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Dundas

Ranked #55 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 suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Green space78#55 of 422
Transit71#123 of 422
Parks70#95 of 422
Value69#128 of 422

Dundas suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
24
#351 of 422
Safety
62
#160 of 422
Wealth
32
#289 of 422
Value
69
#128 of 422
Parks
70
#95 of 422
Cafés
13
#391 of 422
Transit
71
#123 of 422
Green space
78
#55 of 422
Active & healthy
48
#224 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
53
#198 of 422

Dundas crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,959
Area1.43 km²
Postcode2117
Median household income$1,962/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 rate28.6 incidents per 1,000 people — 67% of offences are against property, 33% against the person
Parks8 (2.75 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.44 km, secondary 2.0 km
Families score69/100 (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
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues7
Public transport stops39 (2 tram/light-rail stops, 37 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunParramatta parkrun (2.77 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is St Patrick's Marist College (0.56 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

Population
4,959
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,962/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 — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Dundas

What is the postcode for Dundas?

The postcode for Dundas, Sydney is 2117.

Is Dundas a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Dundas is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is green space, ranking #55 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Dundas safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Sydney, scoring 62/100 for safety and ranking #160 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 29 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 good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 62/100, parks 70/100 and green space 78/100, with a median age of 37. 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 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 #289 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 69/100 for value.

Does Dundas have good public transport?

It scores 71/100 for transit, #123 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Dundas?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 78/100 for green space.

Is Dundas good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Parramatta parkrun, 2.8 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 24/100 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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