Dover Heights
New South Wales · Eastern Suburbs - North · Sydney - Eastern Suburbs
This profile uses the ABS Dover Heights statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Dover Heights is a locality in the Eastern Suburbs - North area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Dover Heights SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Dover Heights SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Rose Bay Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Dover Heights.
The government catchment school for parts of Dover Heights is Rose Bay Public School — just outside the suburb boundary (NSW catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Dover Heights
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment1,127ICSEA1107
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment484ICSEA1082
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSSt Michael's Pre-schoolCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Vaucluse
- Meeting NQSKTC Education & Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Dover Heights
- Meeting NQSHarbour Early Learning VaucluseCentre-Based Care · 97 places · Vaucluse
- Meeting NQSVaucluse Out of School CareCentre-Based Care · 70 places · Vaucluse
- Meeting NQSVaucluse CottageCentre-Based Care · 50 places · Vaucluse
- Meeting NQSKincoppal Rose Bay School TheirCareCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Vaucluse
- Meeting NQSCarl Rose Early Learning SchoolCentre-Based Care · 36 places · Dover Heights
- Meeting NQSVaucluse Kinder HavenCentre-Based Care · 36 places · Vaucluse
- Meeting NQSThe Little Village VaucluseCentre-Based Care · 24 places · Vaucluse
- Meeting NQSDover Heights Community PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 20 places · Dover Heights
- Working Towards NQSThe Little Kids School Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 22 places · Vaucluse
- Working Towards NQSThe Little Kids School PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 21 places · Vaucluse
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 65
- vs previous year
- -48%
- vs 2021
- 124
- Theft 20
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment 11
- Disorderly conduct 8
- Malicious damage to property 7
- Against justice procedures 6
Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 0
- Supermarkets
- 0
- Parks
- 14
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Dover Heights SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $9,400,000
- House price YoY
- +40.2%
- Median 3BR house rent
- —
Where did the gain come from?
+84Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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