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The median house price in Ermington - Rydalmere is $1.95m, with units at $790k. House values have moved 5.0% a year compounded over five years.
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Ermington - Rydalmere has an estimated 27,001 residents, up from 24,641 at the 2021 Census — a change of 2,360 people, or 9.6%. Growth has averaged 1.9% a year over five years. 619 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Overseas migration accounts for 72.7% of that increase. That puts 2,736 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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AreaSearch analysis indicates that Ermington - Rydalmere has a population of around 27,001 as of May 2026. That figure is 2,360 people (9.6%) higher than the 2021 Census count of 24,641 people. The estimate draws on the ABS estimated resident population of 26,962 as of June 2025 together with 619 validated new addresses recorded since the Census date. At this scale the area reaches a density of 2,735 persons per square kilometer, putting it in the upper quartile among national locations assessed by AreaSearch. Growth of 9.6% since the 2021 census outpaced the state (7.1%) and the SA3 area, positioning Ermington - Rydalmere among the region's growth leaders.
Overseas migration was the main driver, accounting for approximately 72.7% of overall population gains in recent periods. AreaSearch is applying ABS/Geoscience Australia projections for each SA2 area, released in 2024 with 2022 as the base year. Where those data do not cover an SA2, AreaSearch instead uses the NSW State Government's SA2 level projections, released in 2022 with 2021 as the base year. Age-group growth rates from these aggregations are also applied across all areas for years 2032 to 2041. Looking at future population trends, exceptional expansion that places the area in the top 10 percent of national areas is expected over the period, with growth of 20,491 persons to 2041 based on the latest annual ERP population numbers, equivalent to an increase of 75.7% in total over the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
1,820 new dwellings have been approved in Ermington - Rydalmere over the past five years, an average of 364 a year. That places the area in the 88th percentile for residential development activity nationally, about 13 approvals per 1,000 residents a year. Of the 329 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 12% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Approvals are currently running at an annualised 1,040, running ahead of that longer-run average. Figures come from ABS building approvals aggregated to this SA2 boundary and are updated monthly as the ABS releases them.
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Around 364 dwellings receive development approval each year in Ermington - Rydalmere, amounting to 1,820 homes across the past 5 financial years. In FY-26 to date, 954 approvals have been recorded. With an average of 1.4 new residents per year arriving per new home over the past 5 financial years (between FY-21 and FY-25), supply and demand appear well aligned and supportive of stable market conditions, while new dwellings are being constructed at an average value of $389,000. Commercial approvals this financial year total $49.4 million, pointing to substantial local commercial activity.
Relative to Greater Sydney, Ermington - Rydalmere records slightly more development (41.0% above regional average per person over the 5 year period), offering buyers more choice while still supporting existing property values. Activity sits well above the national average, signalling strong developer interest. Recent construction is made up of 12.0% standalone homes and 88.0% townhouses or apartments. That move toward denser forms creates more accessible entry points and suits downsizers, investors, and entry-level buyers. It marks a clear departure from the area's existing housing stock (currently 56.0% houses), consistent with fewer developable sites and shifting lifestyle preferences that favour more diverse, affordable housing options. At around 115 people per dwelling approval, Ermington - Rydalmere exhibits growth-area characteristics. Projections indicate Ermington - Rydalmere will add 20,446 residents by 2041 (from the latest AreaSearch quarterly estimate). If development continues at present rates, housing supply may not keep pace with population growth, which could intensify buyer competition and underpin price increases.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Ermington - Rydalmere
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AreaSearch tracks 29 current infrastructure and development projects inside Ermington - Rydalmere, worth an estimated $16.6 billion. A further 123 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $151.6 billion. 42 are already under construction and 65 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, communities, precincts & urban renewal and transport & logistics. 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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Local infrastructure, major projects and planning initiatives are among the strongest influences on an area's performance. AreaSearch has identified 48 projects likely to affect the area. Prominent among them are Melrose Park Urban Renewal Precinct, Melrose Central, Melrose Park High School, and Rivea Rydalmere, with the list below covering those of greatest likely relevance.
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Melrose Park Urban Renewal Precinct
A 30-hectare urban renewal precinct transforming former industrial land in Sydney's north-west into a mixed-use community. The masterplan will deliver over 5,500 homes, a 30,000sqm town centre (Melrose Central, expected to open July 2026), and 50,000sqm of green open space. Stage 4 (Melrose Park Village, 421 apartments) is complete. Stage 5 (Dawn, 368 apartments) broke ground in November 2025, with completion expected mid-2027. Stage 6 (Aeris) received development approval in 2025 with construction commencing late 2025.Melrose Park High School is under construction for 1,000-plus students, targeted to open 2027. Over $216 million in planning contributions committed to local and state infrastructure. Future Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 will serve the precinct directly.
Melrose Central
Melrose Central is a $700 million mixed-use town centre spanning the 55-hectare Melrose Park urban renewal precinct. The project features six residential towers with 494 apartments above a 30,000 sqm four-level retail and lifestyle podium. The hub includes a major supermarket, a 4,700 sqm Asian-inspired street food precinct, childcare, medical centre, and gym. It is strategically located at the future Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 stop. Structural works are progressing rapidly with completion targeted for late 2026.
Melrose Central
Melrose Central is a major mixed-use precinct within the Melrose Park North urban renewal area, featuring 494 apartments across six towers. The development sits above a 30,000 sqm retail podium that serves as the new Melrose Park Town Centre, including a full-line Coles, childcare, and a medical centre. It is designed as a transit-oriented hub, situated directly at a future stop for Stage 2 of the Parramatta Light Rail.
Melrose Park High School
A new high school being delivered by School Infrastructure NSW to accommodate growth in Melrose Park. The project includes 31 new classrooms, including 3 support classrooms, a multi-purpose hall, library, outdoor learning areas, and open play spaces. As of April 2026, construction is well underway with structural works nearing completion and enrolment open for Year 7 and 8 students starting in 2027.
Melrose Park High School
Construction is progressing on the new Melrose Park High School. The project will deliver 31 classrooms including 3 support classrooms, a hall, library, outdoor learning spaces, landscaping and open play space. The school is planned to open for Day 1 Term 1 2027 with Year 7 and Year 8 initially, supporting the rapidly growing Melrose Park urban renewal precinct. Foundation Principal Georgina Koufos has been appointed and enrolments for 2027 have opened.
Dawn Melrose Park
Stage 5 of the $5 billion Melrose Park masterplan, a joint venture between Sekisui House Australia and Hankyu Hanshin Properties. Features 368 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments plus penthouses across six low-rise buildings (6-10 storeys). Designed by GroupGSA, it includes rooftop gardens, a large central courtyard spanning almost two hectares, and sustainability initiatives including energy networks and app-based management. Located less than 150m from the future Melrose Park Town Centre and adjacent to Central Park.Construction commenced November 2025, built by Decode. Part of a broader urban renewal delivering 5,500 homes, mixed-use town centre, 50,000sqm of green space, and future Melrose Park High School.
Rivea Rydalmere
Boutique waterfront apartment development by Crown Group offering 126 residences with rooftop terrace, pool and direct Parramatta River frontage. Crown Group entered provisional liquidation in August 2023 and BDO was appointed to manage an orderly asset sale process; all creditors were repaid in full and the development portfolio was stabilised. The project is understood to be continuing under successor ownership, though no active project website is currently available.
Rydalmere Park Masterplan - Rydalmere Bowling Club Refurbishment
City of Parramatta is progressing Stage 3 of the Rydalmere Park Masterplan, focused on refurbishing the former Rydalmere Bowling Club into a multi-purpose community facility with restaurant or cafe use, outdoor dining, community and meeting rooms, amenities, kitchen and bar areas, accessibility upgrades and car park works. Public exhibition closed in November 2025. Detailed design is anticipated by mid 2026, construction is anticipated to start in late 2026 subject to Development Application approval, and completion is targeted for early 2028.Earlier sports field stages are complete, while the bowling greens playground, paths and green oasis component remains unfunded.
15,685 residents of Ermington - Rydalmere are employed, from a labour force of 16,278. Unemployment sits at 3.6%, with participation at 73.1%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.7% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. 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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The workforce in Ermington - Rydalmere is well educated, with professional services strongly represented, an unemployment rate of only 3.6%, and estimated employment growth of 3.5% over the past year. As of March 2026, 15,685 residents are employed, unemployment sits 0.5% below Greater Sydney's rate of 4.1%, and workforce participation is fairly standard (73.1% compared to Greater Sydney's 69.1%). Census responses show a high 45.5% of residents working from home, though Covid-19 lockdown effects should be kept in mind. The main industries employing residents are health care & social assistance, construction, and professional & technical.
Public administration & safety is a particular specialisation, with an employment share 1.3 times the regional level. By comparison, professional & technical accounts for just 9.4% of local workers, under Greater Sydney's 11.5%. Although some local jobs are available, the balance between Census working population and local population suggests many residents travel elsewhere for work. AreaSearch analysis of SALM and ABS data shows that in the year to March 2026 employment rose by 3.5% and the labour force by 3.3%, bringing the unemployment rate down by 0.2 percentage points. Greater Sydney, by contrast, recorded employment growth of 1.9% and labour force growth of 1.9%, with only a marginal fall in unemployment. Jobs and Skills Australia's national employment forecasts from May-25 provide additional context for potential future demand in Ermington - Rydalmere. Those five- and ten-year projections have been aligned with the local industry mix to gauge growth patterns. National employment is expected to expand by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, though sector outcomes vary widely. Weighting those industry-specific forecasts to Ermington - Rydalmere's employment profile implies local employment growth of 6.7% over five years and 13.8% over ten years (please note this is a simple weighting extrapolation for illustrative purposes and does not take into account localised population projections).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Ermington - Rydalmere is $1,958 a week (about $102,000 a year), with median personal income at $803 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $59,117 a year against an average of $72,376. 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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AreaSearch's latest postcode level ATO data for financial year 2023 shows income in the Ermington - Rydalmere SA2 above the national average, with median assessed income of $59,117 and average income of $72,376. Greater Sydney records a median of $60,817 and an average of $83,003. Applying Wage Price Index growth of 10.32% since financial year 2023 yields current estimates of approximately $65,218 (median) and $79,845 (average) as of March 2026. On 2021 Census measures, household, family and personal incomes sit around the 56th percentile nationally. The $1,500 - 2,999 earnings band covers 32.2% of the community (8,694 individuals), in line with broader area patterns where 30.9% fall in the same category.
Housing costs absorb 20.0% of income, yet strong earnings leave disposable income at the 58th percentile, and the area's SEIFA income ranking sits in the 7th decile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Ermington - Rydalmere had 8,367 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 56% detached houses and 17% apartments. 35% are owned with a mortgage, 42% rented and 23% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $430 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,600 a month, a total housing cost higher than 91% of areas nationally. Rent absorbs 22.0% of household income here and mortgage repayments 30.6%. 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 latest Census, dwelling structure in Ermington - Rydalmere was 56.4% houses and 43.6% other dwellings (semi-detached, apartments, 'other' dwellings), against Sydney metro's 55.9% houses and 44.1% other dwellings. Home ownership trailed Sydney metro at 22.8%, with the balance either mortgaged (35.1%) or rented (42.1%). Median monthly mortgage repayments exceeded the Sydney metro average at $2,600, while median weekly rent was $430, compared with Sydney metro figures of $2,427 and $470. Nationally, mortgage repayments in Ermington - Rydalmere sit well above the Australian average of $1,863, and rents are also substantially higher than the national figure of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Ermington - Rydalmere counted 8,367 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 9,168 today, averaging 2.8 people each. 41% are couples with children, more than in 81% of areas nationally, against 21% couples without children. 22% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.4 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Family households account for 75.2% of all households, made up of 40.8% couples with children, 21.2% couples without children, and 12.1% single parent families. Non-family households form the remaining 24.8%, including lone person households at 21.7% and group households at 3.1%. Median household size is 2.8 people, above the Greater Sydney average of 2.7.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
36.8% of adults in Ermington - Rydalmere hold a university qualification, including 25.0% with a bachelor degree and 9.7% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 17.1% hold a vocational qualification. 7 schools serve the area, with 2,275 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,057 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 in the area is distinctive regionally: 36.8% of residents aged 15+ hold university qualifications, above the Australian average of 30.4%, underscoring a strong focus on higher education. Bachelor degrees are most common at 25.0%, then postgraduate qualifications (9.7%) and graduate diplomas (2.1%). Vocational pathways are also significant, with 28.7% of residents aged 15+ holding trade or technical credentials – advanced diplomas (11.6%) and certificates (17.1%). Formal education participation is elevated, with 31.1% of residents currently enrolled. That figure includes 10.0% in primary education, 7.2% in secondary education, and 6.6% in tertiary study.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Ermington - Rydalmere reaches 171 stops on 38 routes, timetabled for about 6,800 services a week. The typical home sits about 140 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 transport assessment identifies 171 active transport stops within Ermington - Rydalmere, spanning ferry, lightrail and buses. Those stops are served by 38 individual routes that together deliver 6,828 weekly passenger trips. Accessibility is rated excellent, with typical distances of 138 meters to the nearest transport stop. As a mainly residential area, most residents travel outward for work - car is the leading mode at 82%, followed by train at 7% and bus at 6%. Average vehicle ownership is 1.3 per dwelling. A high 45.5% of residents work from home (2021 Census; may reflect COVID-19 conditions).
Across all routes, service frequency averages 975 trips per day, or roughly 39 weekly trips per individual stop. The accompanying map displays the 100 nearest stops to the location centrepoint.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
Transport Stops Detail
76.5% of residents in Ermington - Rydalmere report no long-term health condition. 5.3% need daily assistance with core activities, and 54.9% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 4.6 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 metrics point to solid outcomes across Ermington - Rydalmere. AreaSearch's review of mortality rates and chronic condition prevalence finds common conditions relatively uncommon in the general population, though somewhat more frequent among older, at risk cohorts, while private health cover is fairly high at approximately 55% of the total population (~14,823 people). That compares with 59.9% across Greater Sydney. Mental health issues and arthritis were the most frequently reported conditions, affecting 5.9 and 5.5% of residents respectively, while 76.5% reported no medical ailments at all, against 74.6% across Greater Sydney.
Working-age residents show notably low chronic condition rates. Residents aged 65 and over represent 14.7% of the population (3,961 people). Senior health outcomes are above average, though the national ranking for this group is lower than for the broader population.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
45.1% of Ermington - Rydalmere residents were born overseas and 50.3% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 89% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are Chinese (15.8%) and Australian (15.2%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural diversity is a clear strength of Ermington - Rydalmere, with 45.1% of residents born overseas and 50.3% speaking a language other than English at home. Christianity is the main religion, accounting for 53.7% of people in Ermington - Rydalmere. The most visible overrepresentation is Islam, which accounts for 5.8% of the population, compared with 6.8% across Greater Sydney. By ancestry (country of birth of parents), the three largest groups in Ermington - Rydalmere are Other at 16.1% of the population, Chinese at 15.8%, well above the regional average of 8.4%, and Australian at 15.2%.
Other notable differences include Korean at 6.8% of Ermington - Rydalmere (vs 1.1% regionally), Lebanese at 4.3% (vs 2.6%), and Filipino at 2.4% (vs 2.0%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Ermington - Rydalmere is 37. 27.3% 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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Ermington - Rydalmere has a median age of 37, matching Greater Sydney's 37 and remaining close to Australia's 38 years. The 35 - 44 age group is well represented at 16.9% relative to Greater Sydney, while the 25 - 34 cohort is less common at 15.0%. Since 2021, the 35 to 44 age group has risen from 15.6% to 16.9% of the population, whereas the 0 to 4 cohort has fallen from 6.6% to 5.5%. Looking to 2041, projections point to major changes in the age profile. The 25 to 34 group is expected to lead that shift, growing by 76% (3,061 people) from 4,052 to 7,114.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Ermington - Rydalmere
9 of 14 data sections on this page were updated within the last 12 months — the newest current to Aug 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) | May 2026 3 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 May 2026, with the 2021 Census supplying the small-area baseline. | ||
| Age profile | ABS, Geoscience Australia, State governments Annual | May 2026 3 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Age cohorts are re-based to the latest ABS population estimates and state projections, current to May 2026. Each cohort is held as a Census baseline and a current estimate. | ||
| Development & approvals | ABS, GNAF Monthly (ABS approvals) | Jun 2026 2 months ago headline measures · May 2026 baseline |
| Property sales & rents | Valuer General, Rental Board, ABS Weekly sales, quarterly rents | Aug 2026 this 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 Aug 2026. | ||
| Infrastructure projects | Infrastructure Australia, State agencies, Local governments Daily | Aug 2026 this month all 37 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 5 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) | Aug 2026 this month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Transport | ABS, State Transport Departments Each timetable release | Jul 2026 last month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Services & amenities | Provider directories, ACECQA Continuous | Jul 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 — 619 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for May 2026, not a 2021 count (24,641 at the 2021 Census → 27,001 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 May 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 (125021477). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.