Dean Park vs Quakers Hill

In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Dean Park, about half of households are couple families. In Quakers Hill, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Quakers Hill: a median of $1.3 million, against $1.03 million in Dean Park, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Dean Park tends to suit 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

Quakers Hill

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (22 vs 2)
  • has more parks and reserves (16 vs 2)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (5 vs 1)
  • But Dean Park has more separate houses rather than flats (95% vs 71%)

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 $1,300,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Dean Park

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($400/wk vs $450/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Quakers Hill

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (42.2 km vs 45.1 km)

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

Downsizers and retirees

Quakers Hill

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (9 vs 0)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (29% vs 5%)
  • carries lower crime risk (39/100 vs 51/100)

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

Investors

Too close to call

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

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Dean Park Quakers Hill
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.

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Walkability 70 / 76
Dean Park — Walkability: 70/100 Quakers Hill — Walkability: 76/100
Safety 49 / 61
Dean Park — Safety: 49/100 Quakers Hill — Safety: 61/100
Low fire risk 71 / 100
Dean Park — Low fire risk: 71/100 Quakers Hill — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Quakers Hill has more residents (27,893 vs 3,180); Quakers Hill has higher household incomes ($120,120 vs $95,992).

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Population 3,180 27,893
+777% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -1.5% +3.0%
Median age 35
same for both
Median household income $95,992/yr $120,120/yr
+25% vs other
Median weekly rent $400/wk $450/wk
+12% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Dean Park Quakers Hill
0-4 6.9% / 7.5%
Dean Park — 0-4: 6.9% Quakers Hill — 0-4: 7.5%
5-14 13.4% / 15.3%
Dean Park — 5-14: 13.4% Quakers Hill — 5-14: 15.3%
15-19 5.7% / 5.8%
Dean Park — 15-19: 5.7% Quakers Hill — 15-19: 5.8%
20-24 6.6% / 6.3%
Dean Park — 20-24: 6.6% Quakers Hill — 20-24: 6.3%
25-34 16.1% / 14.3%
Dean Park — 25-34: 16.1% Quakers Hill — 25-34: 14.3%
35-44 14.3% / 18.1%
Dean Park — 35-44: 14.3% Quakers Hill — 35-44: 18.1%
45-54 10.6% / 12.3%
Dean Park — 45-54: 10.6% Quakers Hill — 45-54: 12.3%
55-64 11.8% / 9.9%
Dean Park — 55-64: 11.8% Quakers Hill — 55-64: 9.9%
65-74 8.4% / 7.2%
Dean Park — 65-74: 8.4% Quakers Hill — 65-74: 7.2%
75-84 3.9% / 2.5%
Dean Park — 75-84: 3.9% Quakers Hill — 75-84: 2.5%
85+ 2.7% / 0.8%
Dean Park — 85+: 2.7% Quakers Hill — 85+: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Dean Park 54.9% couple families
Dean Park — Couple Families: 54.9% Dean Park — Lone Person: 21.7% Dean Park — One Parent Families: 19.1% Dean Park — Group Household: 2.3% Dean Park — Other Families: 2.1%
Quakers Hill 64.7% couple families
Quakers Hill — Couple Families: 64.7% Quakers Hill — Lone Person: 15.7% Quakers Hill — One Parent Families: 15.4% Quakers Hill — Group Household: 2.7% Quakers Hill — Other Families: 1.4%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Dean Park 29.9% renting
Dean Park — Owned Outright: 26.3% Dean Park — Mortgage: 43.8% Dean Park — Renting: 29.9%
Quakers Hill 30.1% renting
Quakers Hill — Owned Outright: 22.8% Quakers Hill — Mortgage: 47.1% Quakers Hill — Renting: 30.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Bachelor Degree 10.0% / 16.5%
Dean Park — Bachelor Degree: 10.0% Quakers Hill — Bachelor Degree: 16.5%
Certificate III & IV 14.3% / 10.8%
Dean Park — Certificate III & IV: 14.3% Quakers Hill — Certificate III & IV: 10.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.6% / 7.7%
Dean Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.6% Quakers Hill — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.7%
Postgraduate Degree 2.6% / 7.8%
Dean Park — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6% Quakers Hill — Postgraduate Degree: 7.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.8% / 1.4%
Dean Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.8% Quakers Hill — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.5%).

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.

Dean Park Quakers Hill
India 6.0% / 15.8%
Dean Park — India: 6.0% Quakers Hill — India: 15.8%
Philippines 8.5% / 5.6%
Dean Park — Philippines: 8.5% Quakers Hill — Philippines: 5.6%
New Zealand 2.5% / 1.6%
Dean Park — New Zealand: 2.5% Quakers Hill — New Zealand: 1.6%
England 1.2% / 1.4%
Dean Park — England: 1.2% Quakers Hill — England: 1.4%
Fiji 1.1% / 1.0%
Dean Park — Fiji: 1.1% Quakers Hill — Fiji: 1.0%
Sri Lanka — / 1.6%
Dean Park — Sri Lanka: not among its largest Quakers Hill — Sri Lanka: 1.6%

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

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Dean Park 95.4% houses
Dean Park — Houses: 95.4% Dean Park — Townhouses: 3.7% Dean Park — Flats / Apartments: 0.9%
Quakers Hill 71.2% houses
Quakers Hill — Houses: 71.2% Quakers Hill — Townhouses: 25.5% Quakers Hill — Flats / Apartments: 3.4%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Median house price $1,031,000 $1,300,000
Median unit price — $839,000
Median land price — $1,410,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 24 days
from 17 sales
 24 days
from 350 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.

Dean Park Quakers Hill
3 bed $1.02M / $1.15M
Dean Park — 3 bed: $1.02M (24 sales) Quakers Hill — 3 bed: $1.15M (209 sales)

24 vs 209 sales

4 bed $1.07M / $1.41M
Dean Park — 4 bed: $1.07M (14 sales) Quakers Hill — 4 bed: $1.41M (166 sales)

14 vs 166 sales

Zoning mix

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Residential 51% 67%
Infrastructure and transport 17%
same for both
Parks and recreation 7% 9%
Environmental 1% 2%
Commercial 0% 1%
Planning zones cover 76% of Dean Park and 96% of Quakers Hill. 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

Dean Park Quakers Hill
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.

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Houses — 3.3%
$730/wk on $1.15M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Dean Park Quakers Hill
House price Higher than 53% of NSW Higher than 67% of NSW
Income Higher than 63% of NSW Higher than 84% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 43% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 88% of NSW Higher than 91% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 59% of NSW
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 76% of NSW Higher than 90% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 84% of NSW Higher than 85% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 34% of NSW

Liveability

Quakers Hill scores higher overall (67 vs 52).

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Grade B
same for both
Score 52/100 67/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Dean Park carries more bushfire risk (29 vs 0); Dean Park carries more crime risk (51 vs 39).

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Bushfire Low
29/100
 None
0/100
Crime Moderate
51/100
 Low
39/100
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 8
within 5 km
 6
within 5 km

Schools

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Inside the suburb 1 5
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0 4
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Dean Park

  • William Dean Public School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Quakers Hill

  • Quakers Hill Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Barnier Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Hambledon Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Mary Immaculate Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Quakers Hill High School Government · Secondary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Supermarkets 0 2
Cafes & restaurants 0 2
Parks & reserves 2 16
Childcare 2 22
GPs 0 9
Pharmacies 0 4
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 1
Waterways 0 2

Mobility

Dean Park sits further from the CBD (45.1 km vs 42.2 km).

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Walkability score 70/100 76/100
Distance to Sydney 45.1 km
+6% vs other
 42.2 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 40 min
same for both
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
 91/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 108.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 427.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 2761
 1.5%
postcode 2763
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 64
postcode 2761
 53
postcode 2763

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.

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Car (driver) 62.3% / 45.1%
Dean Park — Car (driver): 62.3% Quakers Hill — Car (driver): 45.1%
Worked from Home 26.8% / 44.6%
Dean Park — Worked from Home: 26.8% Quakers Hill — Worked from Home: 44.6%
Train 3.2% / 5.4%
Dean Park — Train: 3.2% Quakers Hill — Train: 5.4%
Car (passenger) 5.3% / 3.3%
Dean Park — Car (passenger): 5.3% Quakers Hill — Car (passenger): 3.3%
Bus 1.5% / 0.7%
Dean Park — Bus: 1.5% Quakers Hill — Bus: 0.7%

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

Setting

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Elevation 37 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 36 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 36.8 km 34.3 km

NBN connectivity

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Connectivity score 75/100 76/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
1,192 premises
 8%
9,480 premises

Climate

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

Air quality (annual mean)

Dean Park Quakers Hill
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

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

Federal electorate

Dean Park Quakers Hill
Division Chifley Greenway
Member Ed Husic Michelle Rowland
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Dean Park

Multicultural Outer Parks

Quakers Hill

Easy Commute Family Multicultural Outer Parks Townhouses Transport Hub Urban

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