Dalby QLD 4405
Located in Queensland, Dalby sits 216 km from Brisbane CBD, around 2 hours 40 minutes by car. The town has 12,758 residents, a median age of 35, and a median household income of $76,024 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $260 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 6 schools within the town boundary, 2 rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Dalby a good town?
Dalby scores a C (41/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools, weaker on transit, safety, and community.
Above the state average
6 schools · 2 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 4/100 · 215.8 km · 161 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $550K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 83/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 35 · 12,758 residents
Liveability Rating
41 / 100 · Ranked #733 in QLDEach bar is Dalby's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
Flood data for Queensland covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.
How do you rate the liveability in Dalby?
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Our score
41 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataDalby's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $550,000, roughly 13% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$550,000
Based on 186 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 37 days — median across 99 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 9 sales $430K
- 3 bed 90 sales $520K
- 4 bed 67 sales $652K
- 5 bed 15 sales $700K
Units
$455,000
Based on only 7 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 23 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 6 sales $454K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Dalby are currently listed at around $599,000 on average. Based on 145 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$599K
145 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$469K
5 units listed in the last 6 months.
150 of the suburb's 4,548 dwellings (3.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Dalby rent for around $600 a week on average, based on 39 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$600/wk
39 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$422/wk
10 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
49 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,628 rented homes (3.0%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $520/wk
- 26 bonds
- +85% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $360/wk
- 15 bonds
- +57% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025133 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 23% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4405.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$600/week ($31,000 a year) on a $599,000 median
$422/week ($22,000 a year) on a $469,000 median
Based on a small sample (5 listings) — indicative only.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Dalby safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Dalby sits in the high band, with 541 incidents recorded in 2025 — up about 7% on the prior year.
541 offences
7.3% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202463 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Six schools serve Dalby, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Dalby South State School and Our Lady of the Southern Cross College lead the pack.
- • 3,182 students across 5 schools (avg 636)
- • Sectors: 4 Government, 1 Independent, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 910-1021, median 946 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Dalby State High School (1,090 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Dalby is very car-dependent on foot — at 4/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the town there are 4 supermarkets, 16 parks and 12 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Dalby.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 34%
- Premises covered
- 6,157
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Western Downs: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 32 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Dalby is home to about 12,800 residents, with a median age of 35, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $76,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
12,758
Median Age
35
Median Household Income
$76,024/yr
Census Median Rent
$260/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$39,156/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
12.7%
Total Dwellings
4,548
Owner-Occupier Rate
64.2%
Houses
91.1%
Rental Stress
17.8%
Mortgage Stress
20.5%
Work From Home
5.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
85 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 57 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,590 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 85.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 88.7%
- Employment Rate
- 59.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 33.0%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
190 residents (1.5%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
4.6% of residents (551) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (445).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 11,925 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Local Jobs
People who work in this town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 6,204 people work here; 5,871 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.1 per resident). At least 5% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,238 a year through Western Downs based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Western Downs
In the year to August 2026, 53 new dwellings were approved across Western Downs. That mix is 47 houses and 6 units. Approvals are down 40.0% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this town: 1,042 to 3,400 homes
- Within 2 years 91 to 215 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 173 to 490 homes
- In 5 to 10 years 410 to 1,825 homes
- In 10 years or more 315 to 685 homes
- No timeframe set 53 to 185 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (82 parcels), by when it expects lots to be registered. Yields are published in ranges, so these are too.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Barunggam People.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. No native title claim is currently registered here, so the last registered claimant remains the Aboriginal party.
Setting
- Elevation
- 345 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Near high-voltage lines
- 1.7% of addresses
- 126 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
Elevation is the ground at the town centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 4.1 kmBeef Cattle Feedlots (Specialised)Top reported: Ammonia (total) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 4405, 29 of 13,453 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.9% (262 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4405, 3,142 rooftop-solar systems totalling 25.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 5,776 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 155 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$30,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
$30,000 for contracts signed on or after 20 November 2023, with no end date. IT DID NOT REVERT TO $15,000: the tier was due to end 30 June 2026 and the 2026-27 Queensland Budget (23 June 2026) continued it for contracts signed from 1 July 2026. This file carried a "due to revert" note until 2026-09-18 — it was never true, and a note predicting a change is not the same as a change. Cap is "less than $750,000" including land and contract variations — less than, not up to. New homes only: "There are no home owner grants for established homes."
Mortgage repayments
3 mortgage brokers are registered in this town.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Queensland Revenue Office
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $30,000 — see what qualifies with Queensland Revenue Office.
At $550,000 this is under the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $30,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by David Littleproud Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | David Littleproud | 26.0% | 74.0% | -1.8 |
| 2022 | David Littleproud | 27.9% | 72.1% | -3.3 |
| 2019 | David Littleproud | 24.6% | 75.4% | +7.9 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Ann Leahy Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ann Leahy LNP | 77.8% |
| 2020 | Ann Leahy LNP | 73.2% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
Looking at a specific address in Dalby?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Dalby
Is Dalby a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Dalby is high (83/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Dalby?
Dalby has no recorded bushfire history. These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Dalby a good place to live?
Dalby has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (41/100), ranked against other QLD suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Dalby?
Dalby, QLD had a population of 12,758 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Dalby, QLD?
The postcode for Dalby, QLD is 4405.
How far is Dalby from Brisbane?
Dalby is 216 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 161 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Dalby?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Dalby was $76,024 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Dalby?
The median advertised rent in Dalby is $600 a week for houses (39 listings) and $422 a week for units (10 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Dalby?
The median age of residents in Dalby was 35 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Dalby?
There are 6 schools inside the Dalby boundary: 2 above, 2 at, and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Dalby walkable?
Dalby scores 4/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Dalby?
First-home buyers in QLD may be eligible for $30,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by Queensland Revenue Office; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Dalby belong to?
Dalby sits within the Western Downs local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Dalby?
The average residential rates bill through Western Downs is $1,238 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Dalby?
Across Western Downs, 53 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 40.0% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Dalby in?
Dalby sits within the federal Division of Maranoa, currently held by David Littleproud (Liberal National Party of Queensland).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2025–26
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2020–2024
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2024
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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