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Dayton

Ranked #32 of 256 Perth suburbs for value. 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
Dayton suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Value88#32 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)72#63 of 256
Wealth63#95 of 256
Active56#101 of 256

Dayton suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
56
#101 of 256
Wealth
63
#95 of 256
Value
88
#32 of 256
Parks
38
#167 of 256
Cafés
19
#189 of 256
Transit
39
#115 of 256
Green space
24
#219 of 256
Active & healthy
37
#210 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
72
#63 of 256

Dayton rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,507
Area2.4 km²
Postcode6055
Median household income$2,133/wk
Median rent$360/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks7 (1.82 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score54/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park79.8% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues11
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Dayton Primary School (0.43 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 Dayton

Population
5,507
Median age
30 years
Median household income
$2,133/wk
Median rent
$360/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 Dayton — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Dayton

What is the postcode for Dayton?

The postcode for Dayton, Perth is 6055.

Is Dayton a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Dayton is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #32 of 256 Perth suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Perth for 5 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Dayton expensive to live in?

Median rent is $360 a week, and household income ranks #95 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 88/100 for value.

Does Dayton have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #115 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Dayton?

80% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 24/100 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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