Dungog NSW 2420
Dungog is a town in New South Wales, 214 km from Sydney CBD, around 2 hours 45 minutes by car. Population is 1,983; the median age is 52 and the median household income is $54,340 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population fell 2.1% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $300 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. The area shows high crime risk. Of 3 schools within the town boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Dungog a good town?
Dungog scores a C (48/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on community.
Mixed results
3 schools · 1 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 82/100 · 214.3 km · 163 min drive to Sydney
Around the state median
Median $665K · Cheaper than 78% of NSW
Moderate crime risk
Fire 23/100 · Crime 66/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 52 · 1,983 residents
Liveability Rating
48 / 100 · Ranked #789 in NSWEach bar is Dungog's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
How do you rate the liveability in Dungog?
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Our score
48 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataDungog's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $665,000, roughly 14% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$665,000
Based on 56 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 56 days — median across 20 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 12 sales $640K
- 3 bed 28 sales $680K
- 4 bed 11 sales $670K
Land
$315,000
Based on only 3 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Dungog are currently listed at around $822,000 on average, with the typical listing on the market for 2 days. Based on 8 houses listed in the past six months.
$822K
8 houses listed in the last 6 months — typical time on market 2 days.
8 of the suburb's 855 dwellings (0.9%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $440/wk
- 15 bonds
- +23% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2420 (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 2025129 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 23% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2420.
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.
Is Dungog safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Dungog sits in the moderate band, with 106 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 14% on the prior year.
106 offences
14.0% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20252 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town 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
Dungog Shire Council has published 6 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
Schools
Three schools serve Dungog, and performance is broadly at peer-suburb levels with one standout. Dungog Public School leads the pack.
- • 899 students across 3 schools (avg 300)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 914-986, median 937 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Dungog High School (566 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Dungog is very walkable on foot — at 82/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the town there are 1 supermarket, 6 parks and 4 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Dungog.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 17.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 7.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.7 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 21.6 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 Dungog.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 45%
- Premises covered
- 1,221
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
Dungog: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 8 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Dungog is home to about 2,000 residents, with a median age of 52 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $54,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.0%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,983
Median Age
52
Median Household Income
$54,340/yr
Census Median Rent
$300/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
2.2
Median Personal Income
$30,264/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.0%
Unoccupied Dwellings
10.1%
Total Dwellings
855
Owner-Occupier Rate
75.2%
Houses
94.4%
Rental Stress
28.7%
Mortgage Stress
28.7%
Work From Home
14.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
14 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 9 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 205 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 90.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 94.9%
- Employment Rate
- 45.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 26.4%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
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.
0 residents (0.0%) 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.
3.2% of residents (61) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (53).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,907 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (7 of 766).
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 town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 980 people work here; 766 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.3 per resident). At least 21% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
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
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,646 a year through Dungog based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 57%
- Environmental 20%
- Rural and farming 11%
- Infrastructure and transport 4%
- Parks and recreation 4%
- Industrial 2%
- Commercial 2%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the town around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Dungog
In the year to August 2026, 55 new dwellings were approved across Dungog. That mix is 53 houses and 2 units. Approvals are down 23.1% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Karuah 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.
Climate & Setting
from Chichester Dam, 19.2 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 59 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 34.4 km
- Annual rainfall
- 1,327 mm
- 112 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
Elevation is the ground at the town 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
1 facility within 5 km- 1.2 km
EV adoption
In postcode 2420, 22 of 3,665 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.7% (61 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.3%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2420, 955 rooftop-solar systems totalling 6.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,840 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 63 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.
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).
Mortgage repayments
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.
At $665,000 this is $65,000 above the $600,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Revenue NSW.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
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 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Alison Penfold The Nationals
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Alison Penfold | 40.2% | 59.8% | +4.0 |
| 2022 | David Gillespie | 36.2% | 63.8% | -1.4 |
| 2019 | David Gillespie | 34.8% | 65.2% | +3.5 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Dave Layzell The Nationals
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Dave Layzell NP | 53.8% |
| 2019 | Michael Johnsen NP | 52.6% |
| 2015 | Michael Johnsen NP | 52.2% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
Looking at a specific address in Dungog?
Every figure above is a town average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 1,983 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Dungog
Is Dungog a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Dungog is moderate (66/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Dungog?
Dungog has a low recorded bushfire history (23/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Dungog a good place to live?
Dungog has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (48/100), 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 Dungog?
Dungog, NSW had a population of 1,983 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Dungog, NSW?
The postcode for Dungog, NSW is 2420.
How far is Dungog from Sydney?
Dungog is 214 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 163 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Dungog?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Dungog was $54,340 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 Dungog?
There are too few current rental listings in Dungog for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $300, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Dungog?
The median age of residents in Dungog was 52 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Dungog at risk of bushfire?
Dungog has a low recorded bushfire history (23/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town 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 Dungog?
There are 3 schools inside the Dungog boundary: 1 above and 2 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Dungog walkable?
Dungog scores 82/100 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 weather like in Dungog?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Dungog, Chichester Dam (19.2 km away), 1,327 mm of rain a year over 112 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Dungog?
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 Dungog belong to?
Dungog sits within the Dungog local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Dungog?
The average residential rates bill through Dungog is $1,646 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Dungog?
Across Dungog, 55 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 23.1% 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 Dungog in?
Dungog sits within the federal Division of Lyne, currently held by Alison Penfold (The Nationals).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2023
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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