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Dural
Ranked #76 of 422 Sydney suburbs for active. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.
Dural suburb profile: score breakdown
Dural rent, prices and other numbers
| Population | 7,900 |
| Area | 33.83 km² |
| Median household income | $2,489/wk |
| Median rent | $600/wk |
| Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026) | $810,000 (79 sales this quarter; up 12.5% YoY, up 1.9% QoQ; postcode 2330, not suburb-level) |
| Parks | 9 (5.18 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Schools (government data) | 1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.64 km, secondary 3.27 km |
| Families score | 38/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10) |
| Within 400m of a park | 13.0% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 2 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 124 |
| Public transport stops | 62 (62 bus stops) |
| Nearest parkrun | Macquarie University parkrun (12.02 km) |
| Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning) | 5 schools in the suburb — nearest is Redfield College (0.89 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 Dural
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 Dural — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.
Common questions about Dural
Is Dural a good suburb?
There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Dural is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is active, ranking #76 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 3 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.
Is Dural expensive to live in?
The median house sale price was $810,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 12.5% YoY, up 1.9% QoQ. Median rent is $600 a week, and household income ranks #147 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 42/100 for value.
Does Dural have good public transport?
It scores 1/100 for transit, #419 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
Are there parks in Dural?
13% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 5.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 40/100 for green space.
Is Dural good for running?
The nearest parkrun is Macquarie University parkrun, 12.0 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 74/100 for how much walking, running and riding actually happens there.
Nearby suburbs
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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