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The median house price in Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone is $1.25m, with units at $900k. House values have moved 5.2% a year compounded over five years.
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Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone has an estimated 19,291 residents, up from 18,993 at the 2021 Census — a change of 298 people, or 1.6%. That puts 650 residents on each square kilometre. Population is estimated from ABS Estimated Resident Population releases and GNAF address data, re-based from the 2021 Census and updated annually.
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According to demographic findings from AreaSearch, the population of Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone stands at approximately 19,291 as of Aug 2026. Compared with the 2021 Census tally of 18,993 people, this represents an expansion of 298 people (1.6%). Such growth has been calculated using the ABS estimated resident population figure of 19,277 recorded as of June 2025 alongside 37 validated new addresses identified following the Census date. With a density of 649 persons per square kilometer, the locality offers generous living space and capacity for future expansion. Overseas migration served as the primary growth driver, accounting for roughly 57.9% of all recent demographic additions.
SA2 projections utilized by AreaSearch stem from ABS/Geoscience Australia data published in 2024 (using 2022 as the base year), supplemented by NSW State Government SA2 forecasts from 2022 (with 2021 as base year) wherever gaps exist. Age-specific expansion rates derived from these models have been mapped across all locations for the period spanning 2032 to 2041. Looking ahead, population growth is projected to track within the lower quartile nationwide, gaining 120 persons to 2041 according to the most recent annual ERP statistics—an overall rise of 0.6% across the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
162 new dwellings have been approved in Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone over the past five years, an average of 32 a year. That is 1.7 approvals per 1,000 residents. Of the 32 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 75% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Figures come from ABS building approvals aggregated to this SA2 boundary and are updated monthly as the ABS releases them.
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Residential planning permissions across Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone have tracked at approximately 32 dwellings annually, yielding 162 homes during the last 5 financial years. Alongside a shrinking population in recent times, this pipeline has maintained an adequate balance against local demand, offering healthy choice for buyers while new builds carry an average construction valuation of $517,000. Additionally, non-residential activity has seen $24.2 million in commercial approvals across this financial year, pointing to a moderate commercial development pipeline. Per capita building activity in Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone mirrors Greater Sydney, underpinning local stability consistent with wider metropolitan trends, while trailing national benchmarks due to established urban conditions and site limitations.
Detached houses make up 75.0% of upcoming residential stock alongside 25.0% medium and high-density housing, preserving the traditional suburban fabric while catering to family buyers seeking space. This represents a noticeable shift from the existing profile (currently 95.0% houses), spurred by tightening land supply and adapting to evolving buyer preferences and cost pressures. A ratio of 722 people per building approval underlines a subdued, low-intensity construction pipeline. Demographic projections indicate Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone will take on an additional 106 residents by 2041 relative to the newest AreaSearch quarterly figures. Existing construction rates indicate that future housing additions will comfortably absorb incoming demand, ensuring favorable purchasing conditions and potentially enabling growth beyond baseline projections.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone
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SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 5 current infrastructure and development projects inside Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone, worth an estimated $6 million. A further 120 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $55.1 billion. 45 are already under construction and 49 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, transport & logistics and communities, precincts & urban renewal. Records are compiled from Infrastructure Australia, state agencies, council planning portals and public announcements, reviewed and updated daily, then ranked by proximity, construction stage, completion horizon and project scale.
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Major infrastructure projects, civic improvements, and planning strategies play a critical role in guiding local growth. AreaSearch has pinpointed a total of 11 projects positioned to influence the area, highlighted by Rail Infrastructure Upgrades - Blaxland Stations, Blaxland Town Centre Upgrade, Old Bathurst Road Safety Upgrades, Blaxland, and the Thomas Park Upgrade, with the most important schemes outlined in the accompanying details.
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Blaxland Town Centre Upgrade
The upgrade is a grant-funded project and a short-term priority in the Blaxland Masterplan, focused on revitalizing the Station Street pedestrian mall. Improvements include new paving, upgraded seating and lighting, tree plantings and landscaping with water-sensitive design, a new central town square, public art, and improved signage and wayfinding. The project aims to create a vibrant, accessible, and social space in the heart of Blaxland. The Masterplan, updated in 2024, also provides a framework for other infrastructure renewal and future planning controls to stimulate economic investment and deliver additional housing in the town centre.
Old Bathurst Road Safety Upgrades, Blaxland
Road safety upgrade program delivered across two sections of Old Bathurst Road in Blaxland under the Australian Government Black Spot Program. Works included intersection upgrades, kerb extensions, pedestrian refuges, traffic calming, vehicle activated signs, improved line marking, shoulder widening, safety barriers, street lighting and drainage improvements to reduce crash risk.
Blaxland Landfill Cell Expansion
Multi-million-dollar expansion of the Blaxland Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facility with a new, fully lined landfill cell and associated infrastructure. The new cell, which officially opened its first stage in June 2025, is expected to provide 15 to 20 years of local, environmentally responsible capacity for non-recyclable waste management, extending the facility's life and supporting the community's Towards Zero Waste Strategy 2022-2031. Other site improvements have included groundwater protection works, a new leachate pump station, a diversion pipeline for Cripple Creek waters, and upgrades to resource recovery and customer facilities.
Uniting Edinglassie Village Redevelopment
Stage 2 redevelopment by Uniting NSW.ACT to deliver 147 independent living apartments across 5 buildings in Emu Plains, complementing the existing 100-bed residential aged care home. The project features 29 affordable rental housing units, a clubroom, landscaped gardens, and shared access to existing amenities like a cafe and chapel. Construction commenced in September 2025 by Growthbuilt, with expected completion in the first half of 2027.
Greening our City - Blaxland Canopy Renewal
Tree canopy renewal project delivered by Blue Mountains City Council under the NSW Government's Greening our City grant program, targeting urban heat island hotspots across Blaxland, Winmalee and Glenbrook. In Blaxland, planting was centred on Lennox Park, establishing a riparian corridor of native tube stock species alongside advanced tree stock to restore canopy cover lost to urban development. Planting occurred in two rounds - an initial round in 2022 (384 trees across the wider program) and a second round in early 2024 (30 additional trees at Blaxland).A landscaping contractor maintained the new plantings for 18 months following each round, with maintenance on the final round concluding around mid-2025. The program received approximately $116,000 in NSW Government funding. Note: Lennox Park is separately scheduled for a broader recreational upgrade (play equipment, accessibility, seating) under Council's Neighbourhood Parks Program in 2026, which is a distinct project from this canopy renewal initiative.
Thomas Park Upgrade
Upgrade of Thomas Park, East Blaxland, delivered as one of the Year 1 parks under Blue Mountains City Council's $6.1 million Neighbourhood Parks Program, funded by the NSW Government's Western Sydney Infrastructure Grant (WSIG) Program. The finished works replaced the aged playspace with new nature-play and traditional equipment including a four-bay swing set with a wheelchair-accessible expression swing, a spider-web climbing net, a low slide, and a long balance trail. A new bike loop with rollers, a berm, and riding challenges was built separately from the playspace, and picnic and seating facilities were upgraded with a new accessible path from Boorea Road parking.The project is now complete.
Emu Plains Industry Centre (EPIC) - Akura Development
16.29 hectare industrial subdivision at 158-164 Old Bathurst Road, Emu Plains, branded as Emu Plains Industry Centre (EPIC). The project delivers 40 fully serviced freehold industrial lots ranging from 2,270 to 14,003 square metres, plus optional turnkey warehouse and office buildings from 1,460 to 7,196 square metres. Zoned E4 General Industrial with B-Double access. Site acquisition from Penrith City Council was completed in June 2024 by Akura and its capital partners trading as Emu Plains Developments Pty Ltd.DA22/0318 for subdivision was approved by the Sydney Western City Planning Panel in March 2024, with Section 4.55 modifications lodged in January and May 2025 to stage engineering works and refine lot, road and stormwater designs. Demolition and in situ bioremediation of the former Rocla site was completed over six months by principal contractor Perfect Contracting, with environmental clearance achieved by late 2025. Civil construction is now underway with completion targeted for Q3 2026. More than 50 percent of lots are committed. The precinct is expected to create 300 to 350 local jobs and inject approximately 36.4 million dollars annually into the local economy. Located minutes from the M4 Motorway, Emu Plains train station and Western Sydney Airport.
Winter Sports World
Winter Sports World features a ski slope, hotel, and recreational facilities, planned for Jamisontown, generating significant economic impact.
10,434 residents of Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone are employed, from a labour force of 10,589. Unemployment sits at 1.5%, with participation at 68.2%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.8% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 15,839, about 82% of the resident population, so more people leave the area for work than travel in. Unemployment and labour force come from ABS Small Area Labour Markets, updated quarterly; the industry and occupation profile is from the 2021 Census.
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A highly qualified labor pool characterizes Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone, supported by prominent representation across essential industries and a low jobless figure of 1.5%. Employed residents numbered 10,434 as of March 2026, with local unemployment sitting 2.7% under the 4.1% recorded for Greater Sydney, while labor participation closely tracks the broader metropolitan rate of 68.9%. Census records also reveal that 48.0% of workers operated from home, though pandemic-era restrictions during Covid-19 must be kept in mind. Local workers are concentrated most heavily within education & training, health care & social assistance, and construction.
The community exhibits a notable focus in education & training, recording an employment concentration 1.9 times the regional benchmark. In contrast, professional & technical roles account for only 7.9% of resident workers against the broader 11.5% regional standard. A comparison between resident workers and local jobs points to constrained employment capacity within the immediate district. Analysis of ABS and SALM figures indicates that the local labor pool contracted by 3.9% over the 12-month period alongside a 4.0% drop in total employment, which pushed unemployment up by 0.2 percentage points. Conversely, Greater Sydney registered a 1.9% increase in employment, a 1.9% expansion in its labor force, and a slight reduction in joblessness. Further direction is provided by Jobs and Skills Australia national forecasts from Mar-26, which model five-year and ten-year demand against the area's workforce profile. Nationally, employment is anticipated to increase by 6.6% across five years and 13.7% across ten years, with sector-level variations distributed across the local profile suggesting potential job gains of 6.8% over five years and 13.9% over ten years (representing an unadjusted weighted projection for illustration rather than a local population-based forecast).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone is $2,294 a week (about $119,000 a year), with median personal income at $971 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $66,032 a year against an average of $84,378. Household income is from the 2021 Census; taxable income is from ATO Taxation Statistics for the latest financial year available, indexed forward using the ABS Wage Price Index.
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Postcode data from the ATO for financial year 2023 indicates that personal earnings in the Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone SA2 rank among the top tiers nationwide, registering a median income of $66,032 and an average income of $84,378, exceeding Greater Sydney's corresponding benchmarks of $60,817 and $83,003. Applying a 10.32% rise in the Wage Price Index since financial year 2023 lifts estimated income levels to roughly $72,847 (median) and $93,086 (average) as of March 2026. Across family, household, and individual metrics, Census figures place the area between the 75th and 83rd percentiles across Australia.
The single largest cohort involves 30.6% taking home $1,500 - 2,999 weekly (5,903 residents), mirroring the regional rate of 30.9%. Furthermore, 36.5% earning above $3,000/week underlines robust local economic standing, with householders retaining 87.4% of earnings after shelter costs, placing the community in the 8th decile for SEIFA income.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone had 6,756 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 95% detached houses and 1% apartments. 43% are owned with a mortgage, 15% rented and 42% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $440 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,265 a month. Rent absorbs 19.2% of household income here and mortgage repayments 22.8%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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According to the most recent Census, the local housing stock consisted of 94.8% houses and 5.1% other dwellings (including semi-detached units, apartments, and secondary formats), contrasting with the Sydney metro breakdown of 55.9% houses and 44.1% other dwellings. Outright ownership reached 42.3%—substantially higher than metropolitan levels—while 42.9% held a mortgage and 14.8% rented. Median monthly home loan commitments stood at $2,265 compared to the regional figure of $2,427, and median weekly rent was $440 versus $470 across Sydney metro. On a national scale, mortgage commitments in Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone sit well above the $1,863 Australian baseline, with rental rates likewise exceeding the national $375 standard.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone counted 6,756 households at the 2021 Census, averaging 2.8 people each. 39% are couples with children, more than in 77% of areas nationally, against 30% couples without children. 18% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.8 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Families constitute the clear majority of local living arrangements, making up 80.0% of all households; this includes couples with children (39.0%), couples without children (30.1%), and single parent families (10.2%). Non-family arrangements account for the remaining 20.0%, consisting of lone person households (18.3%) and group households (1.6%). The area's median household size is 2.8 people, exceeding the 2.7 registered across Greater Sydney.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
37.1% of adults in Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone hold a university qualification, including 22.9% with a bachelor degree and 9.8% with postgraduate qualifications, higher than 87% of areas nationally. A further 22.0% hold a vocational qualification. 10 schools serve the area, with 3,165 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,077 against a national benchmark of 1,000. Qualifications come from the 2021 Census; school enrolments, ICSEA and results come from ACARA's current release.
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Educational attainment across Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone clearly outpaces standard benchmarks, as 37.1% of residents aged 15+ hold tertiary credentials, outperforming the SA4 region (23.9%) and Australia (30.4%). Bachelor degrees form the largest segment at 22.9%, followed by postgraduate qualifications at 9.8% and graduate diplomas at 4.4%. Technical and applied expertise is also prominent, with 34.1% of the cohort aged 15+ holding vocational qualifications, including advanced diplomas (12.1%) and certificates (22.0%). Academic participation is strong throughout the district, with 30.0% of residents actively undertaking formal studies. Primary schooling accounts for 10.1%, secondary schooling represents 8.4%, and 5.3% are enrolled in tertiary education.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone reaches 206 stops on 75 routes, timetabled for about 1,400 services a week. The typical home sits about 190 m from its nearest stop. Trains carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 1.7 vehicles. Stop and service counts are built from operators' published GTFS timetables and refresh with each timetable release; vehicle ownership is from the 2021 Census.
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The local transit network comprises 206 active transport stops across Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone, spanning both bus and train connections. These facilities are served by 75 distinct routes that generate 1,375 weekly passenger trips. Overall accessibility is rated as excellent, placing typical dwellings 188 meters from their nearest transit point. Given its residential nature, outward travel is common, with private car transport making up 90% of journeys and train travel accounting for 5%. Vehicle ownership sits at an above-average 1.7 per dwelling, while 48.0% of residents worked from home during the 2021 Census (under potential COVID-19 influences).
Transit services provide an average of 196 trips daily across all transit routes, delivering roughly 6 weekly trips for each stop. The 100 closest stops relative to the centerpoint are detailed on the provided map.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
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67.5% of residents in Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone report no long-term health condition, a healthier profile than 76% of areas nationally. 4.6% need daily assistance with core activities, and 61.6% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 3.5 per 1,000 residents. Health conditions, assistance needs and insurance are 2021 Census measures; the death rate comes from current ABS releases.
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Health indicators across Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone reflect very positive outcomes according to AreaSearch research on chronic illness and mortality, with younger groups displaying minimal rates of routine health conditions. In addition, private health insurance coverage is notably strong, held by roughly 62% of all residents (11,883 people), well clear of the 55.7% national average. Mental health conditions and arthritis represent the most prevalent diagnoses locally, affecting 8.8 and 8.3% of the community respectively, while 67.5% reported no diagnosed medical issues compared with 74.6% in Greater Sydney. General wellness among working-age individuals remains broadly typical.
Residents aged 65 and over comprise 21.4% of the population (4,132 people), exceeding the 15.5% share in Greater Sydney. Overall health among older residents outperforms broader benchmarks, even if placed slightly lower nationally than other local cohorts.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone is largely Australian-born, at 85.0% of residents, with 5.8% speaking a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are English (30.3%) and Australian (28.5%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural diversity within Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone is relatively low, with 85.0% of people born in Australia, 94.3% holding Australian citizenship, and 94.2% speaking only English within their households. Christianity is the predominant faith, claimed by 54.1% of the local population compared to 49.2% across Greater Sydney. Ancestry data tracking parental birthplace shows English ancestry leading at 30.3% (against 19.0% regionally), Australian at 28.5% (against 17.8% regionally), and Irish at 10.3%. Notable differences also emerge across other heritages, with Dutch ancestry comprising 1.8% locally compared to 0.7% across the region, Maltese standing at 1.0% (vs 1.0%), and Hungarian representing 0.4% (vs 0.3%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone is 41. 20.8% of residents are aged 15 to 34. Age cohorts are not raw Census counts: the Census split is re-based to the latest ABS population estimates and state projections.
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The demographic profile of Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone is older than the Greater Sydney average. As of August 2026, AreaSearch estimates indicate that retiree and elderly cohorts (65+) account for 21.4% of residents versus 15.5% across Greater Sydney, whereas young to middle aged adults (25 - 44) represent 20.9% compared to the regional figure of 31.4%. The median age remains at 41, unchanged since the 2021 Census and 4 years above Greater Sydney's 37 recorded at that time. Senior bands have expanded from 19.1% at the Census to an estimated 21.4%, with retiree and elderly cohorts projected to see the largest increase by 2041, climbing by 1,181 residents (29%) to 5,313, while numbers for children, young adults, and young to middle aged adults are set to decline.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Blaxland - Warrimoo - Lapstone
9 of 14 data sections on this page were updated within the last 12 months — the newest current to Oct 2026.
Everything is aggregated to the SA2 boundary shown above, on a 2021 Census baseline. Only 3 sections — housing, households and cultural diversity — still wait on the 2026 Census.
The ledger — source, cycle and currency by section
| Section | Source & update cycle | Currency |
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| Updated within the last 12 months 9 sections | ||
| Population | ABS, GNAF, Geoscience Australia Annual (ABS ERP) | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Re-based to the ABS Estimated Resident Population (June 2025 release) and updated with new dwellings from GNAF address data. Current to Aug 2026, with the 2021 Census supplying the small-area baseline. | ||
| Age profile | ABS, Geoscience Australia, State governments Annual | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Age cohorts are re-based to the latest ABS population estimates and state projections, current to Aug 2026. Each cohort is held as a Census baseline and a current estimate. | ||
| Development & approvals | ABS, GNAF Monthly (ABS approvals) | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · Jul 2026 baseline |
| Property sales & rents | Valuer General, Rental Board, ABS Weekly sales, quarterly rents | Oct 2026 this month headline measures · Sep 2026 baseline |
| Sales from the state Valuer General register, refreshed weekly, and rents from quarterly rental bond lodgements. Both are read live each time this page loads, current to Oct 2026. | ||
| Infrastructure projects | Infrastructure Australia, State agencies, Local governments Daily | Aug 2026 2 months ago all 5 projects tracked here |
| Project pipeline maintained continuously from Infrastructure Australia, state agencies, local government and public announcements. Records are added and revised daily; this area was last updated Aug 2026. | ||
| Employment | ABS, DEWR, JSA Quarterly (ABS SALM) | Mar 2026 7 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Unemployment and labour force from ABS Small Area Labour Markets, current to Mar 2026. The growth outlook applies Department of Employment (now Jobs and Skills Australia) forecasts for all 19 industry divisions to the local industry mix, so it measures sector composition rather than local expansion and makes no allowance for population growth. Job demand comes from the same agency via its Internet Vacancy Index; industry and occupation structure from the 2021 Census. | ||
| Education | ABS, ACARA Annual (ACARA) | Sep 2026 last month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Transport | ABS, State Transport Departments Each timetable release | Jul 2026 3 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Services & amenities | Provider directories, ACECQA Continuous | Sep 2026 last month all 14 measures |
| Annual and financial-year sources 2 sections | ||
| Income | ABS, ATO Annual (ATO) | FY 2023 3 years ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| ATO taxable income statistics for FY 2023, indexed forward using the Wage Price Index. Census household income provides the distribution detail. | ||
| Health | ABS, ATO Annual | 2024 2 years ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Census-measured — next update: 2026 Census 3 sections No more current small-area source exists for these, so they are labelled as Census-measured rather than implied to be current. | ||
| Housing | ABS 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 30 measures |
| Households | ABS 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 18 measures |
| Cultural diversity | ABS, Geoscience Australia 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 44 measures |
"Currency" is the most recent release feeding that section. Where the Census supplies the structural baseline underneath a current headline figure, the row says so.
How the numbers are built
Population
The Census provides the small-area baseline, aggregated from mesh blocks to this boundary. It is then re-based to the ABS Estimated Resident Population (June 2025 release), and new dwellings built since Census night are counted from address data — 37 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (18,993 at the 2021 Census → 19,291 now). Annual growth rates are compound (CAGR), not simple averages.
Age profile
Cohort shares are not raw Census counts. Every cohort is held as a pair — the Census baseline and a current estimate — and the split is re-based using ERP and state population projections, current to Aug 2026. Median age is the Census median plus modelled change since. Charts that show both are labelled "2021 Census vs Current Estimate".
Property sales
Sourced from the state valuation authority's sales register — current, not Census, and refreshed weekly. Medians are calculated from settled transactions in the period shown; periods with very low transaction counts are flagged or suppressed, because a handful of sales can move a median substantially.
Rents
Derived from state rental bond lodgement data, by dwelling type and bedroom count. Bonds are lodged at the start of a new tenancy, so this reflects new lettings, not the whole rented stock.
Development & infrastructure
Building approvals come from current ABS releases; development applications are collected from council and state planning portals; the infrastructure pipeline is compiled from Infrastructure Australia and local government sources. Applications are matched to this boundary by address or coordinates, so very recent lodgements may not yet appear.
Employment & income
Industry and occupation structure comes from the Census, but the headline labour-market indicators do not. Unemployment and labour force are derived from ABS Small Area Labour Markets (quarterly). The employment outlook applies Department of Employment forecasts for all 19 industry divisions to this area's own industry mix (the agency is now Jobs and Skills Australia), as does the Internet Vacancy Index used for job demand. Because it is weighted on industry composition alone, that outlook carries no allowance for local population growth — in fast-growing areas the real rise in local jobs will typically be higher. Income combines Census household income with ATO taxable-income statistics for FY 2023, indexed forward using the Wage Price Index.
Education, transport & amenities
School enrolments, ICSEA and performance come from ACARA's current release, not the Census. Public transport stops and service frequency are derived from GTFS timetable feeds published by state transport departments. Services and amenities are proximity and count scores built from provider directories, refreshed on their own cycle. The Census contributes only the travel-to-work and qualification measures.
Rankings and benchmarks. Where we rank this area, the comparison set is every area of the same boundary type — suburbs against suburbs, SA2s against SA2s. Benchmarks compare this area against its greater capital city region and the national figure for the same measure and period.
Limits worth knowing. Small areas carry larger error margins, and the ABS introduces small random adjustments to Census counts to protect confidentiality — so totals may not sum exactly. Estimates re-based from regional data describe the area's expected trajectory, not a direct count of it. Figures are indicative for research and are not financial, planning or valuation advice.
Cross-check us. The Census baseline for this boundary is at ABS 2021 Census QuickStats (124011450). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.