Dalwallinu, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Dalwallinu is a Wheatbelt town in Western Australia, about 248 kilometres north-north-east of Perth along the Great Northern Highway. The Badimaya people lived in the northern parts of the district and the Karlamaya people in the south. The town's name comes from an Aboriginal word whose meaning is now uncertain, often given as a place to wait a while, or perhaps good lands. First taken up for wheat farming around 1907 and originally called South Nugadong, the settlement was surveyed in 1909 and gazetted in 1914, with the tall grain elevators following in the 1930s. Farming still drives the district, and Dalwallinu marks the southern start of the Wildflower Way, a touring route that runs north towards Mullewa through some of the state's best wildflower country.
More advantaged than the national average
Dalwallinu is more socio-economically advantaged than about 62% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1008, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Dalwallinu a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Dalwallinu from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
62/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (62/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
66/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $231 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 66% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Dalwallinu at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 826
- Median age
- 36
- Median weekly household income
- $1,887
- SEIFA score
- 1008
- Local government area
- Dalwallinu
- Coordinates
- -30.2548, 116.6333
Map of Dalwallinu
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Housing & property in Dalwallinu
What it costs to live in Dalwallinu and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $231
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,083
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 61%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 30%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Dalwallinu demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Dalwallinu demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Dalwallinu using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is young adults (25–44) at 31% and 25% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 187 | 23% |
| Youth (15–24) | 71 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 253 | 31% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 180 | 22% |
| Seniors (65+) | 130 | 16% |
Share of the 821 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 77 | 30% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 81 | 31% |
| Rented | 78 | 30% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 230 | 91% |
| Townhouses & semis | 11 | 4% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 254 occupied private dwellings in Dalwallinu.
- Average household size
- 2.6 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,206
- Median weekly personal income
- $992
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 174 (25%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 110 (16%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 51 (6%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 300 (48%)
- Labour-force participation
- 61.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.1%
- Employed full-time
- 269
- Employed part-time
- 99
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Dalwallinu
Is Dalwallinu a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Dalwallinu rates 63/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Dalwallinu?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Dalwallinu was $231, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Dalwallinu?
Dalwallinu is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Dalwallinu local government area.
What is the population of Dalwallinu?
At the 2021 Census, Dalwallinu had a population of about 826.
Is Dalwallinu an advantaged area?
Dalwallinu has an ABS SEIFA score of 1008, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 62 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 62% of Australian suburbs.
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