Free market report · Data to July 2026
Dalwallinu property market
Dalwallinu is one of the 453 council areas we track on the Momentum Dial, our property clock. This page is the plain-numbers read: where it sits in the cycle, who lives there, what's being built, and the suburbs inside it.
Dalwallinu is home to 1,455 people. On the Buyers First Momentum Dial its house market currently reads Slowing. Worth knowing up front: this is one of the most socio-economically advantaged councils in the country, which shows up in its prices. Here's the rest of the picture, in plain numbers.
Houses · cycle position
Slowing
The Dalwallinu house market is still growing, but the pace has come off its fastest point. Slowing markets often keep rising for years, just less quickly.
-16% to +20%
Modelled 12-month price range
+0.2%
Modelled 12-month rent change
Units · cycle position
Not enough unit sales in Dalwallinu for a reliable cycle reading. That's common outside the cities, and honest beats guessed.
At a glance · houses
$423,930
Typical house, August 2026
+5.9% a year since 2010
+6.5%
Growth a year, last 10 years
+5.7% a year over the last 5
$268
Rent a week
3.3% gross yield
0 of 15
Years prices fell since 2010
Never a down year
The clock measures growth momentum, not price. Peak means growing fastest, not about to fall. Cycle data and projections sourced from HtAG Analytics. See Dalwallinu on the clock.
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The numbers, explained
Dalwallinu in charts.
The typical house in Dalwallinu went from $164,934 in 2010 to $423,930 in August 2026. That is +157% in total, +5.9% a year. Not one full year going backwards since 2010. That is rare, and it is the kind of market you can hold through anything.
Houses · price change each year · 2011 to 2026
Prices in Dalwallinu have not had a down year since 2010
+157%
Since 2010
+6.5%
Per year, last 10 years
0 of 15
Years going backwards
+3.9%
Worst year (2025)
What this shows. How much the typical house price in Dalwallinu went up or down each year. Teal bars are up years, red bars are down years, and the faded bar is this year so far.
Why it matters. The size of a good year matters less than how many bad years there were and whether they came in a row. Boring? Absolutely. But the length of the down stretch is what decides whether you get out the other side. Typical price at December each year, data from HtAG Analytics.
You don't need to know property to read this. Every chart below opens with the point in one line, then says what it shows and why we care. Teal is a good sign, amber is okay, red means watch it.
The scorecard · 6 things we check
Dalwallinu scores 25 out of 30. Strong.
prices are still rising but more slowly
none in 15 years
0.7 new homes approved per 100 that exist
population growing 0.4% a year
2.8% unemployed, Australia 4.2%
a house costs 3.8 years of a local household's income
What this shows. Seven quick checks on Dalwallinu, each scored out of five. Five is the reading we most want to see.
Why it matters. No single number tells you whether an area is a good buy. Together they show whether the pieces line up. These are bands, not rules: a council outside a band can still be the right buy for the right person, and one inside every band can still be wrong for you.
House prices since 2010 · Dalwallinu vs the 5 most similar councils in WA
Dalwallinu has outgrown similar councils over ten years
+5.7% vs +11.9%
A year, last 5 years
+6.5% vs +4.8%
A year, last 10 years
+6.2% vs +3.6%
A year, last 15 years
What this shows. The typical house price in Dalwallinu every year, in teal, next to the middle of the five councils in WA closest to it in size and starting price: Wongan-Ballidu, Cunderdin, Gnowangerup, Wagin, Kellerberrin. The small "vs" number in each tile is those councils.
Why it matters. Beating its peers over a whole decade is worth more than any single hot year. It usually means something real is pulling people here.
Momentum · the last 36 months
Prices in Dalwallinu are moving at a steady pace
$423,650
3-month price, August 2026
+0.3%
3-month price vs 12-month price
25 vs 31
Houses sold, last 12 months vs the 12 before
What this shows. Two versions of the same price. The dotted teal line averages the last three months, so it reacts fast. The grey line averages the last twelve, so it moves slowly. The bars are how many houses sold each month.
Why it matters. The three-month and twelve-month prices are moving together. No acceleration either way.
New homes · approvals as a share of all the homes here
Not many new homes are being built in Dalwallinu
What this shows. For every 100 homes already in Dalwallinu, how many new ones the council approved each year. The teal band is the range we call balanced.
Why it matters. Fewer new homes means the ones that exist stay in demand. It can also mean building here is hard or slow, which cuts the same way. The home count is the population divided by the average household size, so treat the rate as a guide rather than a census.
Affordability · house price in years of local household income
A house in Dalwallinu costs 3.8 years of a local family's income
What this shows. Take the typical house price and divide it by what a typical household here earns in a year. A bar of 7 means seven years of the whole household's income buys one house.
Why it matters. Affordable by Australian standards. There is room for prices to move before the locals get priced out, and locals are the steadiest buyers a market has. Income is the 2021 Census figure carried forward at 3.5% a year, so it is an estimate, not a measurement.
Rents · typical weekly house rent, last 36 months
Rent in Dalwallinu is $268 a week, up 0.4% in a year
$268
A week, August 2026
+0.4%
Change in the last year
n/a
A year, last 5 years
What this shows. What a typical house in Dalwallinu rents for each week, month by month.
Why it matters. Rents are moving with inflation. Steady rather than tight.
Rental yield · a year of rent as a share of the price, Dalwallinu vs similar councils
Rent covers 3.3% of the price each year in Dalwallinu
What this shows. Yield is simple: a whole year of rent divided by the house price. A $500,000 house renting for $500 a week earns $26,000 a year, which is a 5.2% yield.
Why it matters. Lower than similar councils, which are around 4.6%. Prices have run ahead of rents, so you are paying more of the loan yourself while you wait for growth. We don't buy on yield alone and we never set a yield cut-off; it is one piece of the picture, next to growth.
The people
Who lives in Dalwallinu.
Population growth has been close to flat over the last five years, +0.4% a year. The growth is mostly homegrown, births outrunning deaths, rather than people moving in. Softer as a demand signal. The median age is 39 and the median household brings in $1,812 a week (Census 2021). 68% of households own or are paying off their home. Owner-occupier markets like this tend to hold their nerve through the cycle, because nobody is forced to sell an address they live at.
Population · ABS estimates 2015 to 2025
Dalwallinu has stopped growing: 1,455 people, +0.4% a year
1,455
People, 2025
+0.4% vs +1.5%
A year, last 5 years · typical WA council
+0.1%
A year, last 10 years
Why it matters. With few new arrivals, demand here comes from locals moving house, not from growth. Prices can still rise, but they lean on other drivers.
Where the growth came from · last 3 years
Growth in Dalwallinu is homegrown: births outran deaths by 47
Net change: +28 people over three years.
What this shows. Three ways a place gains or loses people: babies born minus people who died, people who moved here from another part of Australia, and people who arrived from overseas. Bars to the right add people, bars to the left take them away.
Why it matters. Births outrunning deaths is the softest kind of growth. It adds people, but it does not add new households straight away.
Age and households · Census 2021
Dalwallinu is younger than the typical WA council: median age 39 vs 42
Dalwallinu Typical WA council (middle of 103)
Why it matters. A younger area means first-home buyers, growing families and renters. Three-bedroom houses near schools and jobs are the bread and butter.
Income and who owns the homes · Census 2021
Most homes in Dalwallinu are owner-occupied: 68% own or are paying off, 24% rent
Own or paying off Renting Other
Why it matters. Owner-occupier markets hold their nerve through the cycle, because nobody is forced to sell the address they live at.
New supply
What's being approved to build.
4 dwellings were approved in FY26, 4 of them houses. Approvals have been roughly steady year to year.
Homes approved · ABS, by financial year
Not much new is being built in Dalwallinu: 4 homes approved in FY26
Houses Units, townhouses and other
4
Homes approved, FY26
100%
Of them houses
0.7%
New homes per 100 that exist
What this shows. How many new homes the council approved each financial year, split into houses and everything else. Approved is not built, but it is the earliest warning of supply on the way.
Why it matters. When little gets built, the homes already here do not have much competition. Good for prices, as long as people keep arriving.
Non-residential building approved · ABS
$764k of non-residential building was approved in Dalwallinu in FY26
Government projects All non-residential
$764k
All sectors, FY26
$0k
Government, FY26
$384k
Schools and health, last 3 years
What this shows. The dollar value of shops, offices, schools, hospitals and other non-home buildings approved each year. The darker bar is the government's share.
Why it matters. Governments build where they expect people. Schools and hospitals are the most honest signal they give about where families are heading. For the named projects behind these numbers, ask for the full report.
Jobs
Who's working in Dalwallinu.
Work here runs on agriculture (36% of jobs), ahead of manufacturing and education and training. That first number deserves attention: when a quarter of the jobs sit in one industry, the property market inherits that industry's fortunes, good and bad. 26 more residents are in work than five years ago (+3.3%). Unemployment sits at 2.8%, comfortably under the national 4.2%. On the ABS advantage index this council ranks in the top 20% of the country, which you'll notice in the price tags.
Jobs · SALM, March 2026
26 more people in Dalwallinu have a job than five years ago
808
Residents in work
2.8% vs 4.2%
Unemployed · Australia
+3.3%
Jobs change, 5 years
Dalwallinu Australia
Why it matters. Strong jobs growth shows up in housing demand with a lag. People get the job first and buy the house a year or two later.
Who employs people here · Census 2021
Agriculture is the biggest employer in Dalwallinu, 36% of jobs
What this shows. The five industries that employ the most residents, as a share of all jobs. The pill is the ABS advantage score: Dalwallinu sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally, where 10 is the most advantaged.
Why it matters. One industry carrying a fifth or more of the jobs is a concentration risk. If it wobbles, the whole town feels it.
The outlook
Is Dalwallinu worth buying into?
The honest read: nothing in the free data makes a loud case for Dalwallinu right now. Against that, weigh heavy reliance on agriculture. None of this guarantees anything. It tells you where to look harder, which is what a report like this is for.
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The suburbs of Dalwallinu.
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All 13 suburbs and localities in Dalwallinu
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General information only, not financial or investment advice. Cycle positions and projections are modelled LGA-level figures to July 2026, sourced from HtAG Analytics. Population and approvals are ABS estimates; employment is SALM smoothed data; income, age and tenure are Census 2021. None of it can see street quality, flood maps, zoning or the contract, which is where deals are actually won and lost. Get advice on your own situation before acting.
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