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Perth suburbs / Dalkeith

Dalkeith 6009

A free data profile of Dalkeith, Perth — home to about 4,408 people across 1,955 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Dalkeith

Dalkeith is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 4,408 people across 1,955 properties. Residents have a median age of 41, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $4,217/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Dalkeith records about 48 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), below the Perth median of 69 — safer than the typical Perth suburb.

It has 1 school within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Dalkeith Primary School, Freshwater Bay Primary School, Nedlands Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On the NBN, Dalkeith was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 0% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies.

For health services, the suburb has 1 pathology (blood-test) centre within its bounds.

Generated from WA Police, WA Health, ABS Census 2021, Digital Earth Australia (green cover), ACCC (mobile) and infrastructure.gov.au open data, compared to Perth-metro medians. Housing, tenure & commute: Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Green cover © DEA/Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0). Informational only.

Explore the neighbourhood — Dalkeith

Demographic, employment and income insights of 4,398 residents living in Dalkeith, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
4,398
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$4,672/wk

Age profile

Median age 45
Under 15 19%15 to 64 59%Over 65 22%

Household type

Majority are families (86%)
Family 86%Single 13%Group 1%

Occupancy

82% own their home, 16% rent
Owned outright 55%With a mortgage 27%Renter 16%Not stated & other 2%

How it has changed

Population+3% since 2011
2011
4,258
→
2016
4,240
→
2021
4,398
Median household income (wk)+67% since 2011
2011
$2,795
→
2016
$3,817
→
2021
$4,672
Median rent (wk)+15% since 2011
2011
$700
→
2016
$800
→
2021
$802
Median age+10% since 2011
2011
41
→
2016
43
→
2021
45

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011, 2016 & 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Suburb-level figures; boundaries differ a little between census years, so trends are indicative.

Who lives here

Population
4,408
2021 Census
Properties
1,955
addressed dwellings
Median age
41
years
Household income
$4,217
median, weekly
Median rent
$735
weekly
Household size
2.7
people avg
SEIFA
10/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$5,000
monthly repayment
Median rent
$802
weekly
Owned outright
55%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
27%
of dwellings
Rented
16%
of dwellings
Separate house
96%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
4%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
0%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
38%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
72%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
18%
of workers
Public transport / active
10%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

1 school in Dalkeith · nearest nearby:

  • Dalkeith Primary Schoolin suburb
  • Freshwater Bay Primary School757 m
  • Nedlands Primary School905 m
  • Christ Church Grammar School1.1 km
  • Methodist Ladies' College1.2 km
  • St Thomas' Primary School1.3 km
  • Santa Maria College1.6 km
  • Scotch College1.7 km
Public school catchment

Primary: Dalkeith Primary School, Freshwater Bay Primary School, Nedlands Primary School

Secondary: Shenton College

The exact catchment depends on the address — open a specific property on the map to confirm.

Safety & crime

Crime rate
48/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
211
in the year

Health & medical

Blood-test
1

Environment

Green cover
23%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
36
in suburb
Nearest airport
13.5 km
Jandakot Airport

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
0%
of area, July 2020

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