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Suburb profile ·Esperance LGA · WA ·6450

Dalyup WA 6450

Dalyup is in Esperance LGA, WA, postcode 6450, with population 150.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$175/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
14,663
15K via Esperance LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,279
47 added 12mo · 9MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,950
Median rent · wk$175

Affordability

8%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,950/mo, while renters pay about $758/mo — owning runs $1,192/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$109K
Median rent · wk
$175
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,950

Household income

$109K household · yr+27.7% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$56K
Family
$134K
Household
$109K

Full data detail

Dalyup WA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Western Australia within the Esperance local government area, Dalyup is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 6450). It is home to about 150 residents, with an established family demographic and a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $109K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.3% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +1.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 31 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $175 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,950.

Public transport access includes 2 bus stops.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.3%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,950
Rent · wk(Census)$175
Population growth · Esperance LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)14,663
5-year growth+0.5% CAGR
YoY change+0.3%
20012025
Development · Esperance LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)47
Houses33
Units14
YoY change+0%
Employment · Esperance LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.7%
YoY change+0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6450ATO
Negatively geared478 (5.5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,893/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,291
Reported capital gains763
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population150
Median age43
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$2,100
Personal income · wk$1,071
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)9/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Dalyup rests on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
ABS Data by Region · Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · No linked local crime series
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · 2 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Dalyup is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and crime coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Dalyup feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Chadwick most similar
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Dalyup FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Dalyup in?

    Dalyup is in the Esperance Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6450. Council-level context for Esperance LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Dalyup?

    The median weekly rent in Dalyup is $175/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Dalyup a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Dalyup show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Dalyup?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Dalyup data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.