General Residential dominant. Median sale $570K over the last 24 months. 95% of decided DAs approved.
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Zoning
Dungog is dominated by R1 — General Residential. Land use rules, height, FSR, and permitted developments are set per zone in the Local Environmental Plan and refined by the Development Control Plan.
Limit varies by lot — check your address for the exact figure.
Floor Space Ratio — total floor area as a multiple of lot area.
Location
Dungog 2420 covers an undefined area within Dungog Shire Council.
Drill into any lot in Dungog
Open the interactive map — click any address to see its zone, height, FSR, overlays, and approval likelihood.
Development potential
We score every lot for development signal — under-built relative to the controls, eligible for a granny flat, or sized for subdivision.
under SEPP (Housing) 2021
lots that may support subdivision
adjoining lots with combined upside
show at least one development signal
average uplift signal across the suburb
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Constraints & risks
20% of lots are bushfire-prone — a bushfire assessment is likely required; also: 24% of lots have a heritage listing or sit in a Heritage Conservation Area — expect controls on demolition, alterations, and additions; 3.0% of lots intersect a Threatened Ecological Community.
Suburb-wide percentages — your specific lot may have all, some, or none of these.
Mapped flood-prone land
RFS bushfire-prone land mapping
Heritage item or Conservation Area
Within 100 m of EPA-listed site
Mapped TEC vegetation
Coastal hazard mapping
ANEF / aircraft noise
Solicitor · serves Dungog, NSW
115 Dowling St, Dungog NSW 2420
Market
Sales, rent, and yield data drawn from NSW Property Sales Information and rental bond data over the past 24 months.
Greater Sydney Region Plan / NSW Department of Planning forecast.
DA activity
60 development applications for Dungog addresses were decided by Dungog Shire Council over the past 24 months. 57 approved — a 95% approval rate.
Demographics & lifestyle
ABS Census 2021 population data combined with lot-level amenity, healthcare, lifestyle, and crime indices.
Walkable amenity within 1 km
GP / hospital / pharmacy proximity
Cafés, parks, schools, transport
ZoneDSS Marketplace
8 businesses serving Dungog and nearby.
Solicitor
115 Dowling St, Dungog NSW 2420
Garden center
103 Hooke St, Dungog NSW 2420
Real estate agency
190 Dowling St, Dungog NSW 2420
Real estate agent
140 Dowling St, Dungog NSW 2420
Insurance broker
214 Dowling St, Dungog NSW 2420
Electrician
1 Drovers Way, Dungog NSW 2420
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List your business — freeFAQs
Dungog is dominated by the R1 (General Residential) zone, which covers 1,069 of 1,409 lots (80%). The full mix is: R1 General Residential (80%), E1 Local Centre (9%), C3 Commercial Core (7%), R5 Large Lot Residential (3%), E4 General Industrial (2%).
Yes — 1,070 lots in Dungog appear eligible for a granny flat under SEPP (Housing) 2021, based on lot size, zoning, and frontage. Eligibility is lot-specific: get a planning report on your address to confirm.
The median sale price in Dungog over the past 24 months is $570,000, across 101 sales. Median unimproved land value is $296,500.
Median weekly rent for a house in Dungog is $510. Gross rental yield works out to 3.8%.
Dungog Shire Council decided 60 development applications for Dungog addresses over the past 24 months, with 57 approved (95% approval rate). Processing time depends heavily on application complexity, council backlog, and whether the application requires referral to other agencies.
Across Dungog, 24% with heritage controls, 20.0% bushfire-prone, 0.7% near contaminated sites. These are suburb-wide percentages — every lot has its own combination. A planning report on a specific address shows exactly which controls apply.
0 of 1,409 lots in Dungog show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a granny flat, or capable of subdivision. Average rezoning signal score: 20.1 / 100.
Continue exploring
Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in Dungog Shire Council and nearby postcodes.
Garden center · serves Dungog, NSW
103 Hooke St, Dungog NSW 2420
Suburb-wide stats are useful for context. For a buy-or-walk decision on a specific lot, you need every control, every constraint, and every clause cited to source.
Run a report — from A$2914-section report · LEP + SEPP + DCP cross-referenced · cited to source
Verify with official sources
Don't take our word for it. Every figure on this page is computed from authoritative New South Wales Government data — and you can verify any of it directly with the source.
Official zoning, height, FSR, and overlay maps for any NSW address. The primary source for everything on this page.
planningportal.nsw.gov.au
Cadastral lot boundaries, aerial imagery, easements, and environmental overlays from NSW Spatial Services.
maps.six.nsw.gov.au
State-listed heritage items and Heritage Conservation Areas. Search by suburb to see what's listed in Dungog.
hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au
Sites notified to the EPA under the Contaminated Land Management Act. Critical for due diligence on any address.
apps.epa.nsw.gov.au
Rural Fire Service map of bushfire-prone land categories. Triggers BAL assessment requirements for new builds.
rfs.nsw.gov.au
Australian Bureau of Statistics QuickStats for postcode 2420 — population, age, household composition, income, tenure.
abs.gov.au
Zoning, height, FSR, and overlays parsed from the Dungog Shire Council Local Environmental Plan, applicable State Environmental Planning Policies, and the Development Control Plan. Property sales drawn from NSW Property Sales Information. DA history aggregated from the NSW Planning Portal. Heritage, flood, bushfire, contaminated land, TEC, sea-level rise, and aircraft noise overlays from the NSW Spatial Services and EPA registers. Population, age, income, and tenure from ABS Census 2021. Aggregated by ZoneDSS · last updated 2026-04-27.
Suburb-wide statistics — your specific lot may vary. Always run a planning report on the actual address before making a decision. How ZoneDSS works →