Dalwallinu is situated 250 kilometres north of Perth on the Great Northern Highway, in the Midlands Education District. The population of the Shire is almost 2000.The town is the centre of a wheat and sheep farming area supported by associated agricultural businesses. Dalwallinu District High School caters for students from Kindergarten through to Year 10, with students in Years 11 and 12 able to enrol through the School of Isolated and Distance Education.