Dean Park NSW 2761

Dean Park is a suburb in New South Wales, 45 km from Sydney CBD, around 40 minutes by car. Population is 3,180; the median age is 35 and the median household income is $95,992 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population fell 1.5% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $400 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,102. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.

Is Dean Park a good suburb?

Dean Park scores a B (52/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit.

Schools

Mixed results

1 school

Transit

Very walkable

Walkability 70/100 · 45.1 km · 40 min drive to Sydney

Prices

Around the state median

Median $1.03M

Safety

Moderate crime risk

Fire 29/100 · Crime 51/100

Community

Below-average income

SEIFA decile 4/10 · median age 35 · 3,180 residents

B

Liveability Rating

52 / 100 · Ranked #711 in NSW

Each bar is Dean Park's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.

Schools quality no data
too few schools to rate
Safety
56
Bushfire Low · Crime Moderate

No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.

Socio-economic
33
Mid-range
Walkability
67
Walkable
CBD access
70
45.1 km · 40 min drive to Sydney
How it's calculated: Safety rank 56 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 33 × 25% + Walkability rank 67 × 15% + CBD access rank 70 × 10% = 52 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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52 / 100

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Dean Park's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.03 million, 0.8% above where it sat a year earlier.

$1,031,000

last 5 quarters

21% below its 5 neighbours (median $1,300,000)

↑ +0.8% year-on-year

Based on 41 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 24 days — median across 17 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 24 sales $1.02M
  • 4 bed 14 sales $1.07M

Rental Market

Advertised rents · last 6 months

Houses in Dean Park rent for around $650 a week on average, based on 15 houses listed for rent in the past six months.

Houses

$650/wk

last 2 months

11% below its 5 neighbours (median $730/wk)

↑ +0.8% vs previous 6 months from $645/wk
Since 2021: $432/wk → $655/wk (+51%)

15 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.

Units

$545/wk

3 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.

18 rentals advertised against an estimated 293 rented homes (6.1%) in the last 6 months.

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$675/wk
77 bonds
+46% since 2021
2-bed units
$530/wk
13 bonds
+46% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2761 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

119 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 25% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2761.

SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.

Short-Stay Rentals

5 active Airbnb listings: 2 whole homes and 3 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.2% of the suburb's homes.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.

Is Dean Park safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Dean Park sits in the moderate band, with 97 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 25% on the prior year.

97 offences

24.8% since 2024
Assault 35 (36.1%)
Theft 21 (21.6%)
Harassment & Stalking 16 (16.5%)
Property Damage 11 (11.3%)
Sexual Offences 5 (5.2%)
Arson 3 (3.1%)
Drug Offences 3 (3.1%)
Weapons Offences 2 (2.1%)
Disorderly Conduct 1 (1.0%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

12 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital

Where they happened

Richmond Road 5 (41.7%)
M7 Westlink Motorway 4 (33.3%)

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Council Flood Studies

Blacktown City Council has published 3 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

Schools

One school serve Dean Park, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.

38
out of 100
Weak
1 school in this suburb
1 below similar
  • • 382 students in one school (avg 382)

Primary

Government · K-6 · 382 students
ICSEA 995 (higher than 45% of Australian schools) · 13% top-SEA students
Below similar

Walkability

Dean Park is very walkable on foot — at 70/100, most daily errands can be done on foot.

70
out of 100
Very Walkable
Top 12% in NSW
Public Transport within 1 km 72
Schools within 1.5 km 100
Parks within 800 m 100
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 60
Pharmacies within 1 km 60
Childcare within 1 km 100
Hospitals within 5 km 60

Public transport

Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Dean Park.

79
out of 100
Top 16% in NSW
Bus
Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
108.8 arrivals/hr
Off-peak weekday
76.3 arrivals/hr
Saturday
55.5 arrivals/hr
Median peak wait
0 min
Span of service
19.0 hours

Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Dean Park.

75
connectivity score / 100
Top 16% in NSW
Most common
Hybrid fibre-coaxial (cable)
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
1,192
Technology mix
Hybrid fibre-coaxial (cable) (HFC) 100%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
2 in suburb
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
None
Childcare
2 in suburb
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Blacktown: council population

The whole council area, not just Dean Park · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
449,385
+2.2% in a year
Change
+9,833
people since 2024
Density
1,882
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+4,000
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+839
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+4,994
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
4/10
3/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
4/10
3/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
3/10
3/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded
How evenly that is spread

The ABS scores 8 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.

Dean Park is home to about 3,200 residents, with a median age of 35, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $96,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.1%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

3,180

1.5% since 2016

Median Age

35

2.9% since 2016

Median Household Income

$95,992/yr

15.4% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$400/wk

no change since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$2,102/mo

17.6% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.9

6.5% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$39,156/yr

18.0% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

5.1%

23.9% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

4.3%

48.3% since 2016

Total Dwellings

980

4.1% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

70.1%

4.6% since 2016

Houses

95.4%

0.9% since 2016

Rental Stress

21.7%

13.2% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

26.3%

1.9% since 2016

Work From Home

26.8%

1118.2% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 935 (95.4%)
Townhouses 36 (3.7%)
Flats / Apartments 9 (0.9%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 409 (43.8%)
Renting 279 (29.9%)
Owned Outright 245 (26.3%)
Of those rentals, social housing 18 (6.5%)

18 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 0 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 279 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.

Demographics

Born in Australia
55.5%
English Spoken at Home
54.6%
Employment Rate
54.7%
4.9% since 2016
Completed Year 12
42.1%

Occupations

Machinery Operators & Drivers 216 (15.6%)
Technicians & Trades 211 (15.2%)
Clerical & Administrative 208 (15.0%)
Professionals 200 (14.5%)
Community & Personal Service 154 (11.1%)
Labourers 134 (9.7%)
Sales 122 (8.8%)
Managers 105 (7.6%)

Religion

Christianity 1,783 (56.1%)
No Religion 667 (21.0%)
Islam 189 (5.9%)
Hinduism 150 (4.7%)
Other Religions 128 (4.0%)
Sikhism 112 (3.5%)
Buddhism 39 (1.2%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

Philippines 271 (8.5%)
India 192 (6.0%)
New Zealand 81 (2.5%)
England 39 (1.2%)
Fiji 35 (1.1%)
Vietnam 28 (0.9%)
Lebanon 26 (0.8%)
South Africa 23 (0.7%)

When They Arrived

Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.

2016-2021 150 (4.7%)
2011-2015 119 (3.7%)
2001-2010 220 (6.9%)
1991-2000 172 (5.4%)
1981-1990 265 (8.3%)
Before 1981 225 (7.1%)

150 residents (4.7%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.

Where New Residents Came From

Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.

Overseas 126 (4.3%)
Sydney - Parramatta 48 (1.6%)
Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury 42 (1.4%)

Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 2,960 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.

Languages Spoken at Home

Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.

Arabic 79 (2.5%)
Punjabi 45 (1.4%)
Greek 36 (1.1%)
Hindi 26 (0.8%)
Turkish 23 (0.7%)
Vietnamese 16 (0.5%)
Spanish 13 (0.4%)
Italian 9 (0.3%)

Age Distribution

0-4 220 (6.9%)
5-14 426 (13.4%)
15-19 182 (5.7%)
20-24 210 (6.6%)
25-34 511 (16.1%)
35-44 454 (14.3%)
45-54 337 (10.6%)
55-64 376 (11.8%)
65-74 266 (8.4%)
75-84 123 (3.9%)
85+ 86 (2.7%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 423 (54.9%)
Lone Person 167 (21.7%)
One Parent Families 147 (19.1%)
Group Household 18 (2.3%)
Other Families 16 (2.1%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 685 (62.3%)
Worked from Home 295 (26.8%)
Car (passenger) 58 (5.3%)
Train 35 (3.2%)
Bus 17 (1.5%)
Bicycle 5 (0.5%)
Walked Only 4 (0.4%)

7% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (93 of 1,384).

City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.

Local Jobs

People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.

About 335 people work here; 1,384 employed residents live here.

Mostly a place people commute from: 0.2 jobs per working resident. At least 75% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.

Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.

Education

Certificate III & IV 454 (14.3%)
Bachelor Degree 319 (10.0%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 243 (7.6%)
Postgraduate Degree 84 (2.6%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 25 (0.8%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 46 (4.8%)
1 car 336 (35.0%)
2 cars 377 (39.3%)
3 cars 135 (14.1%)
4+ cars 78 (8.1%)

Council Rates

Blacktown
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,157 a year through Blacktown based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,157/yr
6% below the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Dean Park's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Residential 51%
  • Infrastructure and transport 17%
  • Parks and recreation 7%
  • Environmental 1%
  • Not zoned 24%

Planning zones cover 76% of the suburb's area. 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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Blacktown

The whole council area, not just Dean Park · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 2,325 new dwellings were approved across Blacktown. That mix is 1,825 houses and 500 units. Approvals are down 17.5% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
2,325dwellings
-17.5% YoY
Houses
1,825
detached dwellings
Units
500
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

Air Quality

MODERATE

PM2.5 averaged 6.1 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).

PM10 averaged 15.5 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.53 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.

From the Rouse Hill monitoring station, 7.1 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Seven Hills (Collins St), 7.7 km

High rainfall.

Elevation
37 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean
36.8 km
Annual rainfall
932 mm
78 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
—
Winter min (Jul)
—

Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

Industrial Emissions Nearby

8 facilities within 5 km

EV adoption

0.9%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.04% in 2021
+0.3 points this year
Top 24% in NSW

In postcode 2761, 209 of 23,953 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.1% (985 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 5.0%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.04%
2022
0.11%
2023
0.25%
2024
0.60%
2025
0.87%

Rooftop solar

64
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 7.0 kW each

In postcode 2761, 6,476 rooftop-solar systems totalling 45.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 10,056 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 366 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
400
2020
713
2021
741
2022
555
2023
573
2024
552
2025
325
2026
232

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$5,377
Loan amount
$824,800
Total interest over 30 years
$1,110,948

13 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2761.

Deposit
$206,200
Stamp duty
$40,582
Cash needed at settlement
$246,782

Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW

The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Chifley

Currently held by Ed Husic Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Ed Husic 69.8% 30.2% +6.2
2022 Ed Husic 63.5% 36.5% -1.1
2019 Ed Husic 62.4% 37.6% +6.8

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.

State Electorate

Blacktown District

Currently held by Stephen Bali Labor

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Stephen Bali ALP 69.1%
2019 Stephen Bali ALP 67.7%
2015 John Robertson ALP 63.2%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.

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Common questions about Dean Park

Is Dean Park a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Dean Park is moderate (51/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Dean Park?

Dean Park has a low recorded bushfire history (29/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is Dean Park a good place to live?

Dean Park has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (52/100), ranked against other NSW suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.

What is the population of Dean Park?

Dean Park, NSW had a population of 3,180 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Dean Park, NSW?

The postcode for Dean Park, NSW is 2761.

How far is Dean Park from Sydney?

Dean Park is 45 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 40 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Dean Park?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Dean Park was $95,992 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Dean Park?

The median advertised rent in Dean Park is $650 a week for houses (15 listings) and $545 a week for units (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.

What is the median age in Dean Park?

The median age of residents in Dean Park was 35 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Dean Park at risk of bushfire?

Dean Park has a low recorded bushfire history (29/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

How are the schools in Dean Park?

There is 1 school inside the Dean Park boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).

Is Dean Park walkable?

Dean Park scores 70/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.

What is the air quality in Dean Park?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Dean Park (Rouse Hill) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.1 µg/m³ and PM10 of 15.5 µg/m³. That puts Dean Park below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

What is the weather like in Dean Park?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Dean Park, Seven Hills (Collins St) (7.7 km away), 932 mm of rain a year over 78 rainy days over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Dean Park?

First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Dean Park belong to?

Dean Park sits within the Blacktown local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Dean Park?

The average residential rates bill through Blacktown is $1,157 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Dean Park?

Across Blacktown, 2,325 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 17.5% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Dean Park in?

Dean Park sits within the federal Division of Chifley, currently held by Ed Husic (Australian Labor Party).

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