Dyrring vs Mount Olive

Dyrring is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 47 in Mount Olive. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Dyrring: a median of $1.65 million, against $1.5 million in Mount Olive, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Dyrring tends to suit families with children, while Mount Olive suits people living alone.

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

Dyrring

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (83% vs 64%)

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

First-home buyers

Mount Olive

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (25% vs 30%)
  • has cheaper houses ($1,500,000 vs $1,650,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Mount Olive

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (3% vs 18%)
  • has cheaper rent ($80/wk vs $400/wk)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Dyrring

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (211.8 km vs 221.5 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (151 min vs 157 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Mount Olive

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (19% vs 9%)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.

Investors

Dyrring

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (12.1% vs -7.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Dyrring Mount Olive
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.

Dyrring Mount Olive
Walkability 0 / 0
Dyrring — Walkability: 0/100 Mount Olive — Walkability: 0/100
Low fire risk 100 / 81
Dyrring — Low fire risk: 100/100 Mount Olive — Low fire risk: 81/100

Demographics

Dyrring rents higher ($400/wk vs $80/wk); Mount Olive has more residents (135 vs 102).

Dyrring Mount Olive
Population 102 135
+32% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +12.1% -7.5%
Median age 37 47
Median household income $117,000/yr $124,748/yr
+7% vs other
Median weekly rent $400/wk
+80% vs other
 $80/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Dyrring Mount Olive
0-4 7.8% / 2.2%
Dyrring — 0-4: 7.8% Mount Olive — 0-4: 2.2%
5-14 25.5% / 8.9%
Dyrring — 5-14: 25.5% Mount Olive — 5-14: 8.9%
15-19 9.8% / 8.1%
Dyrring — 15-19: 9.8% Mount Olive — 15-19: 8.1%
20-24 — / 2.2%
Dyrring — 20-24: not among its largest Mount Olive — 20-24: 2.2%
25-34 6.9% / 13.3%
Dyrring — 25-34: 6.9% Mount Olive — 25-34: 13.3%
35-44 21.6% / 3.7%
Dyrring — 35-44: 21.6% Mount Olive — 35-44: 3.7%
45-54 16.7% / 14.1%
Dyrring — 45-54: 16.7% Mount Olive — 45-54: 14.1%
55-64 10.8% / 22.2%
Dyrring — 55-64: 10.8% Mount Olive — 55-64: 22.2%
65-74 3.9% / 14.8%
Dyrring — 65-74: 3.9% Mount Olive — 65-74: 14.8%
75-84 4.9% / 4.4%
Dyrring — 75-84: 4.9% Mount Olive — 75-84: 4.4%
85+ — / —
Dyrring — 85+: not among its largest Mount Olive — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.5%).

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.

Dyrring Mount Olive
New Zealand 3.9% / —
Dyrring — New Zealand: 3.9% Mount Olive — New Zealand: not among its largest
Scotland — / 2.2%
Dyrring — Scotland: not among its largest Mount Olive — Scotland: 2.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Dyrring 70.8% couple families
Dyrring — Couple Families: 70.8% Dyrring — Lone Person: 16.7% Dyrring — One Parent Families: 12.5%
Mount Olive 64.5% couple families
Mount Olive — Couple Families: 64.5% Mount Olive — Lone Person: 35.5% Mount Olive — One Parent Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Dyrring 100.0% houses
Dyrring — Houses: 100.0%
Mount Olive 100.0% houses
Mount Olive — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Dyrring Mount Olive
Certificate III & IV 11.8% / 34.8%
Dyrring — Certificate III & IV: 11.8% Mount Olive — Certificate III & IV: 34.8%
Bachelor Degree 3.9% / 9.6%
Dyrring — Bachelor Degree: 3.9% Mount Olive — Bachelor Degree: 9.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.9% / 2.2%
Dyrring — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.9% Mount Olive — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 2.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (34.8%).

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Dyrring 0.0% renting
Dyrring — Owned Outright: 40.7% Dyrring — Mortgage: 59.3% Dyrring — Renting: 0.0%
Mount Olive 0.0% renting
Mount Olive — Owned Outright: 56.8% Mount Olive — Mortgage: 43.2% Mount Olive — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Property market

Dyrring Mount Olive
Median house price $1,650,000 $1,500,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $7,944

Zoning mix

Dyrring Mount Olive
Rural and farming 100%
same for both
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

Dyrring Mount Olive
New dwellings approved 121
across Singleton
same for both
Approvals change year on year +46%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Dyrring Mount Olive
House price Higher than 79% of NSW Higher than 75% of NSW
Income Higher than 81% of NSW Higher than 87% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 12% of NSW Higher than 40% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 38% of NSW Higher than 50% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 26% of NSW Higher than 27% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 41% of NSW Higher than 31% of NSW

Liveability

Dyrring Mount Olive
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Mount Olive carries more bushfire risk (19 vs 0).

Dyrring Mount Olive
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
19/100
Crime None
0/100
 —
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 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Dyrring Mount Olive
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

Amenities in the suburb

Dyrring Mount Olive
Waterways 6 18

Mobility

Mount Olive sits further from the CBD (221.5 km vs 211.8 km).

Dyrring Mount Olive
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 211.8 km 221.5 km
+5% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 151 min 157 min
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.

Dyrring Mount Olive
Car (driver) 82.8% / 85.1%
Dyrring — Car (driver): 82.8% Mount Olive — Car (driver): 85.1%
Worked from Home 17.2% / 14.9%
Dyrring — Worked from Home: 17.2% Mount Olive — Worked from Home: 14.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (85.1%).

Setting

Dyrring Mount Olive
Elevation 117 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 157 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Dyrring Mount Olive
Connectivity score 28/100 21/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Satellite (Sky Muster)
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
42 premises
 0%
46 premises

Climate

Dyrring Mount Olive
Annual rainfall 1,026 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 29.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.8°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Dyrring Mount Olive
PM2.5 6.7 µg/m³ 5.5 µg/m³
PM10 19.2 µg/m³ 20.9 µg/m³
NO₂ 0.64 pphm —

Council rates

Dyrring Mount Olive
Average residential rate $1,287/yr
same for both
Council Singleton
same for both

Federal electorate

Dyrring Mount Olive
Division Hunter
same for both
Member Dan Repacholi
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Dyrring Mount Olive
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Dyrring

Family Rural

Mount Olive

Rural

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