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The median house price in Punchbowl is $1.46m, with units at $578k. House values have moved 6.3% a year compounded over five years.
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Punchbowl has an estimated 22,651 residents, up from 21,544 at the 2021 Census — a change of 1,107 people, or 5.1%. 183 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Overseas migration accounts for 66.9% of that increase. That puts 4,315 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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Punchbowl records a resident tally of roughly 22,651 as of Aug 2026 according to research conducted by AreaSearch. In comparison to the 2021 Census total of 21,544 people, this represents an expansion of 1,107 people (5.1%). This progression is drawn from the June 2025 ABS estimated resident population figure of 22,463 along with 183 validated new addresses recorded following the Census. The suburb's density reaches 4,314 persons per square kilometer, placing it among the highest 10% nationwide in AreaSearch assessments and underscoring strong demand for local land. Furthermore, Punchbowl's 5.1% post-census growth tracks closely with the wider SA3 region (5.3%), trailing by just 0.2 percentage points to reflect resilient underlying momentum.
Inflow from overseas migration served as the primary growth catalyst, generating roughly 66.9% of total population additions over recent timeframes. SA2 projections utilized by AreaSearch stem from ABS/Geoscience Australia data released in 2024 using 2022 as the base period, while NSW State Government SA2 modeling issued in 2022 using 2021 as the base period covers any remaining localities. For the period spanning 2032 to 2041, age-cohort expansion rates derived from these datasets are applied across all locations. Looking forward, Punchbowl is projected to experience population expansion slightly beneath the national statistical area median, gaining 1,831 persons by 2041 according to the latest annual ERP statistics, which translates to a cumulative 7.2% increase across the 16 years.
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345 new dwellings have been approved in Punchbowl over the past five years, an average of 69 a year. That is 3.1 approvals per 1,000 residents. Of the 68 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 51% 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 building approvals in Punchbowl have averaged approximately 69 new homes per annum, accumulating to 345 homes over the last 5 financial years. With an average influx of 1 new residents each year per constructed dwelling across the 5 financial years between FY-22 and FY-26, local building activity appears evenly aligned with incoming demand to maintain balanced market conditions. The average construction cost for these new builds stands at $363,000, sitting beneath regional benchmarks to deliver more attainable housing choices for buyers. In addition, $36.5 million in commercial development approvals was logged during the current financial year, highlighting solid non-residential building activity.
Per capita construction in Punchbowl tracks 23.0% above the regional average per person over the 5 year period relative to Greater Sydney, supporting buyer availability while preserving existing property values. Nevertheless, development volumes remain below national figures, pointing to the suburb's established character and possible urban planning constraints. Approvals across recent activity consist of 51.0% detached dwellings alongside 49.0% townhouses or apartments, delivering a balanced selection of medium-density and standalone options suited to diverse budgets, ranging from classic family properties to entry-level compact housing. A ratio of roughly 344 people per approval further denotes an established property landscape. Projections indicate that Punchbowl will add 1,643 residents by 2041 based on the most recent AreaSearch quarterly estimate. Provided construction maintains its historic pace, incoming dwelling supply will comfortably accommodate demographic expansion, establishing favorable conditions for buyers and potentially facilitating population growth beyond current projections.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
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SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 9 current infrastructure and development projects inside Punchbowl, worth an estimated $379 million. A further 89 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $39.9 billion. 26 are already under construction and 45 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans communities, precincts & urban renewal, residential development 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 investment, major works, and strategic planning exert substantial influence over regional growth. AreaSearch has pinpointed 30 key projects that will shape Punchbowl's built environment. Prominent developments include the Punchbowl Station Upgrade - Sydney Metro City & Southwest, the Club Punchbowl Redevelopment, 1552 Canterbury Road Punchbowl Apartments, and Bankstown Exchange (Stage 1 - Bankstown Central Masterplan), with significant projects detailed in the accompanying schedule.
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Punchbowl Station Upgrade - Sydney Metro City & Southwest
Conversion of the heritage-listed Punchbowl Station, originally opened in 1909, to fully automated metro standards as part of the Sydenham to Bankstown extension of the M1 Metro North West & Bankstown Line. The station closed on 30 September 2024 to allow conversion works, with new lifts installed for the first time, level access between platforms and trains via mechanical gap fillers, platform screen doors, refurbished station buildings, upgraded platform surfaces and a new kiss and ride zone.The works are part of the Dulwich Hill, Campsie and Punchbowl station package delivered by Downer EDI Works (valued around 107 million AUD), with broader corridor works including 28.3 kilometres of new railway fencing, road-over-rail bridge upgrades and platform screen door installation. Once open, customers will have a new air-conditioned metro train every four minutes in the peak, equating to 15 trains an hour compared to eight previously. High-speed dynamic testing at up to 100 km/h commenced in November 2025, with around 9,000 hours and 30,000 kilometres of testing required before opening. Services are scheduled to commence in the second half of 2026, with a target opening of September 2026, after delays attributed to industrial action and the complexity of converting a 130-year-old line.
Club Punchbowl Redevelopment
Redevelopment of the former Croatian Club site into a high-density mixed-use precinct. The project includes a new registered club facility, three retail tenancies totaling approximately 1,100sqm, and approximately 320 residential dwellings. Features include a publicly accessible courtyard, pocket park, new internal road, and 423 car parking spaces across basement and at-grade levels. The site is a key component of the Punchbowl Transport Oriented Development (TOD) precinct.
Punchbowl and Wiley Park TOD Precinct Plan
Canterbury-Bankstown Council's place-based alternative to the NSW Government's Transport Oriented Development (TOD) Program for Punchbowl and Wiley Park. The plan was endorsed by Council on 17 June 2025 and submitted to the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure. The LEP amendment (EPI 2026-177) was gazetted on 24 April 2026, formally unlocking more than 15,000 new homes across the two precincts on the doorstep of the new Sydney Metro stations at Punchbowl and Wiley Park.Key features include building heights of 6 to 18 storeys, floor space ratios of 0.7:1 to 5.5:1, a minimum 3 per cent affordable housing requirement for developments over 200 square metres, revitalisation of main streets, new public open spaces and pedestrian links, and mixed-use development within 800 metres of each station.
1552 Canterbury Road Punchbowl Apartments
Mixed-use development including 66 residential apartments across 6 floors with ground floor commercial spaces and 125 car parking spaces. The site is DA approved but development has not commenced.
Wiley Park Station Sydney Metro Upgrade
Upgrade of Wiley Park Station to metro standards as part of the T3 Bankstown Line conversion to the Sydney Metro Southwest (M1 line extension). Works include new lifts installed for the first time in the station's history, platform screen doors, level access between platforms and trains, a refreshed concourse, new station entry plaza with seating, lighting and bicycle parking, and new platform canopies. The line closed in September 2024 to enable final conversion works. Metro services between Sydenham and Bankstown are scheduled to open in the second half of 2026, with trains running every four minutes in the peak (15 per hour), delayed from the original 2025 target due to industrial action impacts.
Bankstown Exchange (Stage 1 - Bankstown Central Masterplan)
Bankstown Exchange is the initial phase of the 30-year Bankstown Central masterplan, creating a vibrant mixed-use destination. The project includes approximately 30,000 sqm of modern office space across three buildings, a new 'Eat Street' dining precinct, and 5,000 sqm of landscaped public space. It features a revitalized bus interchange to integrate with the Sydney Metro City and Southwest line. The development is designed to support the Bankstown Health and Education Innovation Precinct (BHEIP) and includes basement parking for 320 cars and 240 bicycles.
Northern Georges River Submain Wastewater Upgrade
Sydney Water has rehabilitated a 3 km section of the Northern Georges River Submain, a large-diameter concrete sewer constructed in stages between the 1940s and 1960s that conveys wastewater from Fairfield to Arncliffe through Sydney's south west. The upgrade used trenchless relining technology to renew gas-attacked concrete pipelines, increase capacity within the tunnel, improve reliability of the wastewater service, and reduce the risk of wet weather overflows. Works were carried out from four major above-ground access sites with most activity underground.The project ran from May 2024 to August 2025 and works are now complete, with all sites disestablished and impacted areas restored.
New Bankstown Hospital
The NSW Government is investing $2 billion to deliver a new state-of-the-art hospital on the former TAFE NSW Bankstown campus site on Chapel Road. The facility will include a 14-storey hospital tower, an expanded emergency department, operating theatres, intensive care, maternity and mental health services, and a 10-storey car park. Early works and demolition are underway, with main construction expected to start in 2027 and completion targeted for 2031.
9,161 residents of Punchbowl are employed, from a labour force of 10,121. Unemployment sits at 9.5%, with participation at 55.8%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.3% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 20,012, about 88% 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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Punchbowl possesses a qualified labor pool distributed across several key sectors, accompanied by an unemployment rate of 9.5% and an estimated employment growth of 2.6% over the preceding year. As of March 2026, employed residents numbered 9,161, while local unemployment exceeds Greater Sydney's 4.1% mark by 5.4%, indicating capacity for labor market gains. Furthermore, the local participation rate of 55.8% trails Greater Sydney's 68.9% by a substantial margin. Census records show that 28.7% of workers performed their duties from home, though this figure was influenced by prevailing Covid-19 restrictions. The primary employment sectors for local workers are transport, postal & warehousing, retail trade, and health care & social assistance.
Punchbowl exhibits an especially high concentration in transport, postal & warehousing, where the local workforce share stands at 1.9 times the regional average. Conversely, professional & technical roles account for only 6.0% of resident workers against 11.5% across the broader region. Given the discrepancy between resident workers and local job positions captured in Census figures, this primarily residential community generates comparatively few jobs within its immediate boundaries. AreaSearch evaluation of ABS and SALM metrics indicates that across the 12 months to March 2026, resident employment expanded by 2.6% while the local labor force rose by 3.7%, resulting in a 1.0 percentage points increase in the jobless rate. Over the identical timeframe, Greater Sydney experienced employment growth of 1.9% and labor force growth of 1.9%, alongside a slight contraction in unemployment. Longer-term hiring outlooks can be evaluated using Jobs and Skills Australia forecasts from Mar-26. When these nationwide projections—pointing to overall employment gains of 6.6% across five years and 13.7% across ten years—are weighted against Punchbowl's specific industry distribution, local employment is modeled to expand by 6.3% over five years and 13.1% over ten years (noting this illustrative weighting model does not incorporate localized population adjustments).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Punchbowl is $1,384 a week (about $72,000 a year), with median personal income at $504 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $45,309 a year against an average of $55,296. 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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ATO postcode statistics released for financial year 2023 and compiled by AreaSearch indicate that taxpayers in the Punchbowl SA2 earn a median income of $45,309 alongside an average of $55,296. These figures track below national standards and trail Greater Sydney benchmarks of $60,817 (median) and $83,003 (average). Factoring in Wage Price Index movement of 10.32% since financial year 2023 yields updated estimates of roughly $49,985 for median earnings and $61,003 for average earnings as of March 2026. On an individual level, Census statistics place local weekly earnings of $504 at the 4th percentile, whereas household earnings rank higher at the 27th percentile.
The largest earnings segment comprises 30.8% of residents (6,976 people) in the $1,500 - 2,999 weekly bracket, closely mirroring the regional proportion of 30.9%. Due to these income levels, local living costs remain demanding, leaving residents with only 78.5% of income after housing expenses to place the suburb at the 20th percentile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Punchbowl had 6,160 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 58% detached houses and 23% apartments. 31% are owned with a mortgage, 40% rented and 29% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $380 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,026 a month. Rent absorbs 27.5% of household income here and mortgage repayments 33.8%. 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 landscape in Punchbowl was made up of 58.3% houses and 41.8% other dwellings (incorporating apartments, semi-detached properties, and 'other' dwellings), contrasted with Sydney metro proportions of 55.9% houses and 44.1% other dwellings. Outright home ownership matched the broader Sydney metro proportion at 28.8%, while remaining private properties were either being purchased under a mortgage (31.1%) or occupied by tenants (40.1%). Typical monthly mortgage obligations in Punchbowl stood at $2,026, noticeably below the Sydney metro standard of $2,427, while weekly rents averaged $380 against $470 across Sydney metro.
When benchmarked nationally, Punchbowl payments sit above the Australian average of $1,863 for mortgages and $375 for weekly rent.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Punchbowl counted 6,160 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 6,477 today, averaging 3.2 people each. 43% are couples with children, more than in 86% of areas nationally, against 16% couples without children. 20% 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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Family units constitute the vast majority of local living arrangements at 76.4%, comprising couples with children at 43.3%, couples without children at 16.1%, and single parent families at 15.0%. The remaining 23.6% consists of non-family households, including lone person households at 19.6% and group households at 4.1%. The average household occupancy in Punchbowl reaches 3.2 people, outpacing the Greater Sydney median of 2.7.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
23.9% of adults in Punchbowl hold a university qualification, including 16.6% with a bachelor degree and 6.1% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 15.8% hold a vocational qualification. 4 schools serve the area, with 2,325 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 981 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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Higher education metrics in Punchbowl highlight area-wide challenges, with university attainment standing at 23.9% compared to the Greater Sydney benchmark of 38.0%. Among tertiary qualifications, bachelor degrees represent the largest segment at 16.6%, while postgraduate qualifications account for 6.1% and graduate diplomas comprise 1.2%. Meanwhile, vocational qualifications are widely held, with 26.5% of residents aged 15+ holding practical credentials consisting of advanced diplomas (10.7%) and certificates (15.8%). Educational engagement is widespread across the suburb, with 36.2% of the local population actively participating in a course of study. This cohort includes 11.3% attending primary schools, 9.6% undertaking secondary education, and 7.2% enrolled in tertiary programs.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Punchbowl reaches 133 stops on 19 routes, timetabled for about 5,800 services a week. The typical home sits about 150 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 coverage across Punchbowl encompasses 133 operational stops primarily facilitating bus travel. A network of 19 distinct routes delivers a combined 5,832 weekly passenger trips throughout the area. Transit connectivity is rated as excellent, with typical resident walking distances to the nearest stop averaging 145 meters. Because Punchbowl is largely residential, outward commuting is standard; private cars serve as the primary transport mode for 80% of commuters, followed by 11% using train services. Average private vehicle ownership stands at 1.3 per dwelling. In addition, 28.7% of local workers reported working from home during the 2021 Census, a figure reflecting temporary pandemic conditions.
Transit services run at an average rate of 833 trips per day across the network, generating roughly 43 weekly trips per individual stop. The accompanying mapping illustrates the 100 closest transit stops relative to the center of the statistical area.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
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77.0% of residents in Punchbowl report no long-term health condition, a healthier profile than 77% of areas nationally. 7.8% need daily assistance with core activities, and 47.4% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 4.3 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 assessments by AreaSearch indicate positive outcomes across Punchbowl, characterized by favorable chronic illness and mortality metrics, with young age groups showing very low occurrences of common conditions. Private health insurance coverage is limited, held by approximately 47% of residents (~10,736 people), which trails the Greater Sydney level of 59.9% and the Australian benchmark of 55.7%. Diabetes and arthritis represent the most prevalent health diagnoses in the community, affecting 6.0 and 5.7% of the population respectively, while 77.0% of residents reported having no long-term medical conditions compared to 74.6% across Greater Sydney.
Health outcomes among working-age locals are strong with low rates of chronic illness. Residents aged 65 and over comprise 14.6% of the population (3,304 people), and while seniors achieve above-average health results, their standing relative to national senior benchmarks is slightly lower than that of the general local community.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
51.1% of Punchbowl residents were born overseas and 75.1% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 95% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are Lebanese (24.1%) and Australian (11.3%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Punchbowl ranks among Australia's most multicultural localities, with 51.1% of residents born abroad and 75.1% using a non-English language in their homes. Christianity forms the largest religious affiliation at 41.6% of the population. In addition, Islam exhibits substantial representation at 41.1%, significantly outpacing the 6.8% recorded across Greater Sydney. Examining parental birthplaces, the prominent ancestries in Punchbowl are Other at 29.2% (exceeding the regional share of 16.0%), Lebanese at 24.1% (surpassing the regional 2.6%), and Australian at 11.3% (below the regional level of 17.8%). Other specific cultural backgrounds also show distinct variations from metropolitan norms, including Vietnamese at 6.2% (vs 1.8% regionally), Greek at 4.2% (vs 1.9%), and Samoan at 0.8% (vs 0.5%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Punchbowl is 33, younger than 88% of areas nationally. 32.2% 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 Punchbowl is younger than that of Greater Sydney overall. Updated Aug 2026 figures show that children and young adults (0 - 24) constitute 34.7% of the local population against 30.4% regionally, while young to middle aged adults (25 - 44) make up 29.3% compared to 31.4% across Greater Sydney. The median age is estimated at 33 as at August 2026, matching the figure from the 2021 Census and sitting 4 years below the Greater Sydney median of 37 at that Census, as well as below the national benchmark of 38 from the same Census.
Since the Census, the proportion of retiree and elderly cohorts (65+) has risen from 12.9% to an estimated 14.6%. Projections through 2041 indicate that retiree and elderly cohorts will see the strongest growth, adding 1,332 residents (40%) to reach 4,637, whereas young to middle aged adults and children and young adults are forecast to decrease.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Punchbowl
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 last month 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 last month 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 last month headline measures · Jul 2026 baseline |
| Property sales & rents | Valuer General, Rental Board, ABS Weekly sales, quarterly rents | Sep 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 Sep 2026. | ||
| Infrastructure projects | Infrastructure Australia, State agencies, Local governments Daily | May 2026 4 months ago all 9 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 May 2026. | ||
| Employment | ABS, DEWR, JSA Quarterly (ABS SALM) | Mar 2026 6 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 last month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Transport | ABS, State Transport Departments Each timetable release | Jul 2026 2 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Services & amenities | Provider directories, ACECQA Continuous | Jul 2026 2 months ago 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 — 183 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (21,544 at the 2021 Census → 22,651 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 (119021366). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.