Located in New South Wales within the Tweed local government area, Dungay is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 2484). With a population of 225, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $73K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Dungay has a median house price of $1.7 million, which has jumped by 58.9% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $662. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.0%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,950.
Dungay is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 980, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 15 bus stops. The crime rate in the Tweed LGA is below average at 3,518 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Gross rental yield sits at around 2.0% (low yield). Property prices are near the state median ($1.7M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 23.3x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +58.9% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.