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Bundaberg North - Gooburrum has an estimated 7,953 residents, up from 7,448 at the 2021 Census — a change of 505 people, or 6.8%. Growth has averaged 1.3% a year over five years. Overseas migration accounts for 54.5% of that increase. That puts 148 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 population of Bundaberg North - Gooburrum stands at roughly 7,953 as of Aug 2026. This represents an addition of 505 residents (6.8%) compared to the 2021 Census tally of 7,448 people. This updated figure builds upon the ABS estimated resident population of 7,935 recorded as of June 2025 alongside 56 validated new addresses identified following the Census. With a population density of 147 persons per square kilometer, the locality offers substantial personal space as well as capacity for ongoing urban expansion. The 6.8% expansion recorded since the census trails the wider SA3 region (9.3%) by only 2.5 percentage points, highlighting solid local growth dynamics.
Inbound overseas migration served as the primary growth driver, accounting for roughly 54.5% of total population expansion over recent timeframes. Projections utilised by AreaSearch incorporate ABS/Geoscience Australia SA2 modeling published in 2024 using 2022 as a base year. Where SA2 coverage is absent, and across all intervals following 2032, figures rely on Queensland State Government SA2 forecasts issued in 2023 utilizing 2021 data. Because state-level datasets lack detailed age breakdowns, AreaSearch applies age-cohort distribution weightings derived from the ABS Greater Capital Region projections published in 2023 with a 2022 base year. Looking ahead, local demographic expansion is anticipated to sit slightly under the national regional median, with forecasts indicating an influx of 455 persons by 2041 relative to recent annual ERP baselines, amounting to an overall rise of 5.5% across the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
91 new dwellings have been approved in Bundaberg North - Gooburrum over the past five years, an average of 18 a year. That is 2.4 approvals per 1,000 residents. Figures come from ABS building approvals aggregated to this SA2 boundary and are updated monthly as the ABS releases them.
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Dwelling construction approvals across Bundaberg North - Gooburrum have averaged roughly 18 annually, yielding 91 total residences across the preceding 5 financial years. With an average of 5.6 new residents per year moving in for each home built during the past 5 financial years (from FY-22 to FY-26), residential construction has significantly lagged demographic demand, fueling buyer competition and upward pricing momentum as newly constructed residences average $524,000 in expected construction cost. Non-residential building activity included $2.3 million in approved commercial projects during the current financial year, underscoring the dominant residential focus of the community.
When measured against Rest of Qld, building approval volumes in Bundaberg North - Gooburrum remain exceptionally muted, sitting 66.0% below the broader regional per-capita baseline. Such restricted new construction typically fosters sustained demand and pricing stability for pre-existing stock. This activity is similarly subdued against national metrics, indicating an established local market alongside possible planning constraints. Furthermore, all recent residential consents have been for standalone houses, preserving low-density living standards and catering directly to buyers seeking detached family homes. This recent construction profile aligns with and exceeds established housing composition (77.0% at Census), demonstrating enduring buyer appetite for freestanding properties despite broader densification trends. The local ratio of 825 people per residential approval emphasizes a tranquil, low-scale development landscape. Longer-term demographic projections indicate that Bundaberg North - Gooburrum will add 437 residents by 2041 relative to the newest AreaSearch quarterly baseline. Under prevailing building patterns, forthcoming residential development appears well placed to satisfy demand, creating favorable buyer conditions and potentially accommodating 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 5 current infrastructure and development projects inside Bundaberg North - Gooburrum, worth an estimated $245 million. A further 53 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $9.44 billion. 24 are already under construction and 28 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, communities, precincts & urban renewal and communities. Records are compiled from Infrastructure Australia, state agencies, council planning portals and public announcements, reviewed and updated daily, then ranked by proximity, construction stage, completion horizon and project scale.
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Strategic infrastructure developments, major planning schemes, and capital projects exert a decisive influence over local growth trajectories. In total, AreaSearch has highlighted 21 projects positioned to shape the locality. Notable undertakings include Belle Eden Estate Extensions, Bundaberg Solar Farm, Brookfield Estate, and Edenbrook Estate, with key initiatives profiled in the summary below.
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Brookfield Estate
Master planned residential land estate in Ashfield, Bundaberg by Santalucia Corporation. Current release Stage 2C is selling with 15 fully serviced lots (approx 787 to 865 sqm), rock free and easy to build, with wide 21m and 22m frontages, established surrounding homes and quick access to the Bundaberg Ring Rd.
Belle Eden Estate Extensions
Two residential development sites adjacent to the existing Belle Eden Estate. The 23-hectare northern site is located on the Bundaberg Ring Road and will yield over 150 home sites. The 34-hectare southern site will yield over 300 home sites. Both developments are undergoing final approval stages and will provide a total of 450 dwellings.
Young Street Residential Subdivision
Approved residential subdivision on a 12.4 ha site delivering 121 lots ranging from approximately 600 to 941 sqm. The site features a reconfiguration-of-lot approval with an operational works phase.
Bundaberg GHAG Solar PV Park
Solar PV facility proposed near Bundaberg, Queensland, originally sized at 100MW and intended to supply power for the associated Green Hydrogen Australia Group (GHAG) Bundaberg Hydrogen Hub. GHAG was a consortium of Denzo Group (trustee of the Mathews Family Trust), Elvin Group Renewables, and hydrogen vehicle developer H2X, announced in 2020 with Trina Solar Australia proposed as PV module supplier and an estimated project cost of around AUD 300 million for the combined hydrogen hub.No construction, financing, or planning updates have been reported publicly since 2020. Global Energy Monitor's Global Solar Power Tracker lists the associated Bundaberg (Denzo) solar farm, sized at 58MW and wholly owned by Denzo Group, with a status of inferred cancelled since September 2022. H2X Global's more recent public updates focus solely on its hydrogen vehicle manufacturing business and make no mention of the Bundaberg hub, and no current development application activity could be located with Bundaberg Regional Council. Project status could not be confirmed as active.
Bundaberg Integrated Transport Strategy
A joint strategy by the Department of Transport and Main Roads and Bundaberg Regional Council to plan for the future transport needs of the Bundaberg region, covering public transport, active transport, roads, and freight.
Bundaberg East Levee
A $174.7 million flood resilience project featuring a 1.7 km concrete levee along the Burnett River southern bank. The infrastructure includes floodgates, flood doors, and pump stations at Saltwater and Distillery Creeks, designed to protect over 600 properties in Bundaberg East, South, and the CBD from 1% AEP flood events. Recent milestones include the appointment of SMEC and CDM Smith as design consultants and the completion of detailed flood modelling. The project is currently in the detailed design phase following the 2024 Ministerial Infrastructure Designation process.
Bundaberg Civic and Cultural Arts Precinct
Bundaberg Regional Council's long-term civic and cultural arts precinct vision for the Bundaberg CBD. The concept includes new and reinvigorated cultural arts infrastructure, including a new regional art gallery and a 750-seat performing arts centre, along with public realm upgrades linking civic, cultural, retail and riverfront areas. Current Council updates indicate the 2019 CBD design is being reviewed and rescoped for staged delivery within available financial capacity, with priorities including event space, shade, parking, outdoor dining and CBD activation.
South Beach Precinct
A $2 billion development including a shopping centre, bistro, healthcare services, schools, aiming to rival Byron Bay.
3,642 residents of Bundaberg North - Gooburrum are employed, from a labour force of 3,802. Unemployment sits at 4.2%, with participation at 55.9%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.2% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 7,293, about 92% 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 labour market in Bundaberg North - Gooburrum exhibits an even distribution of blue-collar and white-collar roles, underpinned by strong representation across essential service sectors, an unemployment rate standing at 4.2%, and an estimated 8.8% growth in employment across the preceding twelve months. Employment figures as of March 2026 show 3,642 working residents, with local joblessness sitting 0.3% above the 3.9% recorded for Regional Qld, while labor participation of 55.9% falls noticeably short of the 64.2% regional benchmark. Census records show just 5.5% of working residents operating from home, though historical Covid-19 restrictions must be kept in mind.
Leading employment fields for local residents encompass health care & social assistance, retail trade, and agriculture, forestry & fishing. The district demonstrates an exceptional industry concentration in agriculture, forestry & fishing, where local employment share is 2.2 times the regional standard. Conversely, professional & technical occupations represent an area of under-representation, capturing merely 3.0% of the Bundaberg North - Gooburrum workforce versus 5.1% across Regional Qld. A comparison of resident workers to active local jobs at the Census points to restricted employment opportunities situated directly within the area. Analysis by AreaSearch of ABS and SALM records indicates that over the 12 months to March 2026, local employment expanded by 8.8% alongside a 5.3% increase in the total labour force, driving down the unemployment rate by 3.1 percentage points. By comparison, Regional Qld experienced a 0.1% rise in employment, 0.3% labor force growth, and a 0.1 percentage points uptick in unemployment. Broader labor market projections published by Jobs and Skills Australia in Mar-26 provide forward-looking perspective on potential workforce trends for Bundaberg North - Gooburrum. These five-year and ten-year national outlooks have been aligned with local industry distributions to model local trajectory. Nationally, employment is projected to expand by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, though trajectories diverge widely across specific industries. Applying these sector profiles to the employment composition of Bundaberg North - Gooburrum suggests localized employment expansion of 6.2% over five years and 13.3% over ten years (note that this represents a baseline weighting model for context and excludes local population dynamics).
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Median household income in Bundaberg North - Gooburrum is $1,028 a week (about $53,000 a year), with median personal income at $569 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $43,280 a year against an average of $54,229. 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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Evaluations of the most recent financial year 2023 ATO postcode statistics by AreaSearch indicate that personal earnings in Bundaberg North - Gooburrum SA2 sit under countrywide benchmarks, reporting a median of $43,280 and an average of $54,229. For comparison, Regional Qld recorded a median income of $53,146 alongside an average of $66,593. Accounting for 11.36% Wage Price Index expansion recorded since financial year 2023, updated estimates reach approximately $48,197 (median) and $60,389 (average) as of March 2026. Across the 2021 Census, aggregate personal, family, and household earnings within Bundaberg North - Gooburrum sat within the 4th to 8th percentiles nationally.
The largest local income bracket encompasses 31.7% of workers earning between $400 - 799 weekly (2,521 residents), in contrast to the broader region where the $1,500 - 2,999 earnings band is largest at 31.7%. Following housing expenses, 86.2% of income remains available to households, placing the area at the 6th percentile across the country.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Bundaberg North - Gooburrum had 3,008 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 77% detached houses and 17% apartments. 24% are owned with a mortgage, 28% rented and 48% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $280 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,138 a month. Rent absorbs 27.2% of household income here and mortgage repayments 25.5%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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Residential property distribution in Bundaberg North - Gooburrum at the most recent Census consisted of 76.8% separate houses and 23.1% alternate dwelling forms such as apartments, semi-detached properties, and other homes, closely tracking Regional Qld figures of 76.4% houses and 23.6% other dwellings. Meanwhile, full home ownership within Bundaberg North - Gooburrum was considerably above regional levels at 48.0%, with remaining tenures split between mortgaged residences (23.7%) and rental properties (28.3%). Typical monthly mortgage obligations stood at $1,138, well below the Regional Qld figure of $1,655, while weekly median rent sat at $280 compared to $345 regionally.
Relative to countrywide standards, local mortgage payments sit substantially under the Australian benchmark of $1,863, with rental costs also tracking well beneath the national figure of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Bundaberg North - Gooburrum counted 3,008 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 3,212 today, averaging 2.3 people each. 19% are couples with children, fewer than in 90% of areas nationally, against 35% couples without children. 30% of households are people living alone, and families average 2.0 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Family units constitute the predominant living arrangement at 66.5% of households, comprising couples without children (34.5%), couples with children (18.5%), and single parent families (12.0%). Non-family living structures comprise the remaining 33.5%, primarily consisting of lone person households (30.1%) alongside group households (3.3%). Typical household size stands at 2.3 people, tracking below the Regional Qld benchmark of 2.5.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
12.0% of adults in Bundaberg North - Gooburrum hold a university qualification, including 9.1% with a bachelor degree and 1.5% with postgraduate qualifications, lower than 89% of areas nationally. A further 31.1% hold a vocational qualification. 5 schools serve the area, with 1,303 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 959 against a national benchmark of 1,000. Qualifications come from the 2021 Census; school enrolments, ICSEA and results come from ACARA's current release.
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Educational attainment in the area reflects persistent challenges, highlighted by a higher education qualification rate of 12.0% that sits well below the Australian average of 30.4%, creating clear scope for targeted educational support. Among tertiary degree holders, bachelor qualifications represent 9.1%, followed by postgraduate qualifications at 1.5% and graduate diplomas at 1.4%. Vocational pathways are widely represented, with 39.2% of persons aged 15+ possessing trade or technical credentials, encompassing advanced diplomas (8.1%) and certificates (31.1%). Formal study engages a significant 24.5% proportion of the local population. Within this student cohort, 8.9% are enrolled in primary education, 8.3% attend secondary education, and 2.7% are enrolled in tertiary education programs.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Getting around Bundaberg North - Gooburrum means driving: households keep an average of 1.3 vehicles, and scheduled services reach only a handful of stops. Service data is built from operators' published GTFS timetables; vehicle ownership is from the 2021 Census.
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Public transit infrastructure in Bundaberg North - Gooburrum includes 21 active transport stops, providing local bus access. These connection points are served by 2 individual routes that deliver a combined 34 weekly passenger trips. Local transit accessibility remains constrained, with the typical resident residing 665 meters from the nearest stop. Given the community's outward commuting orientation, private vehicles represent the overwhelming transit choice at 95%. Household motor vehicle ownership stands at 1.3 per dwelling, trailing regional baselines. Meanwhile, a modest 5.5% of workers worked from home (2021 Census; potentially reflecting COVID-19 conditions).
Transit service schedules average 4 trips per day across the network, translating to roughly 1 weekly trips per individual stop.
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56.2% of residents in Bundaberg North - Gooburrum report no long-term health condition, a less healthy profile than 94% of areas nationally. 11.3% need daily assistance with core activities, and 46.8% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 7.1 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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AreaSearch evaluations of mortality metrics and chronic disease prevalence highlight notable health challenges across Bundaberg North - Gooburrum, with various medical conditions substantially affecting younger as well as older demographics, while private health insurance uptake is subdued at approximately 47% of residents (~3,722 people). This coverage level tracks beneath the Regional Qld rate of 52.5% and the national baseline of 55.7%. Arthritis and mental health conditions constitute the most prevalent diagnosed medical ailments locally, impacting 12.9 and 10.3% of the resident community, respectively, while 56.2% of individuals indicated having no diagnosed health conditions compared to 67.6% across Regional Qld.
Working-age cohorts encounter meaningful health burdens linked to elevated rates of chronic illness. Residents aged 65 and over make up 30.0% of the population (2,383 people), exceeding the 20.3% proportion observed across Regional Qld. Older demographics navigate specific health challenges, though broad outcomes align with wider national trends.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
Bundaberg North - Gooburrum is largely Australian-born, at 87.4% of residents, with 5.0% speaking a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are English (32.2%) and Australian (29.1%). 3.5% 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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Measures of cultural diversity in Bundaberg North - Gooburrum track below wider averages, with Australian citizens making up 88.7% of residents, 87.4% of the population born in Australia, and 95.0% speaking exclusively English at home. Christianity represents the primary religious affiliation, accounting for 54.6% of residents in Bundaberg North - Gooburrum compared to 52.2% across Regional Qld. Regarding reported ancestry based on parental birthplace, the leading lineages across Bundaberg North - Gooburrum include English at 32.2%, Australian at 29.1%, and Scottish at 8.5%. Furthermore, specific ancestral groups show distinct local concentrations: German ancestry accounts for 6.8% locally compared to 4.7% regionally, Australian Aboriginal background stands at 3.5% (versus 3.9% regionally), and Maltese ancestry comprises 0.4% (versus 0.4% regionally).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Bundaberg North - Gooburrum is 48, older than 89% of areas nationally. That is 1 year younger than at the 2021 Census. 23.5% 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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Bundaberg North - Gooburrum exhibits a pronounced demographic profile geared toward lifestyle and retirement living. Senior and retirement cohorts (65+) represent 30.0% of the community as at August 2026, compared with 20.4% across Regional Qld, whereas younger cohorts aged 0 - 24 comprise 25.6% locally against 29.6% regionally. The estimated median age sits at 48 as at August 2026, down slightly from 49 at the 2021 Census, remaining 7 years older than the Regional Qld median of 41 recorded at that Census and well above the nationwide median of 38 at that Census.
Among broad age groupings, the most notable shift following the Census occurred in the 45 - 64 bracket, which contracted from 25.2% to an estimated 22.3%. Through 2041, retirees and elderly demographics are projected to drive the bulk of local expansion, adding 503 residents (21%) to reach 2,887, while younger demographics and middle-aged cohorts are forecast to decline over that timeframe.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Bundaberg North - Gooburrum
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 | Aug 2026 2 months ago all 5 projects tracked here |
| Project pipeline maintained continuously from Infrastructure Australia, state agencies, local government and public announcements. Records are added and revised daily; this area was last updated Aug 2026. | ||
| Employment | ABS, DEWR, JSA Quarterly (ABS SALM) | Mar 2026 7 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Unemployment and labour force from ABS Small Area Labour Markets, current to Mar 2026. The growth outlook applies Department of Employment (now Jobs and Skills Australia) forecasts for all 19 industry divisions to the local industry mix, so it measures sector composition rather than local expansion and makes no allowance for population growth. Job demand comes from the same agency via its Internet Vacancy Index; industry and occupation structure from the 2021 Census. | ||
| Education | ABS, ACARA Annual (ACARA) | Sep 2026 last month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Transport | ABS, State Transport Departments Each timetable release | Jul 2026 3 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Services & amenities | Provider directories, ACECQA Continuous | Sep 2026 last month all 14 measures |
| Annual and financial-year sources 2 sections | ||
| Income | ABS, ATO Annual (ATO) | FY 2023 3 years ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| ATO taxable income statistics for FY 2023, indexed forward using the Wage Price Index. Census household income provides the distribution detail. | ||
| Health | ABS, ATO Annual | 2024 2 years ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Census-measured — next update: 2026 Census 3 sections No more current small-area source exists for these, so they are labelled as Census-measured rather than implied to be current. | ||
| Housing | ABS 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 30 measures |
| Households | ABS 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 18 measures |
| Cultural diversity | ABS, Geoscience Australia 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 44 measures |
"Currency" is the most recent release feeding that section. Where the Census supplies the structural baseline underneath a current headline figure, the row says so.
How the numbers are built
Population
The Census provides the small-area baseline, aggregated from mesh blocks to this boundary. It is then re-based to the ABS Estimated Resident Population (June 2025 release), and new dwellings built since Census night are counted from address data — 56 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (7,448 at the 2021 Census → 7,953 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 (319011497). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.