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Dunsborough


About Dunsborough

The townsite of Dunsborough is located on the coast, 12 kilometres southeast of Cape Naturaliste and approximately 19 kilometres of Busselton. It was gazetted as a Townsite in 1879, but land for a townsite was set aside here in the late 1830's, and there is a recorded whale fishery at "Dunsbro" in 1850.

Dunsborough is located adjacent to Dunn Bay from which it derives its name. The bay is believed to have been named by Governor James Stirling , March 1830, whilst on the "Eagle" carrying out a survey of Geographe Bay. It is named after Captain Richard Dalling Dunn, under whom Stirling served on the "Hibernia"120 and the "Armide"38 in 1810-1811 (Stirling named a number of features in Western Australia after naval officers under whom he served or was associated with) When Dunsborough first appeared on a map in 1839 it was spelt "Dunnsbro" but the extra n appears to have disappeared by 1850, and the spelling of "bro" was amended to "borough"when the name was gazetted in 1879.


Dunsborough quick stats

  • Postcode

    6281

  • Population

    5,320

  • Local government

    Busselton


Suburb prices

Median price data last updated 8 January 2026 containing transactions for the 12 month period ending March 2026
Source: Landgate/REIWA

Buy

$1,250,000

  • 2BR

    $1.15M

  • 3BR

    $1.2M

  • 4BR

    $1.27M

Rent

$850pw

  • 2BR

    $800pw

  • 3BR

    $800pw

  • 4BR

    $850pw

Buy

$1,480,000

  • 2BR

    $1.26M

  • 3BR

    $1.7M

Rent

$630pw

  • 2BR

    $565pw

  • 3BR

    $695pw

Buy

$489,000

  • Small land size

    $525K

  • Medium land size

    $470K

  • Large land size

    $610K


Sales data is annual up to the latest completed month. Rental data is year-on-year 3-month rolling up to the latest completed month. Data in this graph is revised as more transactions are settled.
Source: Landgate/REIWA

Time on market

House

Days

21

Unit

Days

5

Based on settled sales as at 8 January 2026

Total growth

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Annual growth

Dunsborough
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Time on market

House

Days

12

Unit

Days

46

Based on leases reported as at 8 January 2026

Suburb interest level

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Nearby schools

Dunsborough Primary School Primary Government 1.8km
Our Lady Of The Cape Primary School Primary Non-government 2.6km
Yallingup Steiner School Primary Non-government 9.5km
Cape Naturaliste College Secondary Government 14.3km
Vasse Primary School Primary Government 14.9km
West Busselton Primary School Primary Government 19.6km
Busselton Senior High School Secondary Government 20.6km
Cornerstone Christian College Ltd Combined Non-government 20.8km
Geographe Primary School Primary Government 21.2km
Geographe Education Support Centre Combined Specialist 21.2km

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