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Leanyer has an estimated 5,119 residents, up from 4,597 at the 2021 Census — a change of 522 people, or 11.4%. Growth has averaged 1.1% a year over five years, faster than 75% of areas nationally. Overseas migration accounts for 64.4% of that increase. That puts 2,048 residents on each square kilometre. Population is estimated from ABS Estimated Resident Population releases and GNAF address data, re-based from the 2021 Census and updated annually.
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According to research conducted by AreaSearch, the resident count in Leanyer stands at approximately 5,119 as of Aug 2026. This represents an addition of 522 people (11.4%) relative to the 2021 Census tally of 4,597 people. These updated metrics are derived from ABS figures showing an estimated resident population of 5,119 as of June 2025 alongside post-Census address validation data. With 2,047 persons per square kilometer, population density in the suburb surpasses the nationwide benchmark recorded across locations evaluated by AreaSearch. Furthermore, Leanyer's post-2021 Census expansion of 11.4% outpaced the national rate of 9.5%, positioning the suburb as a standout performer regionally.
Inbound overseas migration served as the primary growth catalyst, generating roughly 64.4% of total population additions over recent timeframes. Projections published jointly by the ABS and Geoscience Australia in 2024 (using 2022 as the base year) are incorporated by AreaSearch for SA2-level modeling. Where localized datasets are unavailable, as well as for all post-2032 modeling, age-cohort growth trajectories from the 2023 ABS Greater Capital Region release (grounded in 2022 data) are applied. Looking ahead, population gains are forecast to track above the national SA2 median, with current annual ERP figures indicating an expansion of 794 persons to 2041, culminating in an overall growth rate of 15.5% across the 16 years.
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Residential building approvals in Leanyer have remained virtually non-existent in recent times, with only 3 homes authorized across the past 5 financial years. Between FY-22 and FY-26, new resident intake averaged 88.3 new residents per year for every home built over the past 5 financial years, creating an acute imbalance where demand outstrips supply, typically escalating buyer competition and driving prices higher. Meanwhile, newly built properties carry an average construction value of $602,000—moderately exceeding regional benchmarks and highlighting a focus on premium builds. Concurrently, $4.0 million in commercial approvals was recorded this financial year, underlining the district's predominantly residential character.
Residential construction in Leanyer is notably subdued relative to Greater Darwin, running 94.0% below the per-capita regional benchmark. Such tight construction volumes generally underpin pricing and heighten competition for established dwellings. Activity also trails nationwide levels, pointing to a mature urban footprint and potential constraints on site development. Recent additions consist entirely of detached houses, reinforcing a family-oriented suburban fabric favored by buyers seeking space. Moreover, builders are delivering detached houses at rates exceeding their historical baseline (71.0% at Census), demonstrating enduring buyer appetite for freestanding family homes despite broader density pressures.
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 2 current infrastructure and development projects inside Leanyer, worth an estimated $5 million. A further 9 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $1.23 billion. 4 are already under construction and 4 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans education & training, environmental & disaster management and health & medical. 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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Urban development, government initiatives, and major capital investments play a decisive role in shaping local area performance. AreaSearch has monitored 4 key infrastructure projects poised to influence the immediate surroundings. Prominent among these are the Northern Suburbs Youth Hub, the Royal Darwin Hospital Mental Health Inpatient Unit and CSSD Upgrade, the Leanyer Primary School project, and the Casuarina Square Redevelopment, with key details provided below.
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Northern Suburbs Youth Hub
Purpose-built youth hub to be constructed at Leanyer Recreation Park in Darwin's northern suburbs, providing young people aged 10 to 17 with a safe, structured space to connect, build skills and access support services. The facility will include a large flexible air-conditioned activity space, breakout and meeting rooms, a learning kitchen, accessible amenities, staff areas and outdoor activity spaces, catering for up to 60 young people at a time and up to 100 during special events.The hub replaces the former Rowland Street proposal after Leanyer Recreation Park was confirmed as the preferred site following 2025 community consultation, and will operate as an after-hours and school holiday program alongside existing Sanderson-based youth services.
Casuarina Square Redevelopment
A major redevelopment of Casuarina Square, the Northern Territory's largest shopping centre, owned and managed by Sentinel Property Group. Work began on 21 July 2025 on the estimated $60 million project, which includes a full Woolworths supermarket fitout and mall specialty upgrade, the Northern Territory's first Woolworths Direct-to-Boot service, a raised and expanded undercover carpark on Trower Rd, and an enclosed, air-conditioned redevelopment of The Quarter dining precinct with an expanded mix of food and entertainment retailers.The centre is remaining fully operational throughout construction, which is scheduled for completion by mid-2026.
Royal Darwin Hospital Expansion
A multi-phase expansion of the Northern Territory's primary tertiary hospital located in Tiwi. Key components under construction include a new $57.7 million three-storey Mental Health Inpatient Facility providing 24 beds delivered by Sitzler, and an $18.2 million 32-bed modular multipurpose ward built by Aspire Design & Construct. The expansion significantly improves acute care capacity for bariatric, renal, and general patients while offering modern therapeutic environments.
Royal Darwin Hospital Mental Health Inpatient Unit and CSSD Upgrade
Construction of a new three-storey mental health inpatient facility providing acute inpatient beds and a Stabilisation Assessment and Referral Area (SARA). The facility connects to the Emergency Department via an elevated enclosed walkway, with internal fitouts currently progressing toward completion. The project also encompasses upgrades to the Central Sterile Services Department (CSSD) to meet modern reprocessing standards and clinical safety requirements.
Leanyer Primary School
The Northern Territory Government is constructing a new classroom building at Leanyer Primary School.
CDU - Centre for Better Health Futures
A completed $30.8 million, three-storey health teaching and research facility at Charles Darwin University's Casuarina campus, known as CDU Blue 8. The Centre for Better Health Futures includes clinical and preclinical simulation environments, laboratories, and research infrastructure, including a simulated emergency department and a 10-bed hospital ward. The building is home to CDU's new School of Medicine and the Menzies Medical Program, and more than 2000 students from 10 health disciplines began using the facility throughout 2026.
Edgeview Court Water Main Replacement
Construction of approximately 430 metres of replacement DN150 DICL water main in Edgeview Court, Leanyer, including decommissioning and removal of the existing asbestos water main. The works, tendered as T24-1256 by Power and Water Corporation, involved survey and realignment to minimise clashes with services and trees, traffic management, temporary servicing to existing customers, and testing and commissioning of the new main to ensure a reliable water supply to residents.
Casuarina Aquatic and Leisure Centre
A new $26.8 million aquatic and leisure centre in Casuarina, featuring an 8-lane 50m pool, a resort-style lagoon pool, a learn-to-swim pool, wet and dry play areas, a cafe, BBQ facilities, a gymnasium, and a basketball 3-on-3 court. The project was funded by the City of Darwin and the Australian Government.
2,887 residents of Leanyer are employed, from a labour force of 2,935. Unemployment sits at 1.6%, with participation at 72.1%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.6% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 4,033, about 79% 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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The local labor pool in Leanyer is well-educated, with significant representation across essential industries, an unemployment rate standing at a modest 1.6%, and annual employment growth estimated at 0.7%. Working residents numbered 2,887 as of March 2026, while the local jobless rate sat 1.8% below the Greater Darwin level of 3.5%, and the labor force participation rate aligned closely with the regional figure of 72.9%. According to Census findings, 3.8% of employed individuals worked from home, though this metric should be viewed in the context of pandemic lockdown conditions. Local workers are predominantly engaged across public administration & safety, health care & social assistance, and education & training.
Conversely, accommodation & food is under-represented, accounting for 6.4% of the workforce in Leanyer relative to 8.0% across Greater Darwin. Comparison between Census resident worker counts and local job positions indicates that the suburb is largely dormitory in nature, offering limited internal employment opportunities. AreaSearch assessment of ABS and SALM figures indicates that in the year to March 2026, local jobs grew by 0.7% alongside a 0.8% rise in the labor pool, maintaining steady unemployment conditions. Across Greater Darwin over the same period, job creation reached 0.4%, the workforce expanded by 0.8%, and the jobless rate climbed by 0.3 percentage points. Forward-looking employment estimates from Jobs and Skills Australia as of Mar-26 provide additional context regarding medium- to long-term labor demand in Leanyer. Projections over five- and ten-year horizons were mapped against the suburb's industry structure. Nationally, overall workforce numbers are projected to increase by 6.6% across five years and 13.7% across ten years, though sector-specific trajectories vary. Applying these sectoral forecasts to Leanyer's resident profile points to potential employment gains of 6.6% over five years and 13.6% over ten years (noting this represents an unadjusted industry-weighted model for illustrative purposes and does not incorporate local demographic forecasts).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Leanyer is $2,223 a week (about $116,000 a year), with median personal income at $1,101 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $71,170 a year against an average of $81,041. 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 statistics from the ATO for financial year 2023 compiled by AreaSearch position earnings in the Leanyer SA2 among the highest nationwide, recording a median of $71,170 and an average of $81,041. In Greater Darwin, the corresponding figures were a median of $66,956 and an average of $77,199. Factoring in Wage Price Index growth of 9.41% since financial year 2023 brings modeled estimates to $77,867 (median) and $88,667 (average) as of March 2026. Across household, family, and individual brackets at the 2021 Census, earnings ranked between the 79th and 85th percentiles nationally.
Weekly earnings between $1,500 - 2,999 formed the largest segment at 37.5% (1,919 people), mirroring the broader regional share of 36.7%. Strong purchasing power is further reflected by the 32.0% of earners taking home more than $3,000 weekly, which underpins local demand for upscale commerce and services. Housing expenses absorb 14.5% of income, while net earnings place local households in the 80th percentile for disposable funds and the 6th decile on the SEIFA income index.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Leanyer had 1,574 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 71% detached houses and 28% apartments. 41% are owned with a mortgage, 33% rented and 26% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month. Rent absorbs 18.0% of household income here and mortgage repayments 20.8%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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The local housing stock at the most recent Census was composed of 71.1% separate houses and 29.0% alternative housing formats (including semi-detached units, apartments, and other configurations), contrasting with 63.5% separate houses and 36.5% other formats across metropolitan Darwin. Outright home ownership reached 25.7%, comfortably outperforming metropolitan Darwin, with mortgaged properties representing 41.0% and rental accommodation making up 33.3%. Median monthly home loan commitments were $2,000, undercutting the metropolitan Darwin benchmark of $2,100, while median weekly rent stood at $400, compared to $385 across metropolitan Darwin. Relative to Australia-wide figures, Leanyer's mortgage payments exceed the national median of $1,863, and weekly rents surpass the national benchmark of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Leanyer counted 1,574 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 1,753 today, averaging 2.7 people each. 37% are couples with children, against 27% couples without children. 21% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.6 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Families constitute the clear majority of local living arrangements at 74.5%, with couples raising children representing 37.1%, couples without children accounting for 26.5%, and single parent families making up 9.9%. Non-family domestic arrangements account for the remaining 25.5%, comprising single-person households at 21.0% and shared group living arrangements at 4.4%. The median household size is 2.7 people, sitting above the Greater Darwin benchmark of 2.6.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
32.1% of adults in Leanyer hold a university qualification, including 21.5% with a bachelor degree and 7.0% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 23.4% hold a vocational qualification. 2 schools serve the area, with 512 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,009 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 among Leanyer residents aged 15 and over stands at 32.1%, exceeding the NT average of 27.3% and demonstrating a strong educational profile within the Territory. Bachelor qualifications are the most prevalent at 21.5%, followed by postgraduate degrees at 7.0% and graduate diplomas at 3.6%. Vocational qualifications are also widely held, with 34.1% of residents aged 15 and above possessing technical credentials, divided between certificates (23.4%) and advanced diplomas (10.7%). Formal study engagement is substantial, with 31.5% of the local population actively participating in education. This cohort comprises 12.0% attending primary school, 7.4% enrolled in secondary school, and 6.3% undertaking tertiary studies.
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Public transport in Leanyer reaches 16 stops on 27 routes, timetabled for about 1,900 services a week. The typical home sits about 250 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 1.6 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 within Leanyer includes 16 operational stops served by a network of buses. These facilities are linked by 27 separate bus routes that generate 1,862 passenger trips each week. Overall transit access is rated favorably, with typical walking distances of 248 meters to the closest stop. Given the suburb's residential focus, the vast majority of workers commute outside the area, with private motor vehicles dominating at 91% of travel journeys. Household vehicle density averages 1.6 per dwelling. Census findings from 2021 showed a comparatively low 3.8% working from home, a metric that may reflect prevailing COVID-19 circumstances.
Across all operating routes, transit frequency averages 266 trips daily, representing an average of roughly 116 weekly services per stop.
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74.4% of residents in Leanyer report no long-term health condition. 4.2% need daily assistance with core activities, and 59.5% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 5.1 per 1,000 residents. Health conditions, assistance needs and insurance are 2021 Census measures; the death rate comes from current ABS releases.
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Health indicators across Leanyer compare favorably to broad benchmarks based on AreaSearch evaluations of mortality and chronic illness rates, with low incidence of major health conditions observed across both younger and older cohorts, alongside an exceptionally high private health insurance coverage rate encompassing roughly 60% of residents (3,045 people). Asthma and arthritis represent the most prevalent health conditions locally, diagnosed in 6.5% and 6.1% of residents, respectively, while 74.4% reported having no diagnosed chronic medical conditions, compared to 77.1% regionally across Greater Darwin. Health profiles among working-age individuals are positive, with minimal long-term health burdens.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 15.2% of the population (778 people), tracking above the 10.7% proportion in Greater Darwin, and senior health indicators remain resilient, aligning closely with nationwide benchmarks.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
33.8% of Leanyer residents were born overseas and 32.7% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 77% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are Australian (20.6%) and English (17.9%). 5.9% of residents identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural diversity is well established in Leanyer, where 33.8% of the community was born overseas and 32.7% speak a non-English language at home. Christianity is the dominant religious affiliation, representing 46.6% of residents. In relative terms, Buddhism shows a notable local concentration, accounting for 4.1% of the population compared to 3.3% across Greater Darwin. Regarding ancestral backgrounds based on parents' birthplaces, the most common lineages in Leanyer are Australian at 20.6%, English at 17.9%, and Other backgrounds at 14.0%. Notable variations also appear among other cultural communities: Filipino ancestry accounts for 4.7% (compared to 3.8% across the broader region), Greek background represents 5.0% (versus 2.3% regionally), and Australian Aboriginal heritage represents 5.9% (versus 7.0% regionally).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Leanyer is 37. 25.0% of residents are aged 15 to 34. Age cohorts are not raw Census counts: the Census split is re-based to the latest ABS population estimates and state projections.
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Demographically, Leanyer leans toward older age brackets. Seniors and retirees aged 65 and above constitute 15.2% of the population as at August 2026, compared to 10.7% across Greater Darwin, while the cohort aged 25 to 44 accounts for 31.2%, below the regional benchmark of 34.9%. AreaSearch places the estimated median age at 37 as at August 2026, mirroring the 2021 Census level and sitting 3 years above the Greater Darwin median of 34 recorded at that Census. The most noticeable cohort shift since the Census occurred among mature adults aged 45 to 64, whose share contracted from 25.4% to an estimated 22.9%.
Looking forward to 2041, senior cohorts are projected to generate the bulk of local expansion, increasing by 280 residents (36%) to total 1,058.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Leanyer
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
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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 | Jul 2026 2 months ago all 2 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 Jul 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. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (4,597 at the 2021 Census → 5,119 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 (701021020). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.