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Dundas Valley

Ranked #43 of 422 Sydney suburbs for green space. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.

By BestSuburbs research · Updated October 2026 · Sydney
Dundas Valley suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Green space80#43 of 422
Transit77#98 of 422
Parks72#87 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)56#180 of 422

Dundas Valley suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
14
#386 of 422
Safety
44
#236 of 422
Wealth
22
#330 of 422
Value
51
#204 of 422
Parks
72
#87 of 422
Cafés
42
#256 of 422
Transit
77
#98 of 422
Green space
80
#43 of 422
Active & healthy
45
#252 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
56
#180 of 422

Dundas Valley crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,875
Area1.72 km²
Postcode2117
Median household income$1,835/wk
Median rent$428/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,794,000 (low sales volume; down 5.2% YoY, down 5.8% QoQ; postcode 2117, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$751,000 (low sales volume; down 15.3% YoY, down 19.6% QoQ; postcode 2117, not suburb-level)
Crime rate40.2 incidents per 1,000 people — 71% of offences are against property, 29% against the person
Parks10 (3.22 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.42 km, secondary 1.76 km
Families score64/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park100.0% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues5
Public transport stops51 (51 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunParramatta parkrun (3.26 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Yates Avenue Public School (0.44 km)

Sale prices: NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, January - March 2026 quarter — © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), Rent and Sales Report, CC BY 4.0; suburb-to-postcode mapping © GeoNames.org, CC BY 4.0. NSW publishes no free suburb-level sale medians, so this is the median for the suburb's POSTCODE (non-strata sales = houses, strata = units), which can span several suburbs. Low-volume figures rest on 30 or fewer sales in the quarter; postcodes with 10 or fewer sales are withheld by DCJ.

Who lives in Dundas Valley

Population
5,875
Median age
38 years
Median household income
$1,835/wk
Median rent
$428/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,794,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$751,000

Source: ABS Census 2021; sale prices NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, January - March 2026 quarter. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Dundas Valley — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Dundas Valley

What is the postcode for Dundas Valley?

The postcode for Dundas Valley, Sydney is 2117.

Is Dundas Valley a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Dundas Valley is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is green space, ranking #43 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 5 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Dundas Valley safe?

It is on the less safe side of Sydney, scoring 44/100 for safety and ranking #236 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 40 per 1,000 residents. That score is recorded offences per 1,000 residents from official crime statistics, as a percentile against every other suburb in the city.

Is Dundas Valley good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 44/100, parks 72/100 and green space 80/100, with a median age of 38. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.4 km from its centre. School counts and distances feed the families score; catchment zoning and school results do not (we cannot publish those) — see our Sydney families ranking for the full method.

Is Dundas Valley expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,794,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), down 5.2% YoY, down 5.8% QoQ. Median rent is $428 a week, and household income ranks #330 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 51/100 for value.

Does Dundas Valley have good public transport?

It scores 77/100 for transit, #98 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Dundas Valley?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 3.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 80/100 for green space.

Is Dundas Valley good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Parramatta parkrun, 3.3 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 14/100 for how much walking, running and riding actually happens there.

Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Sydney: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated October 2026 (last updated 2026-10-12). Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
About this data: every number on this page is computed from public sources — it is not an opinion or a sponsored placement. See how we rank suburbs for the full method.
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