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Suburb profile ·Sutherland Shire LGA · NSW ·2229

Dolans Bay NSW 2229

Dolans Bay is in Sutherland Shire LGA, NSW, postcode 2229, with population 699.

The read

Premium-market

There are enough stretched or weaker signals here that you should assume trade-offs rather than a clean story. Use compare mode to see whether the downside is price, local quality, or weaker momentum before treating it as a target suburb.

$865/wk
+23.6% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2229 · Apr 2026
$865
$660
Mar 2025Apr 2026
Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Premium pricing raises the bar for yield, affordability, and downside checks. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
$2.7M
House median, latest period
7.4%YoY D10 vs AU
Median rent
$865/wk
Rent-pressure candidate
23.6%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
1.7%
Low yield band
D4 vs AU
Population
699
699 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,798
228 added 12mo · 24MW

Price history

HousesUnits

Houses to Q3'21 · Units to 2025 — house and unit medians are released on separate cycles, so their latest period can differ.

Trend & investor depth

Cycle positionRecovering
Low · 2007Peak · 2023

12.1% below peak · 267.6% above its low

Price growth (compound)3-yr +0.3%/yr · 5-yr -0.1%/yr · 10-yr +5.5%/yr
Indicative cashflow-$1,909/wk (-$99,245/yr) · interest-only @ 6.1%, 80% LVR

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.

Affordability

Buying
14.8x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Stretched
Renting
24%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $4,000/mo, while renters pay about $3,748/mo — owning runs $252/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$2.73M
Household income · yr
$184K
Median rent · wk
$865
Owner mortgage · mo
$4,000
Gross yield
1.7%

Household income

$184K household · yr+123.8% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$63K
Family
$201K
Household
$184K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
4,174
1,776 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,776
Total incidents4,174· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault1,24767%
  • Sexual Offences31417%
  • Robbery191%
  • Break And Enter27615%

Full data detail

Dolans Bay NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Dolans Bay (postcode 2229) is a close-knit residential community in New South Wales within the Sutherland Shire local government area. With a population of 699, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $184K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 people. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

Dolans Bay has a median house price of $2.7 million, which has grown strongly by 7.4% year-on-year. Units have a median price of $3.1 million (-7.8% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $865. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.7%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $4,000.

Public transport access includes 5 bus stops. The crime rate in the Sutherland Shire LGA is low at 1,776 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Dolans Bay shows a gross rental yield of approximately 1.7%, rated as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($2.7M/$1.5M), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 14.8x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +7.4% year-on-year.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield1.7% Low Yield
Price vs State$2.7M/$1.5M Above Median
Affordability14.8x Stretched
Price Momentum+7.4% Rising
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$4,000
Rent · wk(Census)$800
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$865
Gross yield1.5%
Price / income14.8x
Sales vol (latest Q)(2021-Q3)5
Property investors · Postcode 2229ATO
Negatively geared1,815 (9.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$10,360/yr
Landlords (rental income)3,782
Reported capital gains2,489
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population699
Median age41
Household size3.2
HH income · wk$3,542
Personal income · wk$1,215
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)10/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops5
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Dolans Bay is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
NSW price medians are parser-guarded official records.

Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
NSW Valuer General · 2021-Q3 · Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records
medium stability · automated · every update · weekly
Available
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-04 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · January 2025 - December 2025 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · release-based
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · 5 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.

Dolans Bay FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Dolans Bay in?

    Dolans Bay is in the Sutherland Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2229. Council-level context for Sutherland Shire LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Dolans Bay?

    The current median house price in Dolans Bay, NSW is $2.7M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. What is the typical weekly rent in Dolans Bay?

    The median weekly rent in Dolans Bay is $865/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.

  4. What does the rent signal say about Dolans Bay?

    Rent-pressure candidate: Dolans Bay rents screen above the local benchmark. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  5. Is Dolans Bay a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Dolans Bay show: Low Yield, Above Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Dolans Bay?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  7. How often is the Dolans Bay data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.