Dunolly vs Singleton Heights

Singleton Heights is the younger of the two, with a median age of 33 against 42 in Dunolly. In Dunolly, most households rent, about half of homes are flats or apartments, and most households are people living alone. In Singleton Heights, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. On these figures, Dunolly tends to suit renters and people living alone, while Singleton Heights suits families with children.

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

Singleton Heights

ahead on 5 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (9 vs 2)
  • has more childcare (3 vs 0)
  • is already more of a family suburb (63% vs 32%)

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

First-home buyers

Singleton Heights

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 41%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Dunolly has a bigger rental market to choose from (58% vs 34%)
  • Singleton Heights leaves renters under less rental stress (17% vs 32%)

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

Commuting to the city

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Dunolly has more units and townhouses to downsize into (46% vs 17%)
  • Singleton Heights carries lower crime risk (78/100 vs 92/100)

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

Investors

Dunolly

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (52.8% vs 4.3%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Dunolly Singleton Heights
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.

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Walkability 62 / 59
Dunolly — Walkability: 62/100 Singleton Heights — Walkability: 59/100
Safety 8 / 22
Dunolly — Safety: 8/100 Singleton Heights — Safety: 22/100
Low fire risk 69 / 58
Dunolly — Low fire risk: 69/100 Singleton Heights — Low fire risk: 58/100

Demographics

Singleton Heights has more residents (4,896 vs 136); Singleton Heights has higher household incomes ($100,100 vs $48,516).

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Population 136 4,896
+3500% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +52.8% +4.3%
Median age 42 33
Median household income $48,516/yr $100,100/yr
+106% vs other
Median weekly rent $300/wk $320/wk
+7% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Dunolly Singleton Heights
0-4 2.2% / 7.6%
Dunolly — 0-4: 2.2% Singleton Heights — 0-4: 7.6%
5-14 10.3% / 16.6%
Dunolly — 5-14: 10.3% Singleton Heights — 5-14: 16.6%
15-19 8.8% / 6.0%
Dunolly — 15-19: 8.8% Singleton Heights — 15-19: 6.0%
20-24 3.7% / 5.6%
Dunolly — 20-24: 3.7% Singleton Heights — 20-24: 5.6%
25-34 11.0% / 17.3%
Dunolly — 25-34: 11.0% Singleton Heights — 25-34: 17.3%
35-44 13.2% / 12.7%
Dunolly — 35-44: 13.2% Singleton Heights — 35-44: 12.7%
45-54 14.7% / 11.6%
Dunolly — 45-54: 14.7% Singleton Heights — 45-54: 11.6%
55-64 14.7% / 10.1%
Dunolly — 55-64: 14.7% Singleton Heights — 55-64: 10.1%
65-74 5.9% / 6.9%
Dunolly — 65-74: 5.9% Singleton Heights — 65-74: 6.9%
75-84 4.4% / 3.6%
Dunolly — 75-84: 4.4% Singleton Heights — 75-84: 3.6%
85+ — / 1.9%
Dunolly — 85+: not among its largest Singleton Heights — 85+: 1.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.3%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Dunolly 60.5% lone person
Dunolly — Lone Person: 60.5% Dunolly — Couple Families: 15.8% Dunolly — One Parent Families: 15.8% Dunolly — Other Families: 7.9% Dunolly — Group Household: 0.0%
Singleton Heights 32.8% lone person
Singleton Heights — Lone Person: 32.8% Singleton Heights — Couple Families: 44.2% Singleton Heights — One Parent Families: 19.2% Singleton Heights — Other Families: 1.0% Singleton Heights — Group Household: 2.8%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Other Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Dunolly 57.7% renting
Dunolly — Owned Outright: 21.2% Dunolly — Mortgage: 21.2% Dunolly — Renting: 57.7%
Singleton Heights 34.1% renting
Singleton Heights — Owned Outright: 24.7% Singleton Heights — Mortgage: 41.2% Singleton Heights — Renting: 34.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Dunolly Singleton Heights
New Zealand 3.7% / 2.3%
Dunolly — New Zealand: 3.7% Singleton Heights — New Zealand: 2.3%
England — / 1.6%
Dunolly — England: not among its largest Singleton Heights — England: 1.6%
Philippines — / 1.0%
Dunolly — Philippines: not among its largest Singleton Heights — Philippines: 1.0%
India — / 0.5%
Dunolly — India: not among its largest Singleton Heights — India: 0.5%
South Africa — / 0.3%
Dunolly — South Africa: not among its largest Singleton Heights — South Africa: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.7%).

Qualifications

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

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Certificate III & IV 17.6% / 20.6%
Dunolly — Certificate III & IV: 17.6% Singleton Heights — Certificate III & IV: 20.6%
Bachelor Degree 2.2% / 5.5%
Dunolly — Bachelor Degree: 2.2% Singleton Heights — Bachelor Degree: 5.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma — / 5.5%
Dunolly — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest Singleton Heights — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.5%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.0%
Dunolly — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Singleton Heights — Postgraduate Degree: 1.0%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 0.7%
Dunolly — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Singleton Heights — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Dunolly 54.2% houses
Dunolly — Houses: 54.2% Dunolly — Flats / Apartments: 45.8% Dunolly — Townhouses: 0.0%
Singleton Heights 82.9% houses
Singleton Heights — Houses: 82.9% Singleton Heights — Flats / Apartments: 4.3% Singleton Heights — Townhouses: 12.8%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Median house price — $738,444
Median unit price — $437,550
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) — 30 days
from 10 sales

Zoning mix

Dunolly has more rural and farming land (88% vs 3%).

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Rural and farming 88% 3%
Residential 0% 84%
Parks and recreation 8% 12%
Infrastructure and transport 4% 0%
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

Dunolly Singleton Heights
New dwellings approved 121
across Singleton
same for both
Approvals change year on year +46%
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.

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Houses — 4.2%
$600/wk on $735K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Dunolly Singleton Heights
House price — Higher than 25% of NSW
Income Higher than 10% of NSW Higher than 68% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 85% of NSW Higher than 84% of NSW
Affordability — Higher than 86% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 26% of NSW Higher than 27% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 69% of NSW Higher than 76% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 83% of NSW

Liveability

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Grade — D
Score — 30/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 2/10
same for both

Risk profile

Singleton Heights carries more bushfire risk (42 vs 31); Dunolly carries more crime risk (92 vs 78).

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Bushfire Low
31/100
 Moderate
42/100
Crime High
92/100
 High
78/100
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 2
within 5 km
 1
within 5 km

Schools

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Dunolly

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

Schools in Singleton Heights

  • Singleton Heights Public School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Parks & reserves 2 9
Childcare 0 3
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Fuel stations 1 0

Mobility

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Walkability score 62/100 59/100
Distance to Sydney 202.9 km 204.8 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 142 min 145 min
Public transport score 22/100
Bus
 64/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 1.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 31.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 44 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 2330
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 54
postcode 2330
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.

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Car (driver) 83.8% / 82.6%
Dunolly — Car (driver): 83.8% Singleton Heights — Car (driver): 82.6%
Car (passenger) 16.2% / 5.6%
Dunolly — Car (passenger): 16.2% Singleton Heights — Car (passenger): 5.6%
Worked from Home — / 10.9%
Dunolly — Worked from Home: not among its largest Singleton Heights — Worked from Home: 10.9%
Walked Only — / 0.7%
Dunolly — Walked Only: not among its largest Singleton Heights — Walked Only: 0.7%
Bus — / 0.3%
Dunolly — Bus: not among its largest Singleton Heights — Bus: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (83.8%).

Setting

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Elevation 39 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 73 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Connectivity score 59/100 69/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 27%
60 premises
 44%
2,084 premises

Climate

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Annual rainfall 804 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.0°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 5.1°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Dunolly Singleton Heights
PM2.5 6.7 µg/m³ —
PM10 19.2 µg/m³ 20.2 µg/m³
NO₂ 0.64 pphm —

Council rates

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Average residential rate $1,287/yr
same for both
Council Singleton
same for both

Federal electorate

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Division Hunter
same for both
Member Dan Repacholi
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Dunolly Singleton Heights
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Dunolly

Parks Quiet

Singleton Heights

Family Parks

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