Dee Why has an unusually strong field of removalists — six of the 25 servicing the area have earned a recent Word of Mouth Service Award (24% award rate), with 41 customer reviews and an average rating of 4.7 stars.
Demand patterns
Demand for removalists in Dee Why peaks around August and drops to its quietest in November based on review patterns — something to factor in if your job is flexible on dates.
About this suburb
With 47% of Dee Why households in rentals, move volume is high — reflected in removalists here receiving 93% more reviews than the NSW average. Probe experience with strata move-in/out permits, protecting shared corridors and lifts, and same-day condition photos.
What it costs
Reviewed removalist jobs in Dee Why have a median price of $1,605 — the middle 50% of jobs fall between $1,375 and $1,902 — 8% above the NSW average. Nearby: North Curl Curl ($1,605), Narraweena ($1,605), Curl Curl ($1,605). Prices have risen 117% since 2015 (from $600 to $1,300 median), averaging 16.7% per year. Three in four reviewed jobs come in at or below $1,902 — a useful sanity-check number when comparing quotes.
What locals say
Over the 2009–2025 window, removalists in Dee Why have moved from 4.6/5 to 4.9/5 — genuine improvement in customer-reported quality. Review activity here is higher than typical: Dee Why averages 38.8 new removalist reviews a year — 93% above the NSW average — a larger sample than most suburbs in the state.
Based on 41 customer reviews collected on Word of Mouth between 2009–2025, and ABS Census 2021 data.
