Dundas vs Oatlands

Dundas is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 42 in Oatlands. In both, most households own their home and most households are couple families. In Oatlands, most homes are detached houses. Houses cost more in Oatlands: a median of $2.62 million, against $1.8 million in Dundas, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Dundas 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

Dundas

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more schools rated above their peers (2 vs 1)

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

First-home buyers

Dundas

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($1,800,000 vs $2,625,000)
  • has cheaper units ($585,000 vs $818,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Dundas

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($428/wk vs $530/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Too close to call

Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Downsizers and retirees

Oatlands

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (18% vs 13%)

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

Investors

Dundas

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (4.8% vs 2.8%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Dundas Oatlands
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.

Dundas Oatlands
Walkability 89 / 84
Dundas — Walkability: 89/100 Oatlands — Walkability: 84/100
Safety 63 / 70
Dundas — Safety: 63/100 Oatlands — Safety: 70/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Dundas — Low fire risk: 100/100 Oatlands — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Oatlands rents higher ($530/wk vs $428/wk); Oatlands has higher household incomes ($119,184 vs $102,024).

Dundas Oatlands
Population 4,959 5,833
+18% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +4.6% +3.1%
Median age 37 42
Median household income $102,024/yr $119,184/yr
+17% vs other
Median weekly rent $428/wk $530/wk
+24% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Dundas Oatlands
0-4 6.8% / 4.2%
Dundas — 0-4: 6.8% Oatlands — 0-4: 4.2%
5-14 11.9% / 14.3%
Dundas — 5-14: 11.9% Oatlands — 5-14: 14.3%
15-19 5.9% / 6.5%
Dundas — 15-19: 5.9% Oatlands — 15-19: 6.5%
20-24 6.7% / 7.2%
Dundas — 20-24: 6.7% Oatlands — 20-24: 7.2%
25-34 14.3% / 9.1%
Dundas — 25-34: 14.3% Oatlands — 25-34: 9.1%
35-44 16.0% / 12.1%
Dundas — 35-44: 16.0% Oatlands — 35-44: 12.1%
45-54 13.6% / 14.6%
Dundas — 45-54: 13.6% Oatlands — 45-54: 14.6%
55-64 12.0% / 13.9%
Dundas — 55-64: 12.0% Oatlands — 55-64: 13.9%
65-74 7.6% / 9.4%
Dundas — 65-74: 7.6% Oatlands — 65-74: 9.4%
75-84 3.8% / 5.9%
Dundas — 75-84: 3.8% Oatlands — 75-84: 5.9%
85+ 1.5% / 3.1%
Dundas — 85+: 1.5% Oatlands — 85+: 3.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Dundas 56.1% couple families
Dundas — Couple Families: 56.1% Dundas — Lone Person: 23.9% Dundas — One Parent Families: 14.7% Dundas — Group Household: 3.8% Dundas — Other Families: 1.4%
Oatlands 58.4% couple families
Oatlands — Couple Families: 58.4% Oatlands — Lone Person: 21.5% Oatlands — One Parent Families: 16.4% Oatlands — Group Household: 2.2% Oatlands — 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.

Dundas 35.3% renting
Dundas — Owned Outright: 27.0% Dundas — Mortgage: 37.7% Dundas — Renting: 35.3%
Oatlands 26.0% renting
Oatlands — Owned Outright: 37.9% Oatlands — Mortgage: 36.1% Oatlands — Renting: 26.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Dundas Oatlands
Bachelor Degree 17.7% / 20.7%
Dundas — Bachelor Degree: 17.7% Oatlands — Bachelor Degree: 20.7%
Certificate III & IV 10.1% / 8.3%
Dundas — Certificate III & IV: 10.1% Oatlands — Certificate III & IV: 8.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.4% / 7.7%
Dundas — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.4% Oatlands — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.7%
Postgraduate Degree 7.1% / 7.6%
Dundas — Postgraduate Degree: 7.1% Oatlands — Postgraduate Degree: 7.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.1% / 1.8%
Dundas — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.1% Oatlands — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.7%).

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.

Dundas Oatlands
China 11.3% / 7.7%
Dundas — China: 11.3% Oatlands — China: 7.7%
India 2.4% / 3.5%
Dundas — India: 2.4% Oatlands — India: 3.5%
Lebanon — / 3.9%
Dundas — Lebanon: not among its largest Oatlands — Lebanon: 3.9%
England 1.7% / 1.3%
Dundas — England: 1.7% Oatlands — England: 1.3%
New Zealand 1.6% / 1.2%
Dundas — New Zealand: 1.6% Oatlands — New Zealand: 1.2%
Philippines 2.3% / —
Dundas — Philippines: 2.3% Oatlands — Philippines: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (11.3%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Dundas 52.2% houses
Dundas — Houses: 52.2% Dundas — Townhouses: 41.4% Dundas — Flats / Apartments: 6.4%
Oatlands 61.0% houses
Oatlands — Houses: 61.0% Oatlands — Townhouses: 33.3% Oatlands — Flats / Apartments: 5.7%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Dundas Oatlands
Median house price $1,800,000 $2,625,000
Median unit price $585,000 $818,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 27 days
from 28 sales
 24 days
from 57 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.

Dundas Oatlands
3 bed $1.71M / $2.25M
Dundas — 3 bed: $1.71M (14 sales) Oatlands — 3 bed: $2.25M (18 sales)

14 vs 18 sales

4 bed $1.7M / $2.54M
Dundas — 4 bed: $1.7M (20 sales) Oatlands — 4 bed: $2.54M (33 sales)

20 vs 33 sales

5 bed $1.93M / $2.8M
Dundas — 5 bed: $1.93M (22 sales) Oatlands — 5 bed: $2.8M (26 sales)

22 vs 26 sales

Zoning mix

Dundas Oatlands
Residential 77% 71%
Parks and recreation 5% 20%
Infrastructure and transport 9% 3%
Environmental 7% 5%
Planning zones cover 99% of Dundas and 100% of Oatlands. 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

Dundas Oatlands
New dwellings approved 2,888
across Parramatta
same for both
Approvals change year on year +154%
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.

Dundas Oatlands
Houses 4.8%
$1,100/wk on $1.2M
 2.8%
$995/wk on $1.82M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Dundas Oatlands
House price Higher than 81% of NSW Higher than 91% of NSW
Income Higher than 70% of NSW Higher than 83% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 96% of NSW Higher than 94% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 24% of NSW Higher than 13% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 94% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 91% of NSW Higher than 94% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 95% of NSW Higher than 15% of NSW

Liveability

Dundas Oatlands
Grade A
same for both
Score 80/100 84/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 very advantaged area
decile 10/10

Risk profile

Dundas Oatlands
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Low
37/100
 Low
30/100
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 21
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Dundas Oatlands
Inside the suburb 2
same for both
Rated above peers 2 1
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 3
Western Sydney University - Parramatta, 3.6 km
 3
Western Sydney University - Parramatta, 2.7 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 3.6% 4.3%

Schools in Dundas

  • Dundas Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • St Patrick's Marist College Catholic · Secondary above peers

Schools in Oatlands

  • OneSchool Global NSW - Sydney Independent · Combined above peers
  • Oatlands Public School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Dundas Oatlands
Supermarkets 0 1
Parks & reserves 4
same for both
Childcare 3
same for both
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 1
same for both
Banks & Bank@Post 1
same for both
Fuel stations 1 0
Waterways 5 2

Mobility

Dundas Oatlands
Walkability score 89/100 84/100
Distance to Sydney 23.7 km 24.7 km
+4% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 28 min 27 min
Public transport score 79/100
Tram · Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 117.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 84.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 2.3%
postcode 2117
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 25
postcode 2117
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.

Dundas Oatlands
Worked from Home 45.9% / 50.0%
Dundas — Worked from Home: 45.9% Oatlands — Worked from Home: 50.0%
Car (driver) 45.1% / 43.6%
Dundas — Car (driver): 45.1% Oatlands — Car (driver): 43.6%
Car (passenger) 3.5% / 3.0%
Dundas — Car (passenger): 3.5% Oatlands — Car (passenger): 3.0%
Train 2.6% / 0.9%
Dundas — Train: 2.6% Oatlands — Train: 0.9%
Bus 1.9% / 1.0%
Dundas — Bus: 1.9% Oatlands — Bus: 1.0%
Walked Only 0.7% / 1.3%
Dundas — Walked Only: 0.7% Oatlands — Walked Only: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (50.0%).

Setting

Dundas Oatlands
Elevation 24 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 57 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 18.8 km 20.4 km

NBN connectivity

Dundas Oatlands
Connectivity score 84/100 88/100
Most common technology Fibre to the curb Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 34%
1,890 premises
 47%
2,140 premises

Climate

Dundas Oatlands
Annual rainfall 1,021 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 28.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.2°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Dundas Oatlands
PM2.5 6.1 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 16.9 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.83 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Dundas Oatlands
Average residential rate $1,103/yr
same for both
Council Parramatta
same for both

Federal electorate

Dundas Oatlands
Division Parramatta
same for both
Member Andrew Charlton
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Dundas Oatlands
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Dundas

Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks Premium River Townhouses Trams Urban

Oatlands

Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks Premium Professionals Townhouses

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