Benolong vs Dubbo

Benolong is the younger of the two, with a median age of 32 against 35 in Dubbo. In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Benolong, most households rent and most households are couple families. In Dubbo, most households own their home. On these figures, Benolong tends to suit renters, families with children, and couples.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Dubbo

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (88 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (32 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (24 vs 0)
  • But Benolong carries lower crime risk (24/100 vs 91/100)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Benolong

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (56% vs 35%)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (13% vs 18%)
  • has cheaper rent ($240/wk vs $310/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Dubbo

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (34/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (324 min vs 340 min)
  • But Benolong sits closer to the CBD (397.9 km vs 402.8 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Dubbo

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (34/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more GPs (17 vs 0)
  • But Benolong carries lower crime risk (24/100 vs 91/100)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Benolong

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (55.1% vs 11.7%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Benolong and Dubbo drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Benolong Dubbo
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Benolong Dubbo
Walkability 0 / 34
Benolong — Walkability: 0/100 Dubbo — Walkability: 34/100
Safety 76 / 9
Benolong — Safety: 76/100 Dubbo — Safety: 9/100
Low fire risk 83 / 74
Benolong — Low fire risk: 83/100 Dubbo — Low fire risk: 74/100

Demographics

Dubbo has more residents (43,516 vs 76); Dubbo rents higher ($310/wk vs $240/wk).

Benolong Dubbo
Population 76 43,516
+57158% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +55.1% +11.7%
Median age 32 35
Median household income $95,836/yr
+8% vs other
 $87,880/yr
Median weekly rent $240/wk $310/wk
+29% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Benolong Dubbo
0-4 10.5% / 7.4%
Benolong — 0-4: 10.5% Dubbo — 0-4: 7.4%
5-14 15.8% / 14.1%
Benolong — 5-14: 15.8% Dubbo — 5-14: 14.1%
15-19 13.2% / 5.8%
Benolong — 15-19: 13.2% Dubbo — 15-19: 5.8%
20-24 — / 5.8%
Benolong — 20-24: not among its largest Dubbo — 20-24: 5.8%
25-34 15.8% / 15.7%
Benolong — 25-34: 15.8% Dubbo — 25-34: 15.7%
35-44 7.9% / 12.3%
Benolong — 35-44: 7.9% Dubbo — 35-44: 12.3%
45-54 13.2% / 11.2%
Benolong — 45-54: 13.2% Dubbo — 45-54: 11.2%
55-64 9.2% / 11.1%
Benolong — 55-64: 9.2% Dubbo — 55-64: 11.1%
65-74 7.9% / 8.8%
Benolong — 65-74: 7.9% Dubbo — 65-74: 8.8%
75-84 7.9% / 5.6%
Benolong — 75-84: 7.9% Dubbo — 75-84: 5.6%
85+ — / 2.2%
Benolong — 85+: not among its largest Dubbo — 85+: 2.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Benolong 62.5% couple families
Benolong — Couple Families: 62.5% Benolong — Lone Person: 37.5% Benolong — One Parent Families: 0.0% Benolong — Group Household: 0.0% Benolong — Other Families: 0.0%
Dubbo 39.6% couple families
Dubbo — Couple Families: 39.6% Dubbo — Lone Person: 36.2% Dubbo — One Parent Families: 18.0% Dubbo — Group Household: 4.7% Dubbo — Other Families: 1.5%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Benolong 56.2% renting
Benolong — Owned Outright: 25.0% Benolong — Mortgage: 18.8% Benolong — Renting: 56.2%
Dubbo 35.1% renting
Dubbo — Owned Outright: 29.3% Dubbo — Mortgage: 35.7% Dubbo — Renting: 35.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Benolong 100.0% houses
Benolong — Houses: 100.0% Benolong — Townhouses: 0.0% Benolong — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Dubbo 83.2% houses
Dubbo — Houses: 83.2% Dubbo — Townhouses: 9.0% Dubbo — Flats / Apartments: 7.8%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Benolong Dubbo
Certificate III & IV 15.8% / 15.7%
Benolong — Certificate III & IV: 15.8% Dubbo — Certificate III & IV: 15.7%
Bachelor Degree 7.9% / 10.1%
Benolong — Bachelor Degree: 7.9% Dubbo — Bachelor Degree: 10.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 10.5% / 6.1%
Benolong — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.5% Dubbo — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.1%
Postgraduate Degree — / 3.2%
Benolong — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Dubbo — Postgraduate Degree: 3.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.5%
Benolong — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Dubbo — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.8%).

Property market

Benolong Dubbo
Median house price — $663,000
Median unit price — $405,000
Median land price — $558,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 24 days
from 419 sales

Zoning mix

Benolong has more rural and farming land (100% vs 76%).

Benolong Dubbo
Rural and farming 100% 76%
Residential 0% 15%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 3%
Environmental 0% 3%
Industrial 0% 2%
Parks and recreation 0% 1%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Benolong Dubbo
New dwellings approved 405
across Dubbo
same for both
Approvals change year on year -12%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Benolong Dubbo
Houses — 4.2%
$580/wk on $715K
Units — 4.9%
$365/wk on $384K

Ranking within NSW

Benolong Dubbo
House price — Higher than 22% of NSW
Income Higher than 63% of NSW Higher than 57% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 72% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 22% of NSW Higher than 76% of NSW
Affordability — Higher than 84% of NSW
EV adoption — Higher than 30% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 37% of NSW Higher than 91% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 83% of NSW
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 64% of NSW

Liveability

Dubbo is more walkable (34 vs 0).

Benolong Dubbo
Grade — C
Score — 40/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Dubbo carries more crime risk (91 vs 24).

Benolong Dubbo
Bushfire Low
17/100
 Low
26/100
Crime Low
24/100
 High
91/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 3
within 5 km

Schools

Benolong Dubbo
Inside the suburb 0 24
Rated above peers 0 8
Rated at peers 0 8
Rated below peers 0 2

Schools in Benolong

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Dubbo

  • Buninyong Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Burrabadine Christian Community School Independent · Combined above peers
  • Central West Leadership Academy Independent · Combined above peers
  • Dubbo Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Dubbo School of Distance Education Government · Combined above peers
  • St John's Catholic Primary School Dubbo Catholic · Primary above peers

Amenities in the suburb

Benolong Dubbo
Supermarkets 0 6
Cafes & restaurants 0 21
Parks & reserves 1 88
Childcare 0 32
GPs 0 17
Pharmacies 0 11
Hospitals 0 4
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 13
Fuel stations 0 12
EV chargers 0 2
Waterways 9 125

Mobility

Dubbo sits further from the CBD (402.8 km vs 397.9 km).

Benolong Dubbo
Walkability score 0/100 34/100
Distance to Sydney 397.9 km 402.8 km
+1% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 340 min 324 min
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 2818
 0.3%
postcode 2830
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 58
postcode 2818
 72
postcode 2830

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Benolong Dubbo
Car (driver) 48.8% / 80.5%
Benolong — Car (driver): 48.8% Dubbo — Car (driver): 80.5%
Worked from Home 37.2% / 8.9%
Benolong — Worked from Home: 37.2% Dubbo — Worked from Home: 8.9%
Car (passenger) 14.0% / 7.3%
Benolong — Car (passenger): 14.0% Dubbo — Car (passenger): 7.3%
Walked Only — / 2.4%
Benolong — Walked Only: not among its largest Dubbo — Walked Only: 2.4%
Bus — / 0.5%
Benolong — Bus: not among its largest Dubbo — Bus: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (80.5%).

Setting

Benolong Dubbo
Elevation 312 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 260 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Benolong Dubbo
Connectivity score 26/100 84/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
19 premises
 71%
22,678 premises

Climate

Benolong Dubbo
Annual rainfall 641 mm 603 mm
Summer max (Jan) 32.5°C 32.9°C
Winter min (Jul) 3.0°C 3.5°C

Council rates

Benolong Dubbo
Average residential rate $1,233/yr
same for both
Council Dubbo
same for both

Federal electorate

Benolong Dubbo
Division Parkes
same for both
Member Jamie Chaffey
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Benolong Dubbo
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Benolong

Family River Rural Young Families

Dubbo

Affordable Rural

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