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Best Dog Friendly Suburbs in New South Wales

Suburbs with strong signals for dog owners — parks, open space and pet-friendly amenity access.

Glenbrook currently leads this New South Wales list. Suburbs with strong signals for dog owners — parks, open space and pet-friendly amenity access. The index is relative to this list (100 = the top suburb here), not an overall suburb rating. Very small localities can rank highly when nearby services score well — check population and housing on each profile before treating a rank as a place to live.

Rank	Suburb	Index
#1	Glenbrook	100
#2	Sydney	99
#3	Blackbutt	99
#4	Cootamundra	96
#5	Gulgong	96
#6	Byron Bay	94
#7	Sutherland	94
#8	Bathurst	93
#9	Penrith	93
#10	Lindfield	93
#11	Wagga Wagga	92
#12	Katoomba	92
#13	Newcastle	92
#14	East Maitland	91
#15	Kandos	91
#16	Blackheath	91
#17	Yamba	90
#18	West Pennant Hills	90
#19	Forestville	90
#20	Balmain East	90
#21	Leura	89
#22	Emu Plains	89
#23	Alstonville	89
#24	Kingscliff	89
#25	Camden	89
#26	Goulburn	88
#27	Rouse Hill	88
#28	Rydalmere	88
#29	Engadine	88
#30	Nambucca Heads	88
#31	Kiama	88
#32	Lithgow	88
#33	Wallsend	87
#34	Narara	87
#35	Griffith	87
#36	East Lindfield	87
#37	Ruse	87
#38	Warriewood	87
#39	Albion Park	87
#40	Raymond Terrace	86
#41	Cecil Hills	86
#42	Karabar	86
#43	Lugarno	86
#44	Lawson	86
#45	Bellingen	86
#46	Telopea	86
#47	Parramatta	86
#48	Lansvale	86
#49	Cessnock	86
#50	Portland	86

Index shows relative strength within this list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader, not an overall suburb rating.

Last updated 5 October 2026 at 2:42 am AEDT

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