Located in New South Wales within the Snowy Monaro Regional local government area, Dalgety is a quiet locality (postcode 2628). It is home to about 252 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $72K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, technicians & trades, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Dalgety has a median house price of $400,000, which has dropped significantly by 20% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $600. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 7.8%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,192.
Public transport access includes 8 bus stops. The crime rate in the Snowy Monaro Regional LGA is below average at 2,086 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Dalgety shows a gross rental yield of approximately 7.8%, rated as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($400K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 5.6x is considered affordable. House prices have moved -20.0% year-on-year.