Dalby QLD 4405
Dalby is in Western Downs LGA, QLD, postcode 4405, with population 12,758.
Strong evidence
Dalby has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Hospitals. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Dalby has usable rent context. No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Open matching rent ranking →46 latest-year approvals in Western Downs, +0.0% YoY; population +0.6% YoY (0.6% 5yr).
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Rent context available
Dalby has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $500/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Dalby has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Hospitals. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.
Market rent, Crime, Schools, Hospitals
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Transport
Dalby currently reads as a livability-led candidate.
School coverage gives the page a stronger family/livability signal. Missing evidence to verify: Property prices, Transport.
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School coverage gives the page a stronger family/livability signal.
No major caution is visible beyond the normal source checks.
Property prices, Transport
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Full data detail
Dalby QLD
Dalby is a well-established suburb in Queensland within the Western Downs local government area (postcode 4405). With a population of 12,758, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $76K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.
Dalby is served by 5 schools, including 2 primary, 1 secondary, 2 combined. The average ICSEA score is 966, which is around the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Western Downs LGA is moderate at 6,885 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.6% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Dalby is a well-established suburb in Queensland within the Western Downs local government area (postcode 4405). With a population of 12,758, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $76K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.
Dalby is served by 5 schools, including 2 primary, 1 secondary, 2 combined. The average ICSEA score is 966, which is around the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Western Downs LGA is moderate at 6,885 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.6% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Dalby FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Dalby in?
Dalby is in the Western Downs Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4405. Council-level context for Western Downs LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Dalby?
The median weekly rent in Dalby is $500/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
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What does the rent signal say about Dalby?
Rent context available: Dalby has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
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Is Dalby a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Dalby show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Dalby?
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
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How often is the Dalby data updated?
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.