DA Notice

Suburbs / Lake Macquarie / Dudley

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DudleyDA activity & market read

Every council DA in Dudley, the work behind it, and who's building. Tradies get the new ones texted every Monday, filtered to their trade.

Get Dudley DAs · $35/moGovernment DA data
2,505
Population
39
Median age
$2,487/wk
Household income
26
DAs (12 mo)
$1.1M
Median house
$160k
Median DA cost
● About the area · cited

Dudley started off as a mining town. Source ↗

● What the data says

Dudley runs renovation / extension first, with swimming pool / spa (74) close behind: renovation / extension leads at 90 of 252 DAs on record. A Prestige-tier market on a $1.1M median, a typical job runs $160k, approvals are down 30% year on year.

$45k
26 John Street
Dwelling house · 17 Sep 2026
$753k
39 Railway Street
Demolition · 16 Sep 2026
$90k
15A Railway Street
Dwelling house · 18 Aug 2026
$1.2M
15 Frederick Street
Demolition · 7 Aug 2026
$75k
8 Elizabeth Street
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 3 Aug 2026
$550k
7 Ocean Street
Dwelling house · 23 Jul 2026
$161k
11 Frederick Street
Dwelling house · 20 Jul 2026
$188k
4 Tumut Street
Dwelling house · 17 Jul 2026
$915k
14 The Anchorage
Dwelling house · 14 Jul 2026
$624k
73A Ocean Street
Dual occupancy · 6 Jul 2026
$60k
7 Bickton Close
Erection of a new structure · 3 Jun 2026
$420k
8 Ivy Street
Demolition · 29 Apr 2026
$45k
New Home , 17 Sep 2026
$753k
New Home , 16 Sep 2026
$1.2m
Subdivision , 7 Aug 2026
$75k
Deck or Pergola , 3 Aug 2026
$550k
New Home , 23 Jul 2026
$20k
New Home , 22 Jul 2026
$161k
New Home , 20 Jul 2026
$188k
New Home , 17 Jul 2026
$915k
New Home , 14 Jul 2026
$624k
Dual Occupancy , 6 Jul 2026
$60k
New Home , 3 Jun 2026
$420k
New Home , 29 Apr 2026
$264k
New Home , 28 Apr 2026
Renovate-and-stay

36% of approvals are alterations and additions, so the work here is improving homes, not replacing them, your customer is a settled owner-occupier.

Rebuild market

27% of approvals are new builds or demolitions, so knock-down-rebuild is a genuine slice here, not just extensions.

Big-ticket jobs

the typical $160k approval is about 15% of the $1.1M median home, these are substantial transformations, not cosmetic touch-ups.

$1.68M
1 Cooper Street
Erection of a new structure · 19 Dec 2025
$1.67M
73 Ocean Street
Demolition · 2 Jul 2021
$1.62M
93 Ocean Street
Demolition · 17 Jun 2024
$1.5M
61 Seacourt Avenue
Dwelling house · 6 Jan 2025
$1.32M
94 Ocean Street
Pub · 3 Dec 2025

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
252
Total on record
26
Last 12 months
$160k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 252 DAs by category
Renovation / Extension90
Swimming Pool / Spa74
New Dwelling39
Demolition28
Deck / Balcony / Fence15
Subdivision3
Dual Occupancy / Multi2
Granny Flat / Secondary1
0-4
5-14
15-19
20-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65-74
75-84
85+
The biggest age band here is 5-14 (396 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Dudley Public School
Primary · Dudley
Whitebridge High School
Secondary · Whitebridge
Charlestown East Public School
Primary · Charlestown
Kahibah Public School
Primary · Kahibah
Wiripaang Public School
Primary · Gateshead
Hunter Sports High School
Secondary · Gateshead

NSW public schools within ~3.5 km. Source: NSW Department of Education schools master dataset.

Which council handles development applications in Dudley?
Dudley sits in the Lake Macquarie City Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Lake Macquarie City Council lodges for Dudley from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Dudley?
In the last 365 days, Lake Macquarie City Council lodged 26 development applications in Dudley. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
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