Dundee Downs vs Dundee Forest
In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and the large majority of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Dundee Downs: a median of $392,000, against $208,000 in Dundee Forest, though rent is higher in Dundee Forest. On these figures, Dundee Downs tends to suit people living alone, while Dundee Forest 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
They split
one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here
- Dundee Downs has more separate houses rather than flats (105% vs 85%)
- Dundee Forest is already more of a family suburb (20% vs 12%)
Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Dundee Forest
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- has cheaper houses ($207,500 vs $392,500)
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (38% vs 65%)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Dundee Downs
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $250/wk)
Weighs rent.
Commuting to the city
Dundee Downs
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (119.8 km vs 136 km)
- has a shorter drive in (90 min vs 102 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.
Investors
Dundee Downs
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (30.2% vs 16.4%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Dundee Downs and Dundee Forest drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
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.
Demographics
Dundee Forest rents higher ($250/wk vs $0/wk); Dundee Forest has higher household incomes ($42,848 vs $27,924).
| Dundee Downs | Dundee Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 112 +24% vs other | 85 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +30.2% | +16.4% |
| Median age | 58 | 56 |
| Median household income | $27,924/yr | $42,848/yr +53% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | — | $250/wk (not reported on the other side) |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (28.2%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (8.2%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.0%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Dundee Downs | Dundee Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $392,500 | $207,500 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $247,500 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 38 days from 3 sales | — |
Development activity
| Dundee Downs | Dundee Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 89 across Unincorporated NT same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -67% same for both | |
Ranking within NT
| Dundee Downs | Dundee Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 4% of NT | Higher than 12% of NT |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 5% of NT | Higher than 27% of NT |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | — same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 5% of NT | Higher than 30% of NT |
Liveability
| Dundee Downs | Dundee Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
| Dundee Downs | Dundee Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Crime | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | Low 14/100 | High 80/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Dundee Downs | Dundee Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Mobility
Dundee Forest sits further from the CBD (136 km vs 119.8 km).
| Dundee Downs | Dundee Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Darwin | 119.8 km | 136 km +14% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 90 min | 102 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 0840 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 32 postcode 0840 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (100.0%).
Setting
| Dundee Downs | Dundee Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 1 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 24 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 5.0 km | 5.2 km |
NBN connectivity
| Dundee Downs | Dundee Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 70 premises | 0% 44 premises |
Federal electorate
| Dundee Downs | Dundee Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Lingiari same for both | |
| Member | Marion Scrymgour same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Dundee Downs | Dundee Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $50,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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