong with it....we love it. So close to airport beaches and all those wonderful cafes along Brighton beach.

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  • Families with kids
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"An unknown gem - very affordable"

I moved to Arncliffe over a year ago. It is a quiet suburb with a mix a dwelling types and many parks. It has most of the traits for a middle class suburb (think Artarmon or Willoughby on the north shore ) in terms of parks, shops, schooling options and public transportation (only 15mins by train to the city). It is up and coming hence far more affordable. The suburbs shops are continuing to improve. There is a large Lebanese muslim population which could seem daunting to some but they are like 3rd gen Australians who bring with them great food, well maintained houses and a well funded football club. I find them delightful to deal with and if anything a real asset to the suburb. Definitely a suburb to watch and from what I understand one of the most affordable within 10kms of the Sydney CBD.

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  • Professionals
  • Families with kids
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"A suburb on the up"

With a mix of new builds and historical houses, Arncliffe has something to suit everyone. With plans due to start to renovate the main street, we are so pleased to have moved here. A very relaxing suburb to live in with great food and coffee, and in such a convenient location. We travel a lot so a 10 minute Uber to the airport is perfect, and better yet there is no noise from air craft! Just the sound of kookaburras and parakeets. Highly recommended and great prices compared to neighbouring suburbs.

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Singles
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"We moved from lower north shore and love it!"

We are a professional couple who moved here last year from the lower north shore with our young family. We absolutely love it. Great fresh food and an IGA means we don’t have to go to the supermarket at all. A few nice cafes, great schools and childcare, even yoga at the local community centre, all very convenient and we have met a lovely group of friends in the area. It is a great multi-cultural family suburb. If you are thinking of moving, I highly recommend Arncliffe.

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  • Families with kids
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"An elevated suburb with charming architecture"

I recently moved to Arncliffe from Marrickville and managed to upgrade from an apartment to a house. This is an affordable suburb with a couple of great cafés and an easy commute to the city. The trains are never over-crowded and so quick!

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  • Singles
  • Families with kids
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"Sad suburb with nothing around"

I have no idea why many people here consider this suburb as a great place to live. After six months, I finally leave this suburb and move back to the Inner West. Arncliffe is depressive, sad and has nothing to offer. Furthermore, we had two major blackouts in less than one month. Glad to leave this place.

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Jacinta Thompson
Jacinta Thompson

Some of my family use to live there for more then 20 years approximately. It's a quiet place,but in the reality in Australia it a decent suburb.

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"A small and quite suburb with stunning views"

I moved to Arncliffe last year in the newly build apartment on Princes Hwy.

Been growing up in Inner West, moving to Arncliffe is kinda "unwilling", especially I don't drive. but I have found Arncliffe is better than I thought.

The commute is convenient - train every 15-20 mins (5 stop to Central), Bus 420 every 15-20mins - 10mins to International Airport, 30mins to Burwood.
one stop or 15mins walk to Wolli Creek - where the Wolly and Aldi are and lots of places to eat.

The street is quiet and nice, and the view is stunning! - thanks for living on the high hill of the area allow enjoy the weekend on the balcony with a book and a cuppa see the aircraft going up & down ( the noise level are low) with plenty of greens, a hint of the blue (the water line ) and touch by a sparkling gold (the sand on Brighton-la-sand beach) at background. great sunsets, fresh ocean breeze.

I heard people complain don't know about their neighbour, how about step up and knock a few doors? where I live, you can only access the level you live and luckily, my neighbour is not shy to knock and introduction him/her selves. even I am really bad in remember the name, but we manage to exchanged Christmas gift by leave by the door and a note saying "Dear Neighbour" instead of name. LOL.

The downsides are there are not many options to eat locally - but hey! we got Uber Eats & Deliveroo and I would love to have a BIGger supermarket - IGA is good but too small, also this area needs a gym.

If you are new and just move to the new apartment complex on Prince Hwy, hopefully, I will see you around :).

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  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
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kayg2

Hey there
I noticed you says you moved to the newly built complex. Is that 213 princess highway?

jchen29
jchen29

How are you guys enjoying Bloom? Might be moving in myself!

samanthaa20

Hi Guys! We are looking to move into Bloom as well - wondering what your thoughts are as well? :)

sisca eddi
sisca eddi

Hi all, did you guys move to the bloom at the end? How was it? Im thinking of moving in as well. Thank you.

samanthaa20

Hi! Yep, we did end up buying an apartment in Bloom. We really like it. The apartments are built well, however our one peeve is that the apartments are fully carpeted (with the exception of kitchen, bathroom and laundry). Everyone is friendly and theres a wide mix of people from different cultural backgrounds which is really cool. Lots of younger couples and also families. We have a dog and theres a little community for them which is really nice and was important to us. Its relatively quiet, especially compared to Rosebery and the likes (which is where we moved from). Youre close to the train station and pretty well connected with the M5, access to the city etc. There is a bit of airport noise but were not under a flight path so its not intense, and if you have windows and doors closed you can barely hear anything. We would recommend! Happy to answer any specific questions if you have them.

Shakti Shrestha
Shakti Shrestha

I have sold a few in bloom, clients absolutely loved it.

flaniw

Hi lovely people, any comments about 213 Princes highway Arncliffe complex? Any safety issues for young teenagers walking daily to Arncliffe train station for commuting to city every/night? Thank you for your kind inputs. Much appreciate

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"Tony ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"

To all of those who don't know Anrcliffe, I have been living in Arncliffe for more than 30 years, raised a family and never had anything bad to complain about , there are different kinds of people but only the good ones can afford living here,try buying property in Arncliffe and you know what I mean.
Proximity to st george hospital,city and Airport make Arncliffe a very special and unique Suburb, what can I say ? very simple just buy there and mind your own business and you can be very happy, live and let live and welcome to our suburb.

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"Undiscovered gem"

We came acorss this charming suburb purely by chance, and we're very glad we did as it ticks all the boxes for us as a early 40s couple with young kids. Perhaps the most surprising thing is the number of heritage properties and elevated streets with flawless views of the city and botany bay, yet properties with these amazing views are still very affordable compared to e.g. Marrickville or Earlwood. And a lot larger, with 400-500sqm appearing to be the norm.

Not bad for a suburb that's still only 9km from the CBD (5 stations to central). And don't be fooled by its position on the map - the suburb is right near the airport but it's between the north-south and east-runways - this is one of the few suburbs in Sydney where you can see the planes, but not hear them.

Recreation-wise, it's handy to everything, including an easy 15min drive on the M5 to any of the lower eastern-suburb beaches or 5min drive to brighton for a quick dip. While it's true that Arncliffe doesn't have much of a restaurant/cafe scene by itself (yet), it's a mere 5min to the good quality restaurants and cafes of brighton-le-sands, or 10min in the opposite direction back to our previous suburb Marrickville for a pork roll. Arncliffe does however have some of the best lebanese around, and grocery shopping at nearby Rockdale plaza (Coles, Big W, Aldi, 5min drive), Tempe Woolies (5min) or Arncliffe IGA are more than sufficient.

I'd say it's biggest con is that some parts of Arncliffe are pretty scrappy and a bit of a turnoff, but if you look a little harder, like the more elevated areas to the east of the suburb, you'll see a totally different suburb, with wide, quiet streets, sweeping views of the city and botany bay, and regardless of your budget, I challenge you not to be impressed.

Great for

  • Many elevated streets with great views of botany bay, the city and suburbs
  • Close to CBD with good public transport options.
  • Growth potential with lots projects on the card and in progress.
  • Good access to the city, the west and the south
  • Quite suburbs with lots of parks and bike tracks facilities.
  • Great for parking... No parking meters!

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Families with kids
  • Hipsters
  • Beach Lovers
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MelissaC6

What street do you live in? I live in Arncliffe and my thoughts on the suburb are completely different. Review to come.

Huang Michael
Huang Michael

Is arncllife safe to live?

bruseh

Huang Michael Arncliffe is not safe it is an Islamic Suburb. It was history of Rapes in Arncliffe park a suburb full of Muslims with plenty of Mosques is like Lakemba or Bankstown

mjh
mjh

Crime statistics show it's a very safe suburb. Have lived in Arncliffe for 4 years and never seen or heard of a single problem. The highest foreign nationality is Lebanese at 9% yes but again, we've had nothing but friendly smiles and good community with everyone. The comment above is pure racism/fear-mongering from someone who's likely never even met someone from a muslim country.

jk12

Hi, I am looking for some information on schools in the area. Are your kids at school age? Have you heard anything about Athelstane Public School?

mjh
mjh

segenhoe st

mjh
mjh

I have 3x school age kids; they go to Arncliffe Primary (in the same street). I don't know anything about Athelstane.

jk12

Thanks for the response. How have you found Arncliffe Primary?

siennak1

Is the Arncliffe soccer team good because I want to join! If it is let me know!

deirdres2

Is Arncliffe a flood risk area?When was the last flooding occurred?

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"Wonderful community so close to EVERYTHING"

We bought in Arncliffe 4 years ago and so happy that we did. There was a real stigma attached to living here, at the time, but that has waned considerably since. There is such a sense of community, everyone is friendly, and it's safe. The area is still undergoing gentrification but its exciting to watch. Nearby Wolli Creek offers an amazing Woolworths, soon an Aldi and a myriad of retail and restaurants. There are enough cafes and chook shops to ensure you are wired and don't go hungry, ever. Two train lines are on your doorstep, it's only 6 stops to the CBD. Only 5 minutes to the airport and NO flight path noise. This place is a hidden gem. So so glad we bought here.

Great for

  • Jump on the M5, Eastern Distributor or Princes Hwy.
  • Lots of food shops, a good IGA and Woolworths.
  • 10 minutes to Kyeemagh or Brighton-le-sands beach
  • Close to CBD with good public transport options.
  • Growth potential with lots projects on the card and in progress.
  • Good access to the city, the west and the south
  • Great for parking... No parking meters!

Not great for

  • The occasional hoon
  • Cash economy.. Most places don't take eftpos
  • Lack of parking is becoming an issue
  • More restaurants and cafes needed

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Families with kids
  • Retirees
  • Students
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"love the hidden gem suburb"

i have lived here for just over a year and every day is a joy to get home.
no plane noise, lovely parks and great friendly neighbours and great sunny outlooks.

Great for

  • Close to CBD with good public transport options.
  • Growth potential with lots projects on the card and in progress.
  • Quite suburbs with lots of parks and bike tracks facilities.
  • Good access to the city, the west and the south

Not great for

  • More restaurants and cafes needed

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
  • LGBT+
  • Trendy & Stylish
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"Love this place!"

We have just celebrated our 2nd year anniversary in Arncliffe. We have moved from a semi in Newtown to a bigger 4 bedroom home overlooking the trees across the valley towards the city. We love it! We have hardly ANY airport noise - which was a huge issue in Newtown. Loads of parking too.
There is a huge cross-section of people in Arncliffe but all seem very tolerant of each other. My partner and I (same sex) did have reservations at first but nobody has even looked twice. The area is very quiet and safe and our neighbours are all very friendly and were most welcoming. We are very happy here and have no plans to move. Also seems that values are increasing as this suburb is being discovered.

Great for

  • Close to CBD with good public transport options.
  • Growth potential with lots projects on the card and in progress.
  • Quite suburbs with lots of parks and bike tracks facilities.
  • Good access to the city, the west and the south
  • Great for parking... No parking meters!

Not great for

  • More regular street cleaning - there seems to be lots of furntiture left out.
  • More restaurants and cafes needed

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Families with kids
  • Retirees
  • LGBT+
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jeep

great! i have friends who are hoping to open a cafe in the area (lesbian couple) and I thought the same thing about them standing out. They have lived in Arncliffe for 5 years and love it!

TandTheBoys

Jeep - tell your friends that a fab little cafe in Arncliffe would be very welcome! We are desperately lacking somewhere with great coffee, delicious Sunday brunch and a terrific atmosphere. T.

at4

Thank you for your post. I'm considering a new area and want to ensure my wife and I (same sex) and expecting a baby would be comfortable and not the only ones in the area! Have you seen or met many other LGBTQIA+ and/or with kids in the area?

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"We love Arncliffe!"

We have spent the last five lovely years living in this suburb.

We bought a wonderful old home that we have enjoyed restoring and love the fact that Arncliffe is now taking off.

Having known not very much about this area we settled in very quickly and have found it to be one of the most friendly places we have ever lived.

It is such a comfortable little community, close to the city, the beach, parks, shopping and the South Coast.

It has a number of train stations close by, several convenient strips of shops that are in the process of renovation, two golf courses very close by and the international airport within a couple of minutes drive.

We have seen our house price and everyone elses house price in Arncliffe rapidly increase over the last five years and believe that this exciting little suburb, full of detached federation era houses on medium sized parcels of land and wide streets with ample parking, views and lots of beautiful green trees will become as sort after as the traditional, trendy inner west locales that neighbour this area to the North ( Marrickville, Newtown , St Peters )

Great for

  • Great for parking... No parking meters!
  • Good access to the city, the west and the south
  • Council to upgrade shopping precinct in next two years
  • Close to CBD with good public transport options.
  • Growth potential with lots projects on the card and in progress.
  • Quite suburbs with lots of parks and bike tracks facilities.

Not great for

  • Flight path borders next suburb ( Banksia, Rockdale )
  • More restaurants and cafes needed
  • Busy roads, Forest and Princes Highway
  • Better streetscapes, needs alot more trees and flowers and lighting.
  • Need a large local supermarket(Woolworths and Aldi will open next year)

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
  • Retirees
  • LGBT+
  • Students
  • Beach Lovers
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Great for

  • Growth potential with lots projects on the card and in progress.
  • Close to CBD with good public transport options.
  • Quite suburbs with lots of parks and bike tracks facilities.

Not great for

  • Need a large local supermarket(Woolworths and Aldi will open next year)
  • Better streetscapes, needs alot more trees and flowers and lighting.

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
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"A great place to live with very high potential"

I use to lived in burwood for nearly 6 years before i looking into purchase my own property. Dont get me wrong, burwood is good place to live with alot of retail and facility. After 6month property searching ( most in in western area ) we decide buy this one in arncliffe, near park. we were very worried at beginning since its new place to place. But after 9 month stay, we found its just not possible for us go back burwood. Arncliffe is so quiet and peaceful compare with noisy burwood. Location wise is excellent, close to everything , city, newtown, even only takes 15mins back to syd west. close to beach which now we enjoy a totally different live style. takes us only 2mins drive to the beach.
we were worried about plane noise, but after half year living, you can hardly hear it, the plane path is not on top of arncliffe like some the other area. other exciting things are like few months ago we notice few of large developer company like meriton start to lunch huge residential project in Arncliffe with commercial place which is a wonderful news for everyone living here, firstly it will bring new retails and also most importantly the property price will start boom for sure in few years time. we love the greens, neighbourhood is great. love it.

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  • Professionals
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"Most desirable location with lots of growth"

Location: Wolli Creek is the gateway to southern Sydney. 10 mins by car, you are in CBD or eastern suburbs and 5 mins to M5, Newtown or beaches. Handy to the airport yet you can hardly hear the noise from aircrafts simply because it is not under flight paths (unlike most of the Inner West suburbs being effected by aircrafts noise).

Public transport: Wolli Creek train station is the hub of two lines - Sutherland to Bondi line and airport line. This means you get frequent express train to CBD in only 10 mins. Leave your car at home!

Best streets: Knoll Ave and Bonar St as you are far enough to stay away from the noise from railway yet close enough to walk to the station in just 6 mins.

Strong growth: Local shopping centre with cinema will be completed in 2 years time. Large project at Cooks Cove employment zone is going to generate 16000 jobs. Biggest Ikea is being built in Tempe which is 2 mins away from Wolli Creek.

Why would you buy a house in Marrickville (5 mins away) when you can get one in here for 200k less ?!

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  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
  • Retirees
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Roons

hey Noel,
Just wondering where the cinema is planning to be built? Is it near the new woolworths??
Cheers,
roonsg

junkie13

Someone i know called Nahas and was advised it will be completed in may 2012. As for the cinemas i think its just a marketing gimmick used by the realestate agent to sell off the plan properties.

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"A very under-rated and overlooked suburb..."

Here's the great bits...

Beautiful Victorian and Federation properties - often unrenovated and at bargain prices compared to other parts of Sydney!
Close to the Airport, Newtown, City, major arterial roads...it doesn't matter which direction you are heading.
A railway station - It's only 20 mins and about 6 stops by train.
Close to beaches at Brighton or even Maroubra (which is only 15 mins away)
No aircraft noise at all!
Great Middle Eastern eateries with the best kebabs and falafel around.
Really friendly neighbourhood - street parties do happen.
Beautiful city and bay views from the high areas of the suburb.
Plenty of schools to choose from.
Lots of green space, golf courses and parks.

Could improve with...

Some streetscaping and upgrades to the main street - get to it Rockdale Council!
(This would encourage my next point...)
A few traditional, quality cafes - somewhere to walk to and get brekkie and a coffee on the weekend. (If you are keen on starting a cafe business this area would be great - please letterbox the locals!)
An off-leash dog park.

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  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
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"great to be so close to the city but also have a real family community feel - kids can be kids!"

First moving here we worried we wouldn't fit in as we were from the eastern suburbs. Immediately our kids found friends in the neighbourhood who invited themselves over and our neighbours were walking into our yard totally unannounced and were always ready with a helping hand when we needed it especially when settling in. They didn't just bring us a cake, they organised a neighbourhood afternoon tea to welcome us! We were taken back at first feeling a bit overwhelmed when suddenly we realised we aren't in the eastern suburbs anymore and around here people don't just say...'i'm a bit busy, maybe we could bring Geoffrey for a play in about two months as he has to practice for his recital...or...I should go over and say hi to the new neighbours but i'm a bit busy and they probably need a bit of space to get sorted...etc etc....this area has changed who we are...and who we want our kids to be.....(and it's groceries and well everything actually is about half the price of the eastern and northern suburbs!!!)....and we now have chickens!

Who lives here?

  • Families with kids
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HelenaT

Next week, we move from an overpriced coastal suburb go to live in Arncliffe. One daughter thinks it's embarrassing. Another family member politely asked if it would be a 'bit of a challenge".

My first thoughts: this is a suburb where people might talk to each other and neighbours might connect. The old-fashioned kinda neighbourhood that cities don't necessarily have anymore. I'm hoping we will have a similar experience to knixy.

Arncliffe has views, I've always lived on the flat so this is new. I like the federation architecture - I think Arncliffe has yet to be discovered and I hope it never is.

Where we live now, no-one talks to anyone and it's like living in a cemetery. Well, one person talks to us - the pedantic, humorless, retentive body corporate representative, who is a vexatious complainer. She's a smiling assassin. She will not be missed.

And the people next door? In three years they have never pulled up their blinds. I don't even know what they look like. I know what they don't like. Gardening. They took a chainsaw to the native shrubs along the common fenceline. I'm not going to miss them either.

I don't care too much about the lack of nightlife thing in Arncliffe. Let's face it, most suburban residents have to go somewhere else for that.

Well, when we've moved in and the dust has settled, I'll post a review. Fingers crossed.

AdamS
AdamS

Good luck HelenaT. I wish you well :)

Dobsonshow

Hope its going well for you :) We too were poor posh suburb refugees and after living here for five years, we wouldn't live anywhere else! ( Well maybe Majorca!) ;)

stara333

I have lived here for 2 years. I love it.

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