Dalswinton ^{NSW 2328}

Rural Young Families

Dalswinton is a rural locality in New South Wales, 256 km from Sydney CBD, around 3 hours by car. Population is 57; the median age is 36 and the median household income is $94,224 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 20% nationally. Population grew 11.8% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $200 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,694. Walkability is low.

This locality is too small to rate.

The Liveability Rating is calculated for suburbs of 500 residents or more, and this one has 57. Below that the school, census and safety figures behind the score cover too few people to rank fairly against the rest of the state. The individual measures further down this page are still shown.

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026

All rentals: $565/wk; 18 bonds; +61% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2328 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). 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 2025

93 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 32% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2328.

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.

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Dalswinton killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Council Flood Studies

Muswellbrook Shire Council has published 5 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

Muswellbrook FRMS&P 2019
Hunter River Flood Study (Muswellbrook to Denman) 2017 2017
Muscle Creek Flood Study 2017
Denman Overland Flow Study 2017
Shire Roads Flooding Study 1111

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Dalswinton is very car-dependent on foot — at 17/100, nearly all errands require a car.

out of 100

Very Car-Dependent

Public Transport within 1 km 48

Schools within 1.5 km 0

Parks within 800 m 0

Supermarkets within 1 km 0

GPs within 1 km 0

Pharmacies within 1 km 0

Childcare within 1 km 0

Hospitals within 5 km 60

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Dalswinton.

connectivity score / 100

Bottom 7% in NSW

Most common

Satellite (Sky Muster)

Full-fibre (FTTP) share: 0%
Premises covered: 6

Technology mix

Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 100%

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

No amenities mapped in this locality boundary.

Muswellbrook: council population

The whole council area, not just Dalswinton · estimated residents

at 30 June 2025

Residents

16,859

+0.1% in a year

Change

people since 2024

Density

5.0

people per km² across the council area

What drove the change

Natural increase

+77

births minus deaths

Net internal migration

-127

moves within Australia

Net overseas migration

+59

arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state

2021 census

Advantage and disadvantage

9/10

8/10 within NSW

income, education, jobs and housing together

Economic resources

8/10

7/10 within NSW

income against housing cost and household size

Education and occupation

7/10

6/10 within NSW

qualifications and job type, income excluded

Dalswinton is home to 57 residents, with a median age of 36, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $94,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

11.8% since 2016

Median Age

9.1% since 2016

Median Household Income

$94,224/yr

11.6% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$200/wk

Census Median Mortgage

$2,694/mo

10.2% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.2

33.3% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$54,600/yr

40.8% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

0.0%

Total Dwellings

108.3% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

73.3%

36.2% since 2016

Houses

68.0%

32.0% since 2016

Rental Stress

11.0%

Mortgage Stress

34.3%

19.5% since 2016

Work From Home

45.5%

11.2% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 17 (68.0%)

Flats / Apartments 8 (32.0%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 8 (53.3%)

Renting 4 (26.7%)

Owned Outright 3 (20.0%)

Demographics

Born in Australia: 77.2%
English Spoken at Home: 80.7%
Employment Rate: 84.1%
Completed Year 12: 29.8%

Occupations

Managers 13 (35.1%)

Labourers 9 (24.3%)

Technicians & Trades 6 (16.2%)

Professionals 3 (8.1%)

Religion

Christianity 26 (45.6%)

No Religion 18 (31.6%)

Buddhism 4 (7.0%)

Age Distribution

0-4 5 (8.8%)

5-14 7 (12.3%)

15-19 4 (7.0%)

20-24 4 (7.0%)

25-34 8 (14.0%)

35-44 10 (17.5%)

45-54 3 (5.3%)

55-64 3 (5.3%)

65-74 8 (14.0%)

75-84 6 (10.5%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 6 (66.7%)

Couple Families 3 (33.3%)

Commute to Work

Worked from Home 15 (45.5%)

Car (driver) 14 (42.4%)

Walked Only 4 (12.1%)

Education

Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7 (12.3%)

Certificate III & IV 6 (10.5%)

Bachelor Degree 3 (5.3%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 9 (36.0%)

2 cars 8 (32.0%)

3 cars 7 (28.0%)

Council Rates

Muswellbrook

FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $936 a year through Muswellbrook based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate

$936/yr

24% below the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils

Valuation basis

Unimproved Value

land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Dalswinton's area by planning zone

2026-09

Rural and farming 98%
Environmental 2%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Muswellbrook

The whole council area, not just Dalswinton · new residential dwellings

to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 71 new dwellings were approved across Muswellbrook. That mix is 63 houses and 8 units. Approvals are up 13.3% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months

71dwellings

+13.3% YoY

Houses

detached dwellings

Units

townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Wanaruah Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

Air Quality

This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).

PM10 averaged 17.7 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 4.

From the Jerrys Plains monitoring station, 15.5 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Scone Airport AWS, 44.7 km

Moderate rainfall — very hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.

Elevation: 118 m; above sea level, at the locality centre
Annual rainfall: 631 mm; 69 rainy days
Summer max (Jan): 31.6°C; 30 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul): 4.1°C; 21 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality 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.

EV adoption

0.3%

of light vehicles are electric

Up from 0.00% in 2021

+0.1 points this year

In postcode 2328, 7 of 2,122 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.8% (39 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.2%.

Electric share, year by year

2021

0.00%

2022

0.00%

2023

0.14%

2024

0.19%

2025

0.33%

Rooftop solar

systems per 100 dwellings

Averaging 8.7 kW each

In postcode 2328, 485 rooftop-solar systems totalling 4.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,108 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 40 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.

Systems installed, year by year

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Federal Electorate

Division of New England

Currently held by Barnaby Joyce The Nationals

Year	Winner	2PP ALP	2PP LNP	Swing
2025	Barnaby Joyce	32.9%	67.1%	-1.9
2022	Barnaby Joyce	33.6%	66.4%	-1.2
2019	Barnaby Joyce	32.4%	67.6%	+1.2

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Upper Hunter District

Currently held by Dave Layzell The Nationals

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year	Winner	Won with
2023	Dave Layzell NP	53.8%
2019	Michael Johnsen NP	52.6%
2015	Michael Johnsen NP	52.2%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.

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Common questions about Dalswinton

Is Dalswinton a safe place to live?

Dalswinton had no recorded offences in the latest year of NSW police data.

What natural hazards affect Dalswinton?

Dalswinton has a moderate recorded bushfire history (46/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Dalswinton?

Dalswinton, NSW had a population of 57 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Dalswinton, NSW?

The postcode for Dalswinton, NSW is 2328.

How far is Dalswinton from Sydney?

Dalswinton is 256 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 181 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Dalswinton?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Dalswinton was $94,224 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 Dalswinton?

There are too few current rental listings in Dalswinton for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $200, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Dalswinton?

The median age of residents in Dalswinton was 36 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Dalswinton at risk of bushfire?

Dalswinton has a moderate recorded bushfire history (46/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

Is Dalswinton walkable?

Dalswinton scores 17/100 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.

What is the weather like in Dalswinton?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Dalswinton, Scone Airport AWS (44.7 km away), summer days average 31.6°C, winter nights 4.1°C, 631 mm of rain a year over 69 rainy days, and 30 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Dalswinton?

First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Dalswinton belong to?

Dalswinton sits within the Muswellbrook local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Dalswinton?

The average residential rates bill through Muswellbrook is $936 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Dalswinton?

Across Muswellbrook, 71 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 13.3% 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 Dalswinton in?

Dalswinton sits within the federal Division of New England, currently held by Barnaby Joyce (The Nationals).

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