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The median house price in Canley Vale - Canley Heights is $1.39m, with units at $598k. House values have moved 8.3% a year compounded over five years.
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Canley Vale - Canley Heights has an estimated 22,595 residents, up from 22,261 at the 2021 Census — a change of 334 people, or 1.5%. That puts 4,169 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 research conducted by AreaSearch, the resident count across Canley Vale - Canley Heights stands at approximately 22,595 as of Aug 2026. Compared to the 2021 Census tally of 22,261 people, this marks an expansion of 334 people (1.5%). This calculation is derived from the ABS estimated resident population of 22,513 recorded as of June 2025 alongside 74 validated new addresses identified following the Census date. With a density metric of 4,168 persons per square kilometer, the locality ranks within the highest 10% of areas evaluated nationally by AreaSearch, placing local land in strong demand.
Over the previous ten-year timeframe, Canley Vale - Canley Heights maintained steady growth momentum via a 0.6% compound annual growth rate, exceeding the broader SA3 area. Inbound overseas migration formed the primary demographic driver, accounting for roughly 87.8% of aggregate population gains in recent times. Projections developed by ABS/Geoscience Australia for SA2 districts, published in 2024 using 2022 as their starting point, form the foundation of AreaSearch's modeling. Wherever specific SA2 coverage is absent from that dataset, AreaSearch integrates SA2-tier projections released by the NSW State Government in 2022 based on 2021 figures. Age-specific expansion rates calculated across these groups are subsequently applied from 2032 through to 2041 for all regions. Factoring in these prevailing demographic movements, the district is slated for population growth tracking above the national median for statistical areas, with expectations of adding 2,844 persons by 2041 based on recent annual ERP totals, representing overall 12.2% growth spanning the 16 years.
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576 new dwellings have been approved in Canley Vale - Canley Heights over the past five years, an average of 115 a year. That is 5.2 approvals per 1,000 residents. Of the 115 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 44% 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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Annual dwelling approvals across Canley Vale - Canley Heights have averaged approximately 115 homes, totaling 576 homes over the 5 financial years from FY-22 to FY-26. Despite recent downward population movements, newly delivered stock appears to satisfy local requirements and offer adequate selection for prospective purchasers. These newly constructed residential properties carry an average value of $366,000, sitting beneath the broader regional benchmark and presenting comparatively economical alternatives. Concurrently, commercial building approvals reached $140.3 million during this financial year, underscoring solid activity across the commercial property sector. Relative to Greater Sydney, building activity within Canley Vale - Canley Heights remains comparatively heightened, tracking 11.0% above regional average per person over the 5 year period, which maintains sufficient inventory for buyers alongside steady demand, even as total construction pace has eased lately.
Attached and multi-residential projects represent 56.0% of recent approvals, while freestanding houses comprise 44.0%. Emphasizing medium to high-density formats provides more accessible price thresholds appealing to first-time buyers, investors, and downsizing households. This pattern signifies a marked shift from the existing structural split of 66.0% houses, responding to shrinking land availability as well as evolving lifestyle choices and budgeting constraints. Dwelling approvals average approximately 267 people per approval, pointing toward a low-density environment. Demographic projections suggest that Canley Vale - Canley Heights will expand by 2,761 residents through to 2041, based on the latest AreaSearch quarterly estimate. Provided present building volumes persist, emerging residential stock is positioned to absorb incoming demand effectively, sustaining favorable market dynamics for purchasers and potentially facilitating expansion above current population targets.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Canley Vale - Canley Heights
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SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 14 current infrastructure and development projects inside Canley Vale - Canley Heights, worth an estimated $1.43 billion. A further 73 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $13.4 billion. 20 are already under construction and 42 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, communities, precincts & urban renewal and sports & recreation. 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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Strategic infrastructure improvements, substantial capital developments, and planning programs exert a defining influence on neighborhood progress. In total, 40 projects likely to influence the local area have been identified by AreaSearch. Prominent undertakings encompass the Canley Heights and Canley Vale Special Entertainment Precincts, the Canley Vale High School Upgrade, the Western Sydney Freight Line and Intermodal Terminal, and the 19-25 Ascot Street Development, with key details summarized below.
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The Canleys Special Entertainment Precincts
Two Special Entertainment Precincts (SEPs) along Canley Vale Road in Canley Heights and Canley Vale, officially launched as 'The Canleys' on 28 November 2025 as Western Sydney's first SEPs. Operating under a 12-month trial phase, the precincts allow businesses to trade until midnight on weekdays and 2am on weekends, with live music and entertainment supported by strict acoustic controls. The initiative is backed by an NSW Government SEP Kickstart Grant of $183,308 and underpinned by the Fairfield LEP 2013 amendment (PP-2025-910), with the gateway determination issued in June 2025 and the planning proposal in finalisation.Business associations Canley Heights Nights and Little Asia Canley Vale coordinate precinct activations.
FLAIR - 27-33 Ascot Street
FLAIR is a six-storey mid-rise apartment building delivering 74 residences in Canley Heights. The development offers 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments with Caesarstone benchtops, Caroma tapware, and AEG appliances. Shared amenities include a landscaped rooftop terrace with two BBQ facilities and pergola, a ground-floor green space with dual decks, and secure underground parking. The building features a contemporary brick facade with sliding screens and vertical wooden slats for privacy. Developed by Ascot Developments, designed by Zhinar Architects, and constructed by Gaby Group.
Canley Vale High School Upgrade
Major upgrade of Canley Vale High School including new buildings, facilities modernisation, sports courts upgrade and improved accessibility infrastructure.
37-45 Arbutus Street Development
Mixed-use development featuring residential apartments and ground floor commercial spaces in Canley Heights. Modern design with quality finishes and proximity to local amenities. Includes townhouse development providing medium density housing with private courtyards and garages in residential area near transport and amenities.
19-25 Ascot Street Development
Proposed residential development featuring contemporary apartments with quality finishes and landscaped outdoor spaces.
Western Sydney Freight Line and Intermodal Terminal
A two-stage program led by Transport for NSW to deliver more than 30 km of new dedicated freight rail linking Western Sydney to Port Botany and a 24/7 open access intermodal terminal within the Mamre Road Precinct. Stage 1 (20km) includes the intermodal terminal and supporting logistics infrastructure, connecting the future Western Sydney Intermodal Terminal to the Southern Sydney Freight Line at Villawood via protected and to-be-protected corridors. Stage 2 (10km) would extend the link to the Main West Line near St Marys via the Outer Sydney Orbital.The Australian and NSW Governments have jointly funded the Full Business Case for Stage 1. The project will shift container freight from road to rail, reducing congestion, supporting over 14,500 jobs (8,500 construction, 6,000 operational), and lowering emissions. As of 2025, the project is in planning with the full business case in development and corridor protection for parts of Stage 1 already in place.
134-136 Cambridge Street Development
Residential apartment development designed to complement the existing neighbourhood character while providing modern living spaces.
239 Canley Vale Road Development
Mixed-use development proposal featuring residential units and commercial spaces along the main Canley Vale Road corridor.
10,046 residents of Canley Vale - Canley Heights are employed, from a labour force of 10,701. Unemployment sits at 6.1%, with participation at 56.5%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 5.6% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 18,419, 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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Canley Vale - Canley Heights features a capable local workforce characterized by heavy representation in production and manufacturing trades, a local unemployment rate sitting at 6.1%, and an estimated 5.3% employment expansion over the preceding twelve months. As of March 2026, employed residents total 10,046, while local joblessness stands 2.0% above Greater Sydney's figure of 4.1%, and labor market involvement trails noticeably at 56.5% versus 68.9% across Greater Sydney. Census records showed that 25.1% of working locals operated from home, though this metric was subject to the influences of Covid-19 restrictions.
The primary employment fields absorbing local workers consist of manufacturing, retail trade, along with health care & social assistance. Local specialization is especially pronounced in manufacturing, where the workforce concentration reaches 2.8 times the broader metropolitan proportion. Conversely, professional & technical occupations represent just 5.7% of local employment against 11.5% seen across the wider region. Given its largely residential character, the district generates relatively constrained employment on site, as reflected when comparing Census counts of local workers against resident workers. SALM and ABS records assessed by AreaSearch show that over the 12-month period, local employment expanded by 5.3% while the labor pool grew by 5.0%, bringing about a 0.3 percentage points decrease in the unemployment rate. Across Greater Sydney over the same timeframe, both jobs and the labor pool expanded by 1.9%, accompanied by a slight decrease. Additional guidance regarding forward labor market requirements across Canley Vale - Canley Heights is offered by national employment projections published by Jobs and Skills Australia as of Mar-26. These five- and ten-year models have been benchmarked against local industry distributions to project potential employment trajectories. Nationally, overall employment is anticipated to climb by 6.6% across five years and 13.7% across ten years, with performance varying by sector. When these specific sector projections are weighted against the employment composition of Canley Vale - Canley Heights, the local job base is estimated to expand by 5.6% across five years and 12.2% across ten years (note that this represents a straightforward weighting extrapolation for demonstration and excludes localized population modeling).
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Median household income in Canley Vale - Canley Heights is $1,409 a week (about $73,000 a year), with median personal income at $478 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $45,338 a year against an average of $52,267. 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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According to recent ATO records compiled by AreaSearch for financial year 2023, personal income metrics across the Canley Vale - Canley Heights SA2 sit beneath nationwide benchmarks. Taxable residents within the Canley Vale - Canley Heights SA2 return a median income of $45,338 alongside an average income of $52,267, standing below Greater Sydney's corresponding benchmarks of $60,817 and $83,003. Factoring in a 10.32% rise in the Wage Price Index since financial year 2023, updated figures reach roughly $50,017 (median) and $57,661 (average) as of March 2026. Figures from the 2021 Census place local individual weekly earnings in the 2nd percentile at $478, whereas household earnings fare relatively better at the 29th percentile.
The largest single earning bracket contains 30.4% of residents (6,868 people) earning between $1,500 - 2,999, which aligns with regional proportions where 30.9% sit within that income bracket. Household budgets encounter notable stress, with 81.1% of income remaining after housing obligations, placing the district in the 25th percentile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Canley Vale - Canley Heights had 6,309 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 66% detached houses and 16% apartments. 28% are owned with a mortgage, 42% rented and 31% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,815 a month. Rent absorbs 25.6% of household income here and mortgage repayments 29.7%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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At the time of the latest Census, residential stock throughout Canley Vale - Canley Heights was divided into 66.0% houses alongside 34.1% other dwellings (encompassing apartments, townhouses, semi-detached, and alternative dwelling forms), whereas Sydney metro recorded 55.9% houses and 44.1% other dwellings. Outright homeownership was higher than metropolitan levels at 30.6%, while remaining properties were held under a mortgage (27.8%) or occupied by tenants (41.6%). Typical monthly mortgage commitments in the locality sat below metropolitan norms at $1,815, and typical weekly rent stood at $360, compared to Greater Sydney averages of $2,427 and $470.
Across Australia, local mortgage payments track below the national benchmark of $1,863, with rental costs also under the nationwide figure of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Canley Vale - Canley Heights counted 6,309 households at the 2021 Census, averaging 3.3 people each. 40% are couples with children, more than in 80% of areas nationally, against 15% couples without children. 18% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.7 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 at 78.8% of all households, consisting of 40.3% couples with children, 21.4% single parent families, and 14.5% couples without children. The remaining 21.2% comprises non-family residences, where single-occupant homes account for 18.2% and group living represents 3.0%. The typical local household accommodates 3.3 people, exceeding the 2.7 benchmark recorded across Greater Sydney.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
17.6% of adults in Canley Vale - Canley Heights hold a university qualification, including 14.7% with a bachelor degree and 2.2% with postgraduate qualifications, lower than 82% of areas nationally. A further 13.2% hold a vocational qualification. 5 schools serve the area, with 3,644 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 971 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 metrics highlight development challenges in the district, where the rate of residents holding university qualifications stands at 17.6%, markedly beneath the 38.0% recorded across Greater Sydney. This gap presents clear targets for future educational investment. Bachelor degrees constitute the highest proportion of tertiary credentials at 14.7%, with postgraduate qualifications at 2.2% and graduate diplomas at 0.7%. Technical and vocational training accounts for 21.3% of qualifications among residents aged 15+, distributed between certificates (13.2%) and advanced diplomas (8.1%). Community engagement in learning is pronounced, with 32.3% of the resident population actively participating in academic or vocational study.
Among these learners, 10.0% attend secondary school, 9.4% are enrolled in primary education, and 6.7% attend tertiary institutions.
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Public transport in Canley Vale - Canley Heights reaches 80 stops on 29 routes, timetabled for about 3,900 services a week. The typical home sits about 200 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 1.3 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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Public transit infrastructure within Canley Vale - Canley Heights features 80 active transit stops providing a combination of train and bus connections. Network coverage spans 29 individual routes that deliver 3,924 weekly passenger trips. Overall transport access is strong, with typical walking distances of 202 meters to the nearest transit point. Because the locality is mostly residential, outbound commuting prevails, with private vehicles serving as the primary travel choice for 83% of commuters, alongside 11% using rail. Household vehicle ownership stands at an average of 1.3 per dwelling. Additionally, 25.1% of workers worked from home according to 2021 Census data, which may reflect conditions during COVID-19.
Public transport operations provide an average frequency of 560 trips per day across the network, translating to roughly 49 weekly trips for each transit stop.
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78.5% of residents in Canley Vale - Canley Heights report no long-term health condition. 7.9% need daily assistance with core activities, and 45.8% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 5.3 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 compiled by AreaSearch indicate positive outcomes across Canley Vale - Canley Heights, with low mortality measures and reduced rates of chronic illness observed across both younger and older demographics. Conversely, private health insurance coverage is noticeably low, held by approximately 46% of residents (~10,348 people), compared to 59.9% throughout Greater Sydney and a nationwide benchmark of 55.7%. The primary diagnosed ailments recorded across the community are diabetes (5.8%) and arthritis (5.1%), while 78.5% of locals reported having no medical ailments whatsoever, tracking ahead of the 74.6% benchmark for Greater Sydney.
Working-age adults exhibit favorable health profiles with limited chronic conditions. Older residents aged 65 and over make up 17.3% of the community (3,899 people), outpacing the 15.5% share seen in Greater Sydney. Senior wellbeing remains robust, registering national standings consistent with the wider population.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
62.2% of Canley Vale - Canley Heights residents were born overseas and 81.7% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 99% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are Vietnamese (33.8%) and Chinese (21.5%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Canley Vale - Canley Heights ranks among the most multicultural communities in Australia, with 62.2% of its population born overseas and 81.7% utilizing a language other than English in their households. Buddhism is the predominant faith in Canley Vale - Canley Heights, observed by 39.6% of residents, compared to 4.1% across Greater Sydney. Looking at ancestral backgrounds based on parental birthplace, the three largest demographic groups across Canley Vale - Canley Heights are Vietnamese at 33.8% (substantially exceeding the 1.8% regional benchmark), Chinese at 21.5% (well above the 8.4% regional level), and Other backgrounds at 19.8%.
Additional cultural communities demonstrate distinct representation relative to regional averages, including Serbian at 1.1% (compared to 0.5% regionally), Samoan at 1.1% (versus 0.5%), and Russian at 0.5% (against 0.4%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Canley Vale - Canley Heights is 38. 29.0% 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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Age distributions within Canley Vale - Canley Heights align closely with Greater Sydney across standard brackets, displaying a maximum variance of 4.8 percentage points. The estimated median age stands at 38 as at August 2026, matching the 2021 Census figure and sitting 1 year older than the Greater Sydney median of 37 recorded at that Census. The most noticeable demographic shift since the Census involves the retiree and elderly cohorts (65+), which grew from 14.6% to an estimated 17.3% of the population. Looking ahead to 2041, senior brackets are projected to drive the bulk of local population gains, expanding by 2,022 residents (52%) to reach 5,922.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Canley Vale - Canley Heights
9 of 14 data sections on this page were updated within the last 12 months — the newest current to Sep 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 | Sep 2026 last month all 21 measures |
| 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 Sep 2026. | ||
| Infrastructure projects | Infrastructure Australia, State agencies, Local governments Daily | Aug 2026 2 months ago all 14 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 — 74 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (22,261 at the 2021 Census → 22,595 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 (127021513). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.