Colebee vs Dean Park

In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Colebee, the large majority of households are couple families. In Dean Park, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Colebee: a median of $1.43 million, against $1.03 million in Dean Park, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Colebee tends to suit families with children and couples, while Dean Park suits buyers on a tighter budget.

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

Colebee

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (5 vs 2)
  • is already more of a family suburb (93% vs 74%)

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

First-home buyers

Dean Park

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($1,031,000 vs $1,425,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Dean Park

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($400/wk vs $620/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Dean Park

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (45.1 km vs 47.2 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Colebee has more GPs (2 vs 0)
  • Dean Park has more residents already 65 and over (15% vs 5%)

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

Investors

Colebee

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (154.5% vs -1.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Colebee Dean Park
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.

Colebee Dean Park
Walkability 63 / 70
Colebee — Walkability: 63/100 Dean Park — Walkability: 70/100
Safety 48 / 49
Colebee — Safety: 48/100 Dean Park — Safety: 49/100
Low fire risk 76 / 71
Colebee — Low fire risk: 76/100 Dean Park — Low fire risk: 71/100

Demographics

Colebee has higher household incomes ($167,596 vs $95,992); Colebee rents higher ($620/wk vs $400/wk).

Colebee Dean Park
Population 4,914
+35% vs other
 3,180
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +154.5% -1.5%
Median age 33 35
Median household income $167,596/yr
+43% vs other
 $95,992/yr
Median weekly rent $620/wk
+35% vs other
 $400/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Colebee Dean Park
0-4 9.1% / 6.9%
Colebee — 0-4: 9.1% Dean Park — 0-4: 6.9%
5-14 17.6% / 13.4%
Colebee — 5-14: 17.6% Dean Park — 5-14: 13.4%
15-19 6.7% / 5.7%
Colebee — 15-19: 6.7% Dean Park — 15-19: 5.7%
20-24 6.4% / 6.6%
Colebee — 20-24: 6.4% Dean Park — 20-24: 6.6%
25-34 13.9% / 16.1%
Colebee — 25-34: 13.9% Dean Park — 25-34: 16.1%
35-44 20.1% / 14.3%
Colebee — 35-44: 20.1% Dean Park — 35-44: 14.3%
45-54 13.1% / 10.6%
Colebee — 45-54: 13.1% Dean Park — 45-54: 10.6%
55-64 8.5% / 11.8%
Colebee — 55-64: 8.5% Dean Park — 55-64: 11.8%
65-74 3.7% / 8.4%
Colebee — 65-74: 3.7% Dean Park — 65-74: 8.4%
75-84 0.9% / 3.9%
Colebee — 75-84: 0.9% Dean Park — 75-84: 3.9%
85+ 0.1% / 2.7%
Colebee — 85+: 0.1% Dean Park — 85+: 2.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Colebee 81.4% couple families
Colebee — Couple Families: 81.4% Colebee — One Parent Families: 11.4% Colebee — Lone Person: 5.6% Colebee — Group Household: 1.2% Colebee — Other Families: 0.4%
Dean Park 54.9% couple families
Dean Park — Couple Families: 54.9% Dean Park — One Parent Families: 19.1% Dean Park — Lone Person: 21.7% Dean Park — Group Household: 2.3% Dean Park — Other Families: 2.1%
Couple Families One Parent Families Lone Person Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Colebee 20.5% renting
Colebee — Owned Outright: 9.5% Colebee — Mortgage: 70.0% Colebee — Renting: 20.5%
Dean Park 29.9% renting
Dean Park — Owned Outright: 26.3% Dean Park — Mortgage: 43.8% Dean Park — Renting: 29.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Colebee Dean Park
Bachelor Degree 20.1% / 10.0%
Colebee — Bachelor Degree: 20.1% Dean Park — Bachelor Degree: 10.0%
Certificate III & IV 8.3% / 14.3%
Colebee — Certificate III & IV: 8.3% Dean Park — Certificate III & IV: 14.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.2% / 7.6%
Colebee — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.2% Dean Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.6%
Postgraduate Degree 6.7% / 2.6%
Colebee — Postgraduate Degree: 6.7% Dean Park — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.4% / 0.8%
Colebee — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4% Dean Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.1%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Colebee Dean Park
Philippines 10.4% / 8.5%
Colebee — Philippines: 10.4% Dean Park — Philippines: 8.5%
India 11.2% / 6.0%
Colebee — India: 11.2% Dean Park — India: 6.0%
Fiji 3.9% / 1.1%
Colebee — Fiji: 3.9% Dean Park — Fiji: 1.1%
New Zealand 2.4% / 2.5%
Colebee — New Zealand: 2.4% Dean Park — New Zealand: 2.5%
China 2.4% / —
Colebee — China: 2.4% Dean Park — China: not among its largest
England — / 1.2%
Colebee — England: not among its largest Dean Park — England: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (11.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Colebee 99.7% houses
Colebee — Houses: 99.7% Colebee — Townhouses: 0.0% Colebee — Flats / Apartments: 0.3%
Dean Park 95.4% houses
Dean Park — Houses: 95.4% Dean Park — Townhouses: 3.7% Dean Park — Flats / Apartments: 0.9%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Colebee Dean Park
Median house price $1,425,000 $1,031,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $1,125,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 44 days
from 96 sales
 24 days
from 17 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Colebee Dean Park
3 bed $1.08M / $1.02M
Colebee — 3 bed: $1.08M (7 sales) Dean Park — 3 bed: $1.02M (24 sales)

7 vs 24 sales

4 bed $1.35M / $1.07M
Colebee — 4 bed: $1.35M (76 sales) Dean Park — 4 bed: $1.07M (14 sales)

76 vs 14 sales

Zoning mix

Colebee has more land zoned for conservation (25% vs 1%).

Colebee Dean Park
Residential 36% 51%
Environmental 25% 1%
Parks and recreation 24% 7%
Infrastructure and transport 13% 17%
Commercial 1% 0%
Planning zones cover 100% of Colebee and 76% of Dean Park. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.
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

Colebee Dean Park
New dwellings approved 2,325
across Blacktown
same for both
Approvals change year on year -18%
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.

Colebee Dean Park
Houses 3.4%
$890/wk on $1.35M
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Colebee Dean Park
House price Higher than 69% of NSW Higher than 53% of NSW
Income Higher than 97% of NSW Higher than 63% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 86% of NSW Higher than 88% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 79% of NSW Higher than 59% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 76% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 100% of NSW Higher than 84% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 40% of NSW —

Liveability

Colebee scores higher overall (71 vs 52).

Colebee Dean Park
Grade A B
Score 71/100 52/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Colebee Dean Park
Bushfire Low
24/100
 Low
29/100
Crime Moderate
52/100
 Moderate
51/100
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 7
within 5 km
 8
within 5 km

Schools

Colebee Dean Park
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Colebee

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

Schools in Dean Park

  • William Dean Public School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Colebee Dean Park
Supermarkets 2 0
Cafes & restaurants 4 0
Parks & reserves 5 2
Childcare 2
same for both
GPs 2 0
Pharmacies 1 0
Fuel stations 2 0
Waterways 2 0

Mobility

Colebee sits further from the CBD (47.2 km vs 45.1 km).

Colebee Dean Park
Walkability score 63/100 70/100
Distance to Sydney 47.2 km
+4% vs other
 45.1 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 42 min 40 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
same for both
Peak arrivals per hour 38.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 108.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 2761
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 64
postcode 2761
same for both

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.

Colebee Dean Park
Car (driver) 45.7% / 62.3%
Colebee — Car (driver): 45.7% Dean Park — Car (driver): 62.3%
Worked from Home 47.0% / 26.8%
Colebee — Worked from Home: 47.0% Dean Park — Worked from Home: 26.8%
Car (passenger) 4.3% / 5.3%
Colebee — Car (passenger): 4.3% Dean Park — Car (passenger): 5.3%
Train 2.2% / 3.2%
Colebee — Train: 2.2% Dean Park — Train: 3.2%
Bus 0.5% / 1.5%
Colebee — Bus: 0.5% Dean Park — Bus: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (62.3%).

Setting

Colebee Dean Park
Elevation 41 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 37 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 37.3 km 36.8 km

NBN connectivity

Colebee Dean Park
Connectivity score 100/100 75/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Hybrid fibre-coaxial
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 100%
1,712 premises
 0%
1,192 premises

Climate

Colebee Dean Park
Annual rainfall 932 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Colebee Dean Park
PM2.5 6.1 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 15.5 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.53 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Colebee Dean Park
Average residential rate $1,157/yr
same for both
Council Blacktown
same for both

Federal electorate

Colebee Dean Park
Division Chifley
same for both
Member Ed Husic
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Colebee Dean Park
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Colebee

Family Large Blocks Multicultural Outer Parks Young Families

Dean Park

Multicultural Outer Parks

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