Dayton WA 6055
Dayton sits 21 km from Perth CBD in Western Australia, around 26 minutes by car. Census data records 5,507 residents with a median age of 30 and a median household income of $110,916 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The suburb grew 94.3% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $360 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,000. Dayton is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure and no recorded flood exposure. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is moderate.
Is Dayton a good suburb?
Dayton scores a A (74/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community.
Mixed results
2 schools
Very walkable
Walkability 64/100 · 20.6 km · 26 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $800K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 49/100 · Flood 0/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 30 · 5,507 residents
Liveability Rating
74 / 100 · Ranked #87 in WAEach bar is Dayton's rank among WA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
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Our score
74 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataDayton's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $800,000, roughly 12% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$800,500
In line with its 3 neighbours (median $820,000)
Based on 154 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 29 days — median across 119 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 66 sales $768K
- 4 bed 79 sales $867K
- 5 bed 5 sales $953K
Land
$650,500
Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 41 days — median across 4 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Dayton are currently listed at around $849,000 on average. Based on 72 houses listed in the past six months.
$849K
72 houses listed in the last 6 months.
72 of the suburb's 1,781 dwellings (4.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Dayton rent for around $820 a week on average, based on 69 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$820/wk
In line with its 3 neighbours (median $830/wk)
69 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$440/wk
3 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
72 rentals advertised against an estimated 395 rented homes (18.2%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $800/wk
- 72 bonds
- +36% since 2023
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. WA's bond data does not record bedrooms or dwelling type, so it covers all rentals together.Change since 2023 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202585 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 35% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6055.
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$820/week ($43,000 a year) on a $849,000 median
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
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.
Short-Stay Rentals
4 active Airbnb listings: 2 whole homes and 2 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.1% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Schools
Two schools serve Dayton, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 611 students across 2 schools (avg 306)
- • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1041-1054, median 1048 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Dayton Primary School (404 students)
Primary
Walkability
Dayton is somewhat walkable on foot — at 64/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Dayton.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 112.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 68.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 43.7 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 19.8 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Dayton.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 99%
- Premises covered
- 2,354
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
Swan: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 11 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Dayton is home to about 5,500 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 30 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $111,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
5,507
Median Age
30
Median Household Income
$110,916/yr
Census Median Rent
$360/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,000/mo
Avg Household Size
3.0
Median Personal Income
$53,092/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
4.0%
Total Dwellings
1,781
Owner-Occupier Rate
77.8%
Houses
96.4%
Rental Stress
16.9%
Mortgage Stress
21.6%
Work From Home
4.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 47.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 46.7%
- Employment Rate
- 74.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 51.2%
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.
472 residents (8.6%) 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.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 4,840 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
17% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (522 of 3,021).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,699 a year through Swan based on 2023 figures.
Building Approvals: Swan
In the year to August 2026, 2,486 new dwellings were approved across Swan. That mix is 2,297 houses and 189 units. Approvals are up 1.8% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Perth Airport, 8.1 kmModerate rainfall — very hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 15 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 21.0 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 12.6% of addresses
- 383 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 663 mm
- 77 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 32.3°C
- 38 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 8.5°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb 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
11 facilities within 5 km- 1.2 km
- 1.2 kmGas SupplyTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
- 1.3 km
- 2.1 kmWine and Other Alcoholic Beverage ManufacturingTop reported: Ethanol · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 2.3 kmWine and Other Alcoholic Beverage ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol
EV adoption
In postcode 6055, 376 of 30,761 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.2% (1,295 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 5.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6055, 10,969 rooftop-solar systems totalling 69.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 11,404 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 938 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$10,000 for new homes priced up to $800,000.
Cap is $800,000 SOUTH of the 26th parallel (which includes all of metropolitan Perth) and $1,000,000 NORTH of it. We store the southern figure because that is where almost every buyer is; the northern cap is higher, so the stored value never overstates eligibility. The southern cap rose from $750,000 on 7 May 2026 in the 2026-27 Housing Taxation Package. The same package moved the first home owner RATE OF DUTY thresholds, which is a different scheme and lives in the web repo's app/stamp_duty.py.
Mortgage repayments
3 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 18 across postcode 6055.
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 RevenueWA
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 $800,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Department of Finance WA.
At $800,500 this is $500 above the $800,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Department of Finance WA.
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 Tania Lawrence Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tania Lawrence | 66.0% | 34.0% | +5.9 |
| 2022 | Tania Lawrence | 56.0% | 44.0% | -11.9 |
| 2019 | Ken Wyatt | 44.6% | 55.4% | +3.3 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Rita Saffioti WA Labor
Next state election: 10 March 2029.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rita Saffioti ALP | 71.2% |
| 2021 | Rita Saffioti ALP | 84.2% |
| 2017 | Rita Saffioti ALP | 67.1% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2023, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Western Australian Electoral Commission.
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- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 5,507 residents
- 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 Dayton
Is Dayton a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Dayton is moderate (49/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Dayton?
Dayton has no recorded bushfire history. No mapped flood overlay applies. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Dayton a good place to live?
Dayton has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (74/100), ranked against other WA 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 Dayton?
Dayton, WA had a population of 5,507 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Dayton, WA?
The postcode for Dayton, WA is 6055.
How far is Dayton from Perth?
Dayton is 21 km from Perth CBD by road, about 26 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Dayton?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Dayton was $110,916 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 Dayton?
The median advertised rent in Dayton is $820 a week for houses (69 listings) and $440 a week for units (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Dayton?
The median age of residents in Dayton was 30 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Dayton?
There are 2 schools inside the Dayton boundary: 1 at and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Dayton walkable?
Dayton scores 64/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. 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 Dayton?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Dayton, Perth Airport (8.1 km away), summer days average 32.3°C, winter nights 8.5°C, 663 mm of rain a year over 77 rainy days, and 38 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Dayton?
First-home buyers in WA may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $800,000. The grant is administered by Department of Finance WA; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Dayton belong to?
Dayton sits within the Swan local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Dayton?
The average residential rates bill through Swan is $2,699 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Dayton?
Across Swan, 2,486 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 1.8% 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 Dayton in?
Dayton sits within the federal Division of Hasluck, currently held by Tania Lawrence (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2023–24
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2025
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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