Suburb profile

Dalton NSW 2581

Dalton is located in the Capital Region of New South Wales, postcode 2581. It has 310 properties across 26 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Dalton, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Dalton

Dalton, NSW 2581, sits in the Capital Region and neighbours Broadway, Gunning, Jerrawa and Lade Vale. Its 26 streets hold 310 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for Yass Surrounds, the statistical area that contains Dalton. At the 2021 Census it had 12,713 residents, a median age of 43 and an average household of 2.8 people. Median household income was $2,575 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,275 a month and the median rent $400 a week. Of 4,180 dwellings, 4,111 were separate houses, 16 semi-detached, 5 flats and 14 other; 1,542 were owned outright, 2,030 owned with a mortgage and 412 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Dalton

  • 12,713Peoplelive in the area
  • 43Median ageyears
  • $2,575Median household incomea week
  • $400Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses4,111
  • Townhouses and semis16
  • Flats and apartments5
  • Other14

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,275a month
  • Household size2.8people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,542Owned with a mortgage 2,030Rented 412Other 196

Schools in Dalton

  • Dalton Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Dalton

Neighbouring suburbs

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.