Dundas, NSW 2117

Dundas is a small, leafy suburb of Sydney about 21 km north-west of the CBD, in the City of Parramatta local government area; at the 2021 census it had 4,959 residents. Wikipedia describes it as 'a leafy green suburb, notably due to its centrepiece The Ponds Walk, which follows the Ponds Subiaco Creek', and it is one of the oldest settled parts of the district — the first private land grants in Sydney, made in 1791, were in what is now North East Dundas and adjoining Dundas Valley and Ermington. Historically a quiet post-war family suburb, Dundas is now being reshaped by the Parramatta Light Rail, with new low-rise apartment developments clustered around the Dundas light rail stop on Kissing Point Road while the surrounding streets keep their family homes.

At a Glance

Transport

Dundas is on the Parramatta Light Rail L4 Westmead & Carlingford Line: the Dundas light rail stop — built on the site of the former Dundas railway station, which closed in January 2020 for conversion — opened with Stage 1 on 20 December 2024 and sits on the former Carlingford railway corridor through the suburb. The 12 km L4 line links Dundas with the Westmead health precinct, the Parramatta CBD and Parramatta station, Camellia, Rydalmere and Carlingford. Buses also run along the Kissing Point Road corridor, including Busways route 545 (Parramatta–Macquarie Park via Telopea and Eastwood) with stops near Dundas, and school services such as 602W/607W linking St Patrick's Marist College Dundas with Parramatta station.

Schools

Dundas Public School — NSW government primary school located between Kissing Point Road and Calder Road. St Patrick's Marist College Dundas — Catholic secondary school on Kirby Street, which also hosts the Shamrocks Dundas JRLFC football club.

Universities

No university campus sits inside Dundas. Western Sydney University's Parramatta South campus (corner of James Ruse Drive and Victoria Road) is in the immediately adjacent suburb of Rydalmere, roughly a 10-minute drive or short bus ride away, and is served by the L4 light rail via the Yallamundi stop.

Shopping & Amenities

Dundas has no large shopping centre — its retail is a small local strip along Kissing Point Road around the light rail stop, described by developers as 'a small business pocket... adjacent to the future light rail station', including a Coles Express service station at the Kissing Point Road/Kirby Street corner and small local shops. The village shops of neighbouring Oatlands (immediately north-west) provide a larger small-town shopping strip within walking distance of Dundas's northern edge.

Parks & Outdoors

Dundas's leafy character centres on The Ponds Walk, which follows Ponds Subiaco Creek through the suburb — the 'centrepiece' of the area per Wikipedia. The suburb also has a string of small neighbourhood parks and reserves, including Winjoy Reserve, Crowgey Street Reserve and William Reserve, cited as green open space around the Kissing Point Road development corridor.

Property Market

The median house price in Dundas was around ~$1.8M — $1,800,000 (YIP, 44 house sales, past 12 months); median house value $1,796,253 as at 30 June 2026 (OnTheHouse) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Tracker spread: house medians cluster at $1.79M–$1.8M with single-listing estimates up to ~$2M in some guides — treat ~$1.8M as the reliable figure. Dundas's stock is mixed: original post-war bungalows and later brick family homes on large blocks, plus a new wave of low-rise apartments and townhouses around the Kissing Point Road/light rail corridor. Unit medians vary more widely because unit sales volume is small and the new apartment stock is only recently settling.

New Developments

Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1 (L4) — the 12 km line through Dundas opened 20 December 2024, converting the closed Carlingford heavy-rail corridor (the former Dundas railway station site) into the new Dundas light rail stop; the project was the catalyst for apartment development along Kissing Point Road. HVH Investment's 53-apartment development at 7–7B St Andrews Street and 79–79A Kissing Point Road — two five-storey buildings on an amalgamated 3,318 m² site 'centred largely around' the Dundas light rail station — was the final residential parcel consolidated along the corridor, lodged 2023 with 6 one-bedroom, 34 two-bedroom and 13 three-bedroom apartments. Further off-the-plan apartment and development-site listings along Kissing Point Road near the light rail stop indicate continuing infill.

Jobs & Local Economy

Dundas is primarily a commuter suburb whose workforce travels to Parramatta — the LGA's CBD, about 10 minutes away on the L4 light rail — which anchors the region's commercial, government, health and education employment. The L4 line also links Dundas directly to the Westmead health precinct at the line's other end, a major hospital and research employment hub. Local employment within the suburb is mostly small-scale retail and services along the Kissing Point Road strip plus schools (Dundas Public School, St Patrick's Marist College).

Nearby Suburbs

Telopea, Dundas Valley, Eastwood, Ermington, Rydalmere, North Parramatta, Oatlands

Sources & method

Researched 4 September 2026 from named public sources — census and government records, transport authorities, council and planning documents — plus published sales data. Where sources disagree on a figure, the guide says so rather than picking one.

Sources cited in this guide:

• Wikipedia — Parramatta Light Rail
• Wikipedia — Dundas light rail station

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