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Dalkeith

Ranked #1 of 256 Perth suburbs for wealth. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.

By Formada3D research · Updated October 2026 · Perth
Dalkeith suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Wealth100#1 of 256
Parks87#23 of 256
Value86#35 of 256
Active81#26 of 256

Dalkeith suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
81
#26 of 256
Wealth
100
#1 of 256
Value
86
#35 of 256
Parks
87
#23 of 256
Cafés
58
#106 of 256
Transit
39
#111 of 256
Green space
75
#38 of 256
Active & healthy
68
#23 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
60
#105 of 256

Dalkeith rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,398
Area2.99 km²
Postcode6009
Median household income$4,672/wk
Median rent$802/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks14 (9.18 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score61/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park97.4% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues22
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Dalkeith Primary School (0.26 km)

Median sale price: not available for Western Australia — Landgate sells suburb sales reports and REIWA's medians are commercial; there is no open-licence suburb-level sale price dataset for WA.

Who lives in Dalkeith

Population
4,398
Median age
45 years
Median household income
$4,672/wk
Median rent
$802/wk

Source: ABS Census 2021. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Dalkeith — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Dalkeith

What is the postcode for Dalkeith?

The postcode for Dalkeith, Perth is 6009.

Is Dalkeith a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Dalkeith is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #1 of 256 Perth suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Perth for 9 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Dalkeith expensive to live in?

Median rent is $802 a week, and household income ranks #1 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 86/100 for value.

Does Dalkeith have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #111 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Dalkeith?

97% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 9.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 75/100 for green space.

Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Perth: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated October 2026 (last updated 2026-10-10). Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
About this data: every number on this page is computed from public sources — it is not an opinion or a sponsored placement. See how we rank suburbs for the full method.
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