Dayton real estate

Separate houses make up 96% of occupied homes in Dayton, above the 80% across WA. Townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses come to 3%, below the 13% across WA, and flats or apartments to 1%. The figures suggest people here lived in freestanding houses more often than across the state at the 2021 Census.

Homes with two bedrooms or fewer are uncommon, at 3% against 17% across WA. Three-bedroom homes make up 47%, above the 37% across WA, and four or more bedrooms 49%, above the 45%. On Census night, 4% of private dwellings were unoccupied, below the 11% across WA.

In Dayton, 5% of households own their home outright, below the 29% across WA. Paying off a mortgage stands out, at 72% of households against 40% across WA, with a median repayment of $2,000 a month, above the $1,842 across WA. Renting is less common, at 22% against 27%.

Median household income was $2,133 a week, above the $1,815 across WA, and the median rent $360 a week, above the $340. Placed side by side on this page, the rent equals 17% of the median weekly income of all households, renters or not, below the 19% across WA. Of renting households, 81% rented from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, above the 55% across WA.

Dayton's median age was 30 years at the 2021 Census, below the 38 across WA, which suggests a younger population than the state. Households are larger than across WA, with 3 people in an average household against 2.5 across the state, so homes held more people on average. In all, 5,507 people lived in the suburb of Dayton. Of people aged five and over, 38% lived at the same address five years earlier, below the 54% across WA.