Dungog
10,102 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 2,250 km², 43 suburbs. Council website: dungog.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
10,102
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.9% in a year
Density
4.5/km²
2,250 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$760k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$385
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
5.7 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
7 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
43
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 46
- Median household income
- $1,485/week
- Median rent
- $300/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,820/month
- Households renting
- 15.0%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 7 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 8 of 10
Suburbs
43 suburbs where Dungog holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Town | 2,265 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 5 |
| Dungog | 1,983 | All | $585kDec 2025 | – / 53% | 2 |
| Paterson (NSW) | 960 | All | $975kDec 2025 | – / 97% | 8 |
| Vacy | 719 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 97% | 7 |
| Martins Creek | 351 | All | $615kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 4 |
| East Gresford | 338 | All | $583kDec 2025 | – / 98% | 3 |
| Bendolba | 253 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Gresford | 240 | All | $650kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Brookfield (NSW) | 224 | All | $1.6MDec 2023 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Hilldale | 193 | All | $910kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 6 |
| Wallarobba | 174 | All | $950kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 6 |
| Glen Martin | 158 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Glen William | 143 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Bandon Grove | 135 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Torryburn (Dungog - NSW) | 131 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Summer Hill (Dungog - NSW) | 128 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Alison (Dungog - NSW) | 99 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Main Creek | 95 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Fosterton | 94 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Lostock | 65 | All | – / 98% | 4 | |
| Sugarloaf (NSW) | 65 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Mount Rivers | 60 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Fishers Hill | 56 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Allynbrook | 54 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Tabbil Creek | 53 | All | – / 97% | 6 | |
| Salisbury (NSW) | 50 | All | $435kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Marshdale | 46 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Lewinsbrook | 42 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Munni | 38 | All | $940kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 6 |
| Bingleburra | 36 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Stroud Hill | 31 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Webbers Creek | 28 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Eccleston | 27 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Chichester (NSW) | 25 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Halton | 25 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Wirragulla | 25 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Flat Tops | 21 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Upper Allyn | 17 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Cambra | 16 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Underbank | 16 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Wallaringa | 14 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Carrabolla | 10 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Hanleys Creek | 3 | All | – / 100% | 6 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 16 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2023 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $435k
- Median of suburb medians
- $963k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.6M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 2 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 287
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 151
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 956
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 2,187
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Lyne · Alison PENFOLD (NP)100%
State districts
- Upper Hunter · Dave Layzell (NAT)100%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.