Doonside vs Woodcroft

In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Doonside, about half of households rent and about half of households are couple families. In Woodcroft, the large majority of households own their home and most households are couple families. Doonside is closer to the city centre: 40.6 km, against 46 km. On these figures, Doonside tends to suit renters, while Woodcroft suits 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

Doonside

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (12 vs 2)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (5 vs 1)
  • has more parks and reserves (6 vs 3)
  • But Woodcroft carries lower crime risk (40/100 vs 77/100)

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

First-home buyers

Woodcroft

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 31%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Doonside

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (47% vs 21%)
  • has cheaper rent ($350/wk vs $470/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Doonside

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (40.6 km vs 46 km)

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

Downsizers and retirees

Woodcroft

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (21% vs 11%)
  • carries lower crime risk (40/100 vs 77/100)
  • But Doonside has more GPs (3 vs 1)

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

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

Doonside Woodcroft
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.

Doonside Woodcroft
Walkability 77 / 79
Doonside — Walkability: 77/100 Woodcroft — Walkability: 79/100
Safety 23 / 60
Doonside — Safety: 23/100 Woodcroft — Safety: 60/100
Low fire risk 72 / 62
Doonside — Low fire risk: 72/100 Woodcroft — Low fire risk: 62/100

Demographics

Doonside has more residents (13,614 vs 6,597); Woodcroft has higher household incomes ($127,972 vs $82,264).

Doonside Woodcroft
Population 13,614
+52% vs other
 6,597
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +1.2% +2.4%
Median age 36 38
Median household income $82,264/yr $127,972/yr
+56% vs other
Median weekly rent $350/wk $470/wk
+34% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Doonside Woodcroft
0-4 6.0% / 5.5%
Doonside — 0-4: 6.0% Woodcroft — 0-4: 5.5%
5-14 13.2% / 11.7%
Doonside — 5-14: 13.2% Woodcroft — 5-14: 11.7%
15-19 6.3% / 6.4%
Doonside — 15-19: 6.3% Woodcroft — 15-19: 6.4%
20-24 6.9% / 7.3%
Doonside — 20-24: 6.9% Woodcroft — 20-24: 7.3%
25-34 14.8% / 14.1%
Doonside — 25-34: 14.8% Woodcroft — 25-34: 14.1%
35-44 13.9% / 13.9%
Doonside — 35-44: 13.9% Woodcroft — 35-44: 13.9%
45-54 12.9% / 13.7%
Doonside — 45-54: 12.9% Woodcroft — 45-54: 13.7%
55-64 11.8% / 13.6%
Doonside — 55-64: 11.8% Woodcroft — 55-64: 13.6%
65-74 9.1% / 10.4%
Doonside — 65-74: 9.1% Woodcroft — 65-74: 10.4%
75-84 3.9% / 2.7%
Doonside — 75-84: 3.9% Woodcroft — 75-84: 2.7%
85+ 1.2% / 0.8%
Doonside — 85+: 1.2% Woodcroft — 85+: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Doonside 45.4% couple families
Doonside — Couple Families: 45.4% Doonside — One Parent Families: 24.4% Doonside — Lone Person: 23.4% Doonside — Group Household: 3.9% Doonside — Other Families: 2.9%
Woodcroft 73.3% couple families
Woodcroft — Couple Families: 73.3% Woodcroft — One Parent Families: 12.3% Woodcroft — Lone Person: 10.7% Woodcroft — Group Household: 2.6% Woodcroft — Other Families: 1.1%
Couple Families One Parent Families Lone Person Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Doonside 46.8% renting
Doonside — Owned Outright: 22.8% Doonside — Mortgage: 30.4% Doonside — Renting: 46.8%
Woodcroft 20.6% renting
Woodcroft — Owned Outright: 28.8% Woodcroft — Mortgage: 50.6% Woodcroft — Renting: 20.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Doonside Woodcroft
Bachelor Degree 12.1% / 25.0%
Doonside — Bachelor Degree: 12.1% Woodcroft — Bachelor Degree: 25.0%
Certificate III & IV 10.6% / 8.0%
Doonside — Certificate III & IV: 10.6% Woodcroft — Certificate III & IV: 8.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.6% / 8.3%
Doonside — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.6% Woodcroft — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.3%
Postgraduate Degree 3.6% / 7.9%
Doonside — Postgraduate Degree: 3.6% Woodcroft — Postgraduate Degree: 7.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.7% / 1.6%
Doonside — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7% Woodcroft — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.0%).

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.

Doonside Woodcroft
Philippines 10.5% / 19.3%
Doonside — Philippines: 10.5% Woodcroft — Philippines: 19.3%
India 6.5% / 12.7%
Doonside — India: 6.5% Woodcroft — India: 12.7%
Fiji 3.3% / 4.1%
Doonside — Fiji: 3.3% Woodcroft — Fiji: 4.1%
New Zealand 2.3% / 1.0%
Doonside — New Zealand: 2.3% Woodcroft — New Zealand: 1.0%
China — / 1.6%
Doonside — China: not among its largest Woodcroft — China: 1.6%
Bangladesh — / 1.6%
Doonside — Bangladesh: not among its largest Woodcroft — Bangladesh: 1.6%
Nepal 1.4% / —
Doonside — Nepal: 1.4% Woodcroft — Nepal: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.3%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Doonside 89.3% houses
Doonside — Houses: 89.3% Doonside — Townhouses: 8.3% Doonside — Flats / Apartments: 2.4%
Woodcroft 78.6% houses
Woodcroft — Houses: 78.6% Woodcroft — Townhouses: 21.3% Woodcroft — Flats / Apartments: 0.1%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Doonside Woodcroft
Median house price $1,090,000 $1,095,250
Median unit price — $905,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 23 days
from 55 sales
 23 days
from 38 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.

Doonside Woodcroft
3 bed $1.02M / $941K
Doonside — 3 bed: $1.02M (75 sales) Woodcroft — 3 bed: $941K (32 sales)

75 vs 32 sales

4 bed $1.14M / $1.25M
Doonside — 4 bed: $1.14M (39 sales) Woodcroft — 4 bed: $1.25M (21 sales)

39 vs 21 sales

5 bed $1.26M / $1.43M
Doonside — 5 bed: $1.26M (9 sales) Woodcroft — 5 bed: $1.43M (13 sales)

9 vs 13 sales

Zoning mix

Doonside Woodcroft
Residential 61% 75%
Parks and recreation 6% 9%
Environmental 1% 8%
Infrastructure and transport 8% 6%
Commercial 1%
same for both
Planning zones cover 76% of Doonside and 100% of Woodcroft. 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

Doonside Woodcroft
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.

Doonside Woodcroft
Houses 3.5%
$700/wk on $1.04M
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Doonside Woodcroft
House price Higher than 53% of NSW Higher than 50% of NSW
Income Higher than 50% of NSW Higher than 88% of NSW
Schools Higher than 80% of NSW —
Walkability Higher than 91% of NSW Higher than 92% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 47% of NSW Higher than 80% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 80% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 94% of NSW
same for both
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 45% of NSW —

Liveability

Woodcroft scores higher overall (68 vs 51).

Doonside Woodcroft
Grade B
same for both
Score 51/100 68/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 2/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Doonside carries more crime risk (77 vs 40); Woodcroft carries more bushfire risk (38 vs 28).

Doonside Woodcroft
Bushfire Low
28/100
 Low
38/100
Crime High
77/100
 Moderate
40/100
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 12
within 5 km
 11
within 5 km

Schools

Doonside Woodcroft
Inside the suburb 5 1
Rated above peers 2 0
Rated at peers 1
same for both
Rated below peers 2 0

Schools in Doonside

  • Doonside High School Government · Secondary above peers
  • St John Vianney's Primary School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Crawford Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Doonside Public School Government · Primary below peers
  • Mountain View Adventist College Independent · Combined below peers

Schools in Woodcroft

  • Marayong South Public School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Doonside Woodcroft
Supermarkets 2 1
Cafes & restaurants 4 2
Parks & reserves 6 3
Childcare 12 2
GPs 3 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 1
same for both
Waterways 1
same for both

Mobility

Woodcroft sits further from the CBD (46 km vs 40.6 km).

Doonside Woodcroft
Walkability score 77/100 79/100
Distance to Sydney 40.6 km 46 km
+13% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 42 min
same for both
Public transport score 93/100
Rail · Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 192.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 61.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 2767
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 61
postcode 2767
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.

Doonside Woodcroft
Car (driver) 55.8% / 47.5%
Doonside — Car (driver): 55.8% Woodcroft — Car (driver): 47.5%
Worked from Home 26.7% / 41.1%
Doonside — Worked from Home: 26.7% Woodcroft — Worked from Home: 41.1%
Train 9.1% / 5.8%
Doonside — Train: 9.1% Woodcroft — Train: 5.8%
Car (passenger) 6.2% / 4.2%
Doonside — Car (passenger): 6.2% Woodcroft — Car (passenger): 4.2%
Bus 1.3% / 0.9%
Doonside — Bus: 1.3% Woodcroft — Bus: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (55.8%).

Setting

Doonside Woodcroft
Elevation 44 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 40 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 34.3 km 33.9 km

NBN connectivity

Doonside Woodcroft
Connectivity score 88/100 90/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 53%
4,933 premises
 64%
2,050 premises

Climate

Doonside Woodcroft
Annual rainfall 932 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Doonside Woodcroft
PM2.5 6.7 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 17.6 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.88 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Doonside Woodcroft
Average residential rate $1,157/yr
same for both
Council Blacktown
same for both

Federal electorate

Doonside Woodcroft
Division Chifley
same for both
Member Ed Husic
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Doonside Woodcroft
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Doonside

Easy Commute Multicultural Outer Transport Hub

Woodcroft

Multicultural Outer Parks River Townhouses Urban

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