$300 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $300
- 2021: $300
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Dalton · Suburb / Locality
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Far fewer people rent in Dalton than in the rest of the country, with 0% of households renting. This creates a landscape where the vast majority of residents own their homes, and typical monthly mortgage payments are well below the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Dalton — higher than 57% of areas.
| Dalton | $300 |
|---|---|
| 2581, NSW | $300 |
| New South Wales | $420 |
| Australia | $375 |
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Housing is relatively affordable here, with typical weekly rents of $300 and monthly mortgage payments of $1,300, both of which are well below the national figures.
$300 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
$1,300 ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
In Dalton, $1,000–$1,799 is the majority at 63%; $1,800–$2,999 is next at 25%.
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is very high in Dalton, where 53.2% of homes are owned outright, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 31.5%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
53.2% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
In Dalton, Owned outright is the majority at 57%; Owned with a mortgage is next at 43%.
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Almost every home in Dalton is a separate house, at 96.2%, a figure far above the national average of 72.3%. Most of these are larger homes, with 70.9% having three or more bedrooms.
0.80 ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
96.2% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
70.9% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
In Dalton, the largest group is 3 bedrooms at 42%, followed by 4 bedrooms (26%) and 2 bedrooms (15%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Dalton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11195/dalton/topic/housing-dwellings