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Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay has an estimated 11,911 residents. The population has thinned by an average 0.7% a year over five years, slower than 92% of areas nationally. 100 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. That puts 2,317 residents on each square kilometre. Population is estimated from ABS Estimated Resident Population releases and GNAF address data, re-based from the 2021 Census and updated annually.
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According to demographic research by AreaSearch, the resident population of Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay stands at approximately 11,911 as of Aug 2026. This indicates a minor contraction of 13 people (0.1%) relative to the 2021 Census count of 11,924 people. Such estimates are derived by combining the ABS estimated resident population of 11,846 recorded in June 2025 with 100 validated new addresses identified post-Census. With a resulting population density of 2,317 persons per square kilometer, the locality exceeds the nationwide benchmark evaluated by AreaSearch. Inbound international migration served as the primary demographic catalyst, accounting for virtually all population additions over recent intervals.
Projections published by ABS/Geoscience Australia in 2024 (anchored to 2022) are utilized by AreaSearch across SA2 regions, supplemented by 2022 NSW State Government SA2 forecasts (anchored to 2021) wherever required. Cohort-specific growth rates spanning 2032 to 2041 are subsequently applied across all districts. Looking ahead, population growth is anticipated to track slightly under the national SA2 median, expanding by 997 persons through to 2041 according to the latest annual ERP baseline—representing an overall increase of 7.8% over the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
230 new dwellings have been approved in Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay over the past five years, an average of 46 a year. That is 3.9 approvals per 1,000 residents. Of the 47 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 34% 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 Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay have averaged approximately 46 dwellings per year, totaling 230 homes across the past 5 financial years (spanning FY-22 and FY-26). Alongside a slightly declining resident base, this rate of construction supply has remained comparatively sound for prospective purchasers, with an average construction value of $2,256,000 per dwelling signaling a concentrated focus by builders on high-end, luxury developments. Furthermore, $443.4 million worth of commercial building consents was registered during this financial year, reflecting substantial local commercial capital commitment. Per capita residential construction in Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay tracking 25.0% above the regional average over the 5 year period outpaces Greater Sydney, sustaining existing real estate valuations while maintaining purchasing opportunities, even as the local development pace has moderated recently.
Medium-to-high density formats account for 66.0% attached dwellings alongside 34.0% detached dwellings among recent projects. This emphasis on consolidated dwellings creates accessible housing pathways for downsizers, entry-level buyers, and investors. A ratio of roughly 439 people per dwelling approval characterizes a well-established property environment. Projections indicate that Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay will add 932 residents leading up to 2041 (benchmarked against the latest quarterly figures from AreaSearch). Given ongoing building volumes, upcoming residential construction appears well positioned to satisfy local requirements, establishing favorable purchasing dynamics and potentially enabling population gains beyond existing baseline expectations.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay
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SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 24 current infrastructure and development projects inside Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay, worth an estimated $991 million. A further 174 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $16.9 billion. 51 are already under construction and 76 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 economic and property performance is significantly shaped by planning initiatives, major civic projects, and infrastructure investments. AreaSearch has identified 42 initiatives with potential local impact, headlined by the Kincoppal-Rose Bay School Campus Masterplan, Wilberforce Avenue Car Park Redevelopment, 88-96 Newcastle Street Rose Bay, and the Parsley Bay Pump Station.
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Rose Bay Place Plan 2023-2028
The Rose Bay Place Plan 2023-2028 is a strategic document adopted by Woollahra Municipal Council on 26 June 2023 that establishes a shared community vision for the future of Rose Bay. It guides streetscape improvements, public domain upgrades, placemaking initiatives, laneway activations, urban greening, and community facility enhancements across the suburb. The plan was developed through extensive community consultation with residents, businesses, and local organisations, and is being progressively implemented through Council's capital works and operational programs over its five-year term.
Kincoppal-Rose Bay School Campus Masterplan
Comprehensive staged campus renewal at Kincoppal-Rose Bay School including a new Junior School Year 5 and 6 Centre, transformation of the Hughes Centre into a Performing Arts Centre, a new Year 12 Learning Hub, and improved student amenities, delivered under State Significant Development consent SSD-10325. Stage 1 works at the Vaucluse Road entry commenced in 2022 with construction partner Buildcorp. The consent allows a staged increase in student numbers to a maximum of 1,205 over a 10-year timeframe.Modification 2, approved in March 2026, amended student capacity conditions to permit a maximum of 100 Early Learning Centre students and 1,105 primary or senior students.
Parsley Bay Pump Station
Construction of a new largely underground wastewater pump station at Parsley Bay and associated pipelines as part of Sydney Water's Refresh Vaucluse and Diamond Bay project. The infrastructure will divert untreated wastewater from the Vaucluse and Watsons Bay ocean outfalls to the Bondi Water Resource Recovery Facility, improving coastal water quality and protecting marine ecology. Pipeline drilling commenced in 2025, pump station works are underway, and overall project completion remains targeted for late 2026.
Rose Bay Place Plan 2023-2028
Council-adopted strategic place plan guiding public domain upgrades, transport links, parking, and community facilities across Rose Bay, including Wilberforce Ave car park redevelopment with a new community centre, streetscape upgrades, and a 2.4km cycleway. Adoption date 26 June 2023; plan horizon to 2028.
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Demolition of the existing Villa Florida residence and construction of a luxury multi-level private dwelling designed by Bruce Stafford Architects. The dwelling incorporates four bedrooms, five bathrooms, a swimming pool, home gym, sauna, car lift, and associated basement parking and extensive site landscaping. Woollahra Municipal Council granted development consent following land and environment planning assessments.
Wilberforce Avenue, Rose Bay Car Park Redevelopment
Woollahra Municipal Council redevelopment of the at-grade Wilberforce Avenue public car park in the Rose Bay village centre into a multi-storey civic building. The approved scheme (DA 598/2022) comprises 229 car spaces in total, made up of 200 public spaces (more than double the 95 currently on site) plus 29 spaces for the new retail and community uses, a two-level community centre of about 812 sqm, 316 sqm of ground floor retail, new accessible public toilets and a parents room, end-of-trip facilities and new public art.Design by architects AJ+C with landscape by Oculus includes a new one-way low-speed laneway (Ian Lane) linking Wilberforce Avenue and Dover Road, a public terrace on the Wilberforce Avenue frontage connected to Pannerong Reserve by a raised pedestrian crossing, and sustainability measures including green walls, EV charging, mixed mode ventilation, increased street and plaza tree canopy and rainwater harvesting for Pannerong Reserve. The development application was approved by the independent Sydney Eastern City Planning Panel on 9 November 2023. Council resolved on 24 March 2025 not to enter a construction contract at that time, and on 26 May 2025 resolved instead to pursue a Public Private Partnership. A PPP Expression of Interest ran from 22 October to 5 December 2025, and at its March 2026 Ordinary Meeting Council resolved to shortlist Perifa Capital Pty Ltd to the Request for Detailed Proposal stage and to investigate changed parking conditions across the Rose Bay Centre. Council previously secured a Special Rate Variation supporting borrowings of approximately $28 million toward delivery. The construction schedule remains to be confirmed pending the outcome of the RFDP process.
Residential development with in-fill affordable housing - 2-16 Spencer Street, Rose Bay
Proposed 9-storey residential development consisting of 54 apartments, including 14 affordable housing units. Features include three levels of basement car parking, a wellness area, gym, lap pool, and communal gardens. Designed by MHNDU and developed under the State Significant Development (SSD) pathway for in-fill affordable housing.
6,415 residents of Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay are employed, from a labour force of 6,551. Unemployment sits at 2.1%, with participation at 65.2%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 7.6% 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 local labour pool across Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay features high academic qualifications, extensive professional services representation, an unemployment rate of only 2.1%, and an annual employment expansion of 2.3%. As of March 2026, employed residents numbered 6,415, while the jobless rate tracked 2.1% under the Greater Sydney figure of 4.1%, accompanied by a labour force participation rate of 65.2% (somewhat lower than Greater Sydney's 68.9%). Census records indicated that 57.7% of employed locals carried out their duties from home, an outcome influenced in part by Covid-19 restrictions.
Local workers are largely concentrated across professional & technical, health care & social assistance, and finance & insurance roles. The area exhibits a distinct professional & technical concentration, capturing an employment share 1.6 times the broader metropolitan standard. Conversely, transport, postal & warehousing comprises merely 1.7% of resident employment, compared to 5.3% across the region. Given the predominantly residential fabric, local employment capacity is relatively constrained when assessing the Census count of local jobs against the resident workforce. Evaluating data from SALM and ABS, AreaSearch notes that during the twelve months to March 2026, resident employment expanded by 2.3% and the labour force grew by 2.0%, which lowered local joblessness by 0.3 percentage points. Across Greater Sydney, employment grew by 1.9% and the labour pool rose by 1.9%, alongside a slight unemployment contraction. Future employment trajectories can be gauged via Jobs and Skills Australia projections released in Mar-26. Projected across local industry compositions over five and ten-year horizons, these figures suggest that while national workforce numbers are modeled to grow by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, the area's specific industrial profile yields estimated employment growth of 7.6% over five years and 14.9% over ten years (representing an illustrative weighting model that excludes local demographic projections).
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Median household income in Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay is $3,469 a week (about $180,000 a year), with median personal income at $1,450 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $80,453 a year against an average of $207,015. The average runs 157% above the median, a wider spread than most areas and a sign of a concentrated group of high earners. 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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Taxation records compiled by AreaSearch for financial year 2023 place Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay SA2 among the highest earning percentiles nationwide. Taxpayers in the SA2 generate a median income of $80,453 and an average income of $207,015, compared to $60,817 and $83,003 across Greater Sydney. Adjusting for a 10.32% rise in the Wage Price Index since financial year 2023, updated estimates suggest an approximate median of $88,756 and an average of $228,379 as of March 2026. Data from Census 2021 situates personal, family, and household earnings between the 97th and 99th percentiles nationwide.
Around 45.5% of the community (5,419 individuals) report weekly earnings exceeding $4000+, differing from the broader regional profile where the $1,500 - 2,999 bracket is largest at 30.9%. Affluence is widespread, with 56.0% generating more than $3,000 per week, reinforcing upscale retail and commercial sectors. Housing expenditures consume 13.5% of income, placing local disposable earnings in the 99th percentile and establishing a SEIFA income score in the 10th decile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay had 4,235 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 46% detached houses and 44% apartments. 28% are owned with a mortgage, 27% rented and 44% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $713 a week and the median mortgage repayment $4,195 a month, a total housing cost higher than 97% of areas nationally. Rent absorbs 20.6% of household income here and mortgage repayments 27.9%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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Census evaluations indicate that residential stock across Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay consists of 53.9% other dwellings (including townhouses, apartments, and alternative formats) and 46.1% houses, whereas the Sydney metro balance stands at 55.9% houses and 44.1% other dwellings. Outright property ownership in the area reaches 44.4%, substantially exceeding metropolitan levels, while 28.2% of residences carry a mortgage and 27.4% are occupied by tenants. Median monthly mortgage commitments reach $4,195, compared with $2,427 across Sydney metro and $1,863 nationally. Similarly, median weekly rents of $713 sit well above the Sydney metro benchmark of $470 and the national standard of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay counted 4,235 households at the 2021 Census, averaging 2.6 people each. 37% are couples with children, against 28% couples without children. 24% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.5 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Families constitute 73.4% of total households locally, comprising 36.8% couples with children, 27.8% couples without children, and 8.4% single parent families. Non-family living arrangements account for the remaining 26.6%, consisting of 24.1% lone person households and 2.3% group households. The area records a median household size of 2.6 people, slightly below the Greater Sydney standard of 2.7.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
55.0% of adults in Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay hold a university qualification, including 36.8% with a bachelor degree and 14.9% with postgraduate qualifications, higher than 94% of areas nationally. A further 7.8% hold a vocational qualification. 7 schools serve the area, with 2,741 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,156 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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Tertiary attainment in Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay substantially exceeds broader geographies, with 55.0% of residents aged 15+ possessing university credentials, contrasted with 32.2% in NSW and 30.4% in Australia. This high level of qualification supports a strong orientation toward knowledge industries. Bachelor degrees represent 36.8%, postgraduate degrees make up 14.9%, and graduate diplomas account for 3.3%. Vocational qualifications represent 17.6% of residents aged 15+, comprising advanced diplomas (9.8%) and certificates (7.8%). Learning enrollment remains elevated across the district, with 32.5% of the population actively undertaking formal studies.
This cohort includes 10.7% attending high school, 9.8% in primary education, and 7.2% enrolled in higher education programs.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay reaches 135 stops on 39 routes, timetabled for about 4,200 services a week. The typical home sits about 130 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 connectivity across Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay is supported by 135 active transit stops spanning bus and ferry services. These locations are served by 39 discrete routes generating 4,237 scheduled departures each week. Local connectivity is strong, with typical walking distances to a stop averaging 126 meters. As an outbound commuter district, private vehicles serve as the main mode of travel at 76%, alongside 9% walking, with household vehicle ownership averaging 1.3 per dwelling. In addition, 57.7% of workers operated from home during the 2021 Census, reflecting prevailing pandemic conditions.
Network operations average 605 scheduled departures per day across all servicing lines, which corresponds to around 31 weekly departures per stop location. The accompanying map illustrates the 100 closest transport access points relative to the geographical midpoint.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
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76.1% of residents in Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay report no long-term health condition, a healthier profile than 96% of areas nationally. 3.5% need daily assistance with core activities, and 92.5% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 3.9 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 compiled by AreaSearch indicate excellent well-being indicators across Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay, characterized by low chronic illness prevalence and minimal mortality across all demographics. Private health insurance coverage is comprehensive, encompassing approximately 92% of the population (11,017 people), substantially outpacing the 59.9% recorded across Greater Sydney and the national baseline of 55.7%. Arthritis and asthma are the most prevalent reported conditions in the locality, affecting 6.1 and 5.3% of residents respectively, while 76.1% of the population reported no chronic conditions, surpassing the Greater Sydney benchmark of 74.6%.
Seniors aged 65 and over represent 23.3% of the community (2,770 people), exceeding the 15.5% share in Greater Sydney, with older residents maintaining health profiles aligned with strong national benchmarks.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
37.6% of Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay residents were born overseas and 18.3% speak a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are English (22.3%) and Australian (16.9%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural diversity in Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay is pronounced compared to typical Australian markets, with 37.6% of residents born abroad and 18.3% conversing in a language other than English at home. Christianity forms the largest religious denomination at 42.9% of the population. Notably, Judaism represents 23.2% of local residents, markedly above the Greater Sydney proportion of 0.8%. Evaluating parental birthplace, the most prevalent ancestries across Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay are English at 22.3%, Australian at 16.9%, and Other at 14.7%. Furthermore, several ethnic backgrounds exhibit notable local representation compared to regional figures, including South Australian at 3.8% (against 0.5% regionally), Polish at 2.3% (against 0.6%), and Russian at 1.8% (against 0.4%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay is 44. 24.9% 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 structure of Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay is weighted toward older demographics when contrasted with Greater Sydney. Estimates updated to August 2026 show that retirees and seniors (65+) comprise 23.3% of the populace versus 15.5% regionally, while young-to-middle aged adults (25 - 44) account for 20.2% compared to 31.4% across the broader metropolis. The local median age remains at 44, matching the 2021 Census result, while exceeding the Greater Sydney Census median of 37 by 7 years and the national Census median of 38. The most significant post-Census shift occurred in the 45 - 64 age bracket, decreasing from 28.1% to an estimated 26.4%.
Forecasts to 2041 anticipate the greatest expansion within the 65+ cohort, adding 874 residents (32%) to reach 3,644, while cohorts spanning young-to-middle aged adults, young adults, and children are projected to contract.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay
9 of 14 data sections on this page were updated within the last 12 months — the newest current to Oct 2026.
Everything is aggregated to the SA2 boundary shown above, on a 2021 Census baseline. Only 3 sections — housing, households and cultural diversity — still wait on the 2026 Census.
The ledger — source, cycle and currency by section
| Section | Source & update cycle | Currency |
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| Updated within the last 12 months 9 sections | ||
| Population | ABS, GNAF, Geoscience Australia Annual (ABS ERP) | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Re-based to the ABS Estimated Resident Population (June 2025 release) and updated with new dwellings from GNAF address data. Current to Aug 2026, with the 2021 Census supplying the small-area baseline. | ||
| Age profile | ABS, Geoscience Australia, State governments Annual | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Age cohorts are re-based to the latest ABS population estimates and state projections, current to Aug 2026. Each cohort is held as a Census baseline and a current estimate. | ||
| Development & approvals | ABS, GNAF Monthly (ABS approvals) | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · Jul 2026 baseline |
| Property sales & rents | Valuer General, Rental Board, ABS Weekly sales, quarterly rents | Oct 2026 this month headline measures · Sep 2026 baseline |
| Sales from the state Valuer General register, refreshed weekly, and rents from quarterly rental bond lodgements. Both are read live each time this page loads, current to Oct 2026. | ||
| Infrastructure projects | Infrastructure Australia, State agencies, Local governments Daily | Sep 2026 last month all 24 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 Sep 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 — 100 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (11,924 at the 2021 Census → 11,911 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 (118011346). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.