Toongi vs Wambangalang

Toongi is the younger of the two, with a median age of 43 against 51 in Wambangalang. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Toongi, most households are people living alone. On these figures, Toongi tends to suit people living alone and 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

Wambangalang

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 49/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (57% vs 38%)

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

First-home buyers

Toongi

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (10% vs 21%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

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

  • Toongi has a bigger rental market to choose from (37% vs 24%)
  • Wambangalang has cheaper rent ($230/wk vs $320/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Wambangalang

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (378.7 km vs 385.6 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Wambangalang

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 49/100)

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

Investors

Toongi

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (1.6% vs -23.6%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Toongi Wambangalang
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.

Toongi Wambangalang
Walkability 0 / 0
Toongi — Walkability: 0/100 Wambangalang — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 51 / 100
Toongi — Safety: 51/100 Wambangalang — Safety: 100/100
Low fire risk 59 / 45
Toongi — Low fire risk: 59/100 Wambangalang — Low fire risk: 45/100

Demographics

Toongi rents higher ($320/wk vs $230/wk); Toongi has higher household incomes ($97,448 vs $74,724).

Toongi Wambangalang
Population 62 68
+10% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +1.6% -23.6%
Median age 43 51
Median household income $97,448/yr
+23% vs other
 $74,724/yr
Median weekly rent $320/wk
+28% vs other
 $230/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Toongi Wambangalang
0-4 4.8% / —
Toongi — 0-4: 4.8% Wambangalang — 0-4: not among its largest
5-14 17.7% / 11.8%
Toongi — 5-14: 17.7% Wambangalang — 5-14: 11.8%
15-19 12.9% / 5.9%
Toongi — 15-19: 12.9% Wambangalang — 15-19: 5.9%
20-24 — / 7.4%
Toongi — 20-24: not among its largest Wambangalang — 20-24: 7.4%
25-34 6.5% / 14.7%
Toongi — 25-34: 6.5% Wambangalang — 25-34: 14.7%
35-44 17.7% / —
Toongi — 35-44: 17.7% Wambangalang — 35-44: not among its largest
45-54 4.8% / 16.2%
Toongi — 45-54: 4.8% Wambangalang — 45-54: 16.2%
55-64 22.6% / 26.5%
Toongi — 55-64: 22.6% Wambangalang — 55-64: 26.5%
65-74 12.9% / 11.8%
Toongi — 65-74: 12.9% Wambangalang — 65-74: 11.8%
75-84 — / 7.4%
Toongi — 75-84: not among its largest Wambangalang — 75-84: 7.4%
85+ 6.5% / 4.4%
Toongi — 85+: 6.5% Wambangalang — 85+: 4.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Toongi 61.5% lone person
Toongi — Lone Person: 61.5% Toongi — One Parent Families: 0.0% Toongi — Couple Families: 38.5%
Wambangalang 42.9% lone person
Wambangalang — Lone Person: 42.9% Wambangalang — One Parent Families: 57.1% Wambangalang — Couple Families: 0.0%
Lone Person One Parent Families Couple Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Toongi 36.8% renting
Toongi — Owned Outright: 42.1% Toongi — Mortgage: 21.1% Toongi — Renting: 36.8%
Wambangalang 23.8% renting
Wambangalang — Owned Outright: 61.9% Wambangalang — Mortgage: 14.3% Wambangalang — Renting: 23.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Toongi 100.0% houses
Toongi — Houses: 100.0%
Wambangalang 100.0% houses
Wambangalang — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Toongi Wambangalang
Certificate III & IV 21.0% / 13.2%
Toongi — Certificate III & IV: 21.0% Wambangalang — Certificate III & IV: 13.2%
Bachelor Degree 9.7% / 11.8%
Toongi — Bachelor Degree: 9.7% Wambangalang — Bachelor Degree: 11.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.1% / 8.8%
Toongi — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.1% Wambangalang — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.0%).

Property market

Toongi Wambangalang
Median house price $859,000 $885,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Toongi Wambangalang
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

Toongi Wambangalang
New dwellings approved 405
across Dubbo
same for both
Approvals change year on year -12%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Toongi Wambangalang
House price Higher than 39% of NSW Higher than 42% of NSW
Income Higher than 64% of NSW Higher than 42% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 39% of NSW Higher than 30% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 73% of NSW Higher than 51% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 30% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 29% of NSW Higher than 16% of NSW

Liveability

Toongi Wambangalang
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
same for both

Risk profile

Toongi carries more crime risk (49 vs 0); Wambangalang carries more bushfire risk (55 vs 41).

Toongi Wambangalang
Bushfire Moderate
41/100
 Moderate
55/100
Crime Moderate
49/100
 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

Toongi Wambangalang
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Toongi

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

Schools in Wambangalang

  • Wambangalang Environmental Education Centre Government · Combined

Amenities in the suburb

Toongi Wambangalang
Waterways 12 22

Mobility

Toongi sits further from the CBD (385.6 km vs 378.7 km).

Toongi Wambangalang
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 385.6 km
+2% vs other
 378.7 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 309 min 307 min
Electric vehicle share 0.3%
postcode 2830
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 72
postcode 2830
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.

Toongi Wambangalang
Car (driver) 77.8% / 48.6%
Toongi — Car (driver): 77.8% Wambangalang — Car (driver): 48.6%
Worked from Home 22.2% / 32.4%
Toongi — Worked from Home: 22.2% Wambangalang — Worked from Home: 32.4%
Car (passenger) — / 10.8%
Toongi — Car (passenger): not among its largest Wambangalang — Car (passenger): 10.8%
Walked Only — / 8.1%
Toongi — Walked Only: not among its largest Wambangalang — Walked Only: 8.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (77.8%).

Setting

Toongi Wambangalang
Elevation 297 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 428 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Toongi Wambangalang
Connectivity score 19/100 15/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
21 premises
 0%
12 premises

Climate

Toongi Wambangalang
Annual rainfall 603 mm 587 mm
Summer max (Jan) 32.9°C 33.4°C
Winter min (Jul) 3.5°C 5.5°C

Council rates

Toongi Wambangalang
Average residential rate $1,233/yr
same for both
Council Dubbo
same for both

Federal electorate

Toongi Wambangalang
Division Parkes
same for both
Member Jamie Chaffey
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Toongi Wambangalang
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Toongi

Family Rural

Wambangalang

Rural

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