Dulwich Hill real estate

Apartment living is a larger part of Dulwich Hill than of the state. Flats or apartments account for 57% of occupied homes, above 22% across NSW, while separate houses are 29%, below 66%. Townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses come to 11%, below the state's 12%. On Census night, 9% of private dwellings were unoccupied, the same as NSW.

Two bedrooms or fewer is the count for 63% of homes in Dulwich Hill, above the 30% statewide. Three-bedroom homes make up 25%, below 35%, and homes with four or more bedrooms 11%, below 34% across NSW. These shares suggest homes with fewer bedrooms are more common here than in the state generally.

Renting households make up 46% of households in Dulwich Hill, above 33% across NSW, and 83% of them rent from a landlord recorded as a real estate agent, above the state's 69%. Median rent is $470 a week, above $420 statewide. Worked out on this page from the rent and income medians, rent comes to 22% of the median income of all households, below 23% for NSW.

Outright owners are 25% of households in Dulwich Hill, below 32% across NSW, and 27% of households are paying off a mortgage, below 33%. The median repayment is $2,500 a month, above the state's $2,167. Median household income is $2,095 a week, above $1,829 across NSW. Both forms of ownership, by these figures, are less common here than across the state.

An average household in Dulwich Hill holds 2.2 people, below the 2.6 across NSW, which suggests fewer people sharing each home. The suburb of Dulwich Hill had 14,046 people at the 2021 Census. Its median age is 38 years, below the state's 39, which points to a younger population than the state's.

Asked in 2021 where they had lived in 2016, 50% of people aged five and over in Dulwich Hill gave the same address, below 54% across NSW. That is a smaller share at the same address in both years than across the state. The share counts people, not homes or households.