Dover Heights NSW 2030
1,900 addresses · 36 streets
Wentworth Electorate › Waverley LGA › Dover Heights · 7 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Dover Heights is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 4,044 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $3,877 a week, with median rent near $798 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Sth African. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Dover Heights statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dover Heights itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
7 service stations
1 carpenter
Getting around. Train station: Bondi Junction, 3.6 km south-west · Metro station: Martin Place, 6.5 km west · Light rail stop: Moore Park, 5.9 km south-west · Bus interchange: North Bondi Bus Interchange, 1.9 km south · Ferry wharf: Rose Bay Wharf, 1.7 km west · Airport: Rose Bay Seaplane Base, 1.6 km west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 5.0% |
|---|---|
| Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 2019 | 9.6% |
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 62.6%
Population by age in Dover Heights
| 0-4 | 197 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 627 |
| 15-19 | 310 |
| 20-24 | 248 |
| 25-34 | 382 |
| 35-44 | 446 |
| 45-54 | 650 |
| 55-64 | 512 |
| 65-74 | 405 |
| 75-84 | 191 |
| 85+ | 67 |
Dwelling types in Dover Heights
| House | 870 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 141 |
| Apartment | 297 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dover Heights
| <$650 | 84 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 144 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 241 |
| $3,000+ | 745 |
Top ancestries in Dover Heights
| Other | 1,172 |
|---|---|
| English | 816 |
| Australian | 789 |
| Sth African | 513 |
| Irish | 243 |
| Chinese | 225 |
Housing tenure in Dover Heights
| Owned | 564 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 468 |
| Rented | 255 |
| Other | 12 |
Cars per household in Dover Heights
| 0 | 67 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 333 |
| 2 | 602 |
| 3 | 158 |
| 4+ | 143 |
Commute to work in Dover Heights
| Car | 620 |
|---|---|
| Train | 5 |
| Bus | 19 |
| Tram/ferry | 3 |
| Walked | 29 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 1,009 |
Top countries of birth in Dover Heights
| South Africa | 578 |
|---|---|
| England | 134 |
| China | 82 |
| New Zealand | 49 |
| United States | 46 |
| France | 29 |
Languages used at home in Dover Heights
| Russian | 134 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 118 |
| Greek | 96 |
| French | 42 |
| Spanish | 37 |
| Italian | 36 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
56,337 bird observations recorded near Dover Heights — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (6,961)
- Noisy Miner (4,067)
- Australian Magpie (3,380)
- Silver Gull (3,342)
- Rock Dove (2,506)
- Australian White Ibis (2,434)
- Pied Currawong (2,404)
- Laughing Kookaburra (2,372)
- Welcome Swallow (2,340)
- Common Myna (2,078)
- Southern Noisy Miner (1,920)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,909)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (1,702)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dover Heights
- Australian Raven (1,649)
- Australian Brush-turkey (1,491)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (1,395)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,244)
- New Holland Honeyeater (1,209)
- Red Wattlebird (1,086)
- Common Starling (1,064)
- Crested Pigeon (1,064)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (1,063)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (1,025)
- Crested Tern (1,022)
- Pacific Black Duck (992)
- Pied Cormorant (961)
- Magpie-lark (938)
- Willie Wagtail (936)
- Little Pied Cormorant (893)
- Grey Butcherbird (890)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Dover Heights:
- Rose Bay (1 km)
- North Bondi (1.4 km)
- Vaucluse (1.6 km)
- Bondi Beach (2.1 km)
- Bellevue Hill (2.4 km)
- Point Piper (2.7 km)
- Bondi (2.8 km)
- Tamarama (3 km)
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Streets
- Aboukir Street (10)
- Arthur Street (15)
- Bangalla Road (4)
- Blake Street (26)
- Bulga Road (45)
- Cadigal Place (22)
- Douglas Parade (21)
- Dover Road (23)
- Eastern Avenue (104)
- Elvina Street (23)
- George Street (97)
- Gilbert Street (213)
- Hardy Street (58)
- Hunter Street (25)
- Kippara Road (15)
- Kobada Road (46)
- Lancaster Road (80)
- Liverpool Street (17)
- Lola Road (12)
- Loombah Road (31)
- Lord Howe Street (27)
- Lyons Street (27)
- Military Road (472)
- Myuna Road (35)
- Napier Street (37)
- Norton Avenue (18)
- Oceanview Avenue (89)
- Peel Street (54)
- Pindari Road (17)
- Portland Street (77)
- Raleigh Street (10)
- Rodney Street (12)
- Victory Street (1)
- Wallangra Road (76)
- Wentworth Street (29)
- Weonga Road (32)
