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
Schools in Dalton
Dalton Public School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Dalton.
Streets in Dalton
- Bevendale Road4 properties
- Blakney Creek Road20 properties
- Boorowa Road2 properties
- Broadway Road1 property
- Brown Street1 property
- Bushs Lane4 properties
- Carnells Lane7 properties
- Chain Of Ponds Road2 properties
- Chapel Street51 properties
- Church Street2 properties
- Cowper Street10 properties
- Dalton Road24 properties
- Dowlings Road3 properties
- Felled Timber Road9 properties
- Gunning Street60 properties
- Howard Street5 properties
- Jerrawa Road21 properties
- Jobson Street33 properties
- Loop Road9 properties
- Medway Street5 properties
- Oolong Road2 properties
- Rugby Road8 properties
- Rye Park Road8 properties
- Saxby Street8 properties
- Walshs Road8 properties
- Young Street3 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
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.