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Wooloowin - Lutwyche has an estimated 12,302 residents, up from 11,025 at the 2021 Census — a change of 1,277 people, or 11.6%. Growth has averaged 1.7% a year over five years, faster than 76% of areas nationally. 328 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Overseas migration accounts for 90.6% of that increase. That puts 3,994 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 assessments conducted by AreaSearch, the population of Wooloowin - Lutwyche stands at approximately 12,302 as of May 2026. This indicates that 1,277 additional residents (11.6%) have joined the community since the 2021 Census, when the count was 11,025 people. This demographic shift is calculated based on the ABS estimated resident population of 12,298 as of June 2025, alongside 328 validated new addresses recorded following the Census date. With these numbers, the locality has a density of 3,994 persons per square kilometer, positioning it within the top 10% of all Australian locations analyzed by AreaSearch, highlighting the high demand for local land.
The 11.6% expansion rate since the 2021 census surpassed both the state and the national average (9.3%), establishing the suburb as a primary growth corridor. This upward trend was mostly fueled by overseas migration, which made up about 90.6% of the population increase in recent times, though other factors like interstate migration and natural growth also made positive contributions. In its modelling, AreaSearch utilizes projections from the ABS/Geoscience Australia for each SA2 area, which were published in 2024 using 2022 as the baseline. For SA2 territories lacking this information, or for any periods after 2032, projections from the Queensland State Government released in 2023 and based on 2021 data are employed instead. Because these state-level projections lack breakdowns by age, AreaSearch distributes growth across age brackets using weights derived from the 2023 ABS Greater Capital Region projections, which are based on 2022 statistics. Future demographic forecasts suggest the region will experience expansion exceeding the national median for statistical areas. Specifically, the locality is predicted to expand by 1,684 persons to 2041 when measured against the most recent annual ERP statistics, representing a 13.7% rise across the 16 years.
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487 new dwellings have been approved in Wooloowin - Lutwyche over the past five years, an average of 97 a year. That places the area in the 80th percentile for residential development activity nationally, about 8 approvals per 1,000 residents a year. Of the 69 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 7% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Approvals are currently running at an annualised 185, running ahead of that longer-run average. Figures come from ABS building approvals aggregated to this SA2 boundary and are updated monthly as the ABS releases them.
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The Wooloowin - Lutwyche locality has averaged approximately 97 development approvals for residential properties annually, resulting in 487 homes authorized over the course of the last 5 financial years. During FY-26 to date, 170 new approvals have been documented. The region exhibits strong underlying demand that helps maintain property values, as shown by an average influx of 2 people per year for every constructed home during the 5 financial years between FY-21 and FY-25, with newly built residences carrying an average construction cost of $328,000. In addition, commercial development approvals have reached $7.7 million during the current financial year, highlighting that the community remains predominantly residential.
Compared to the wider Greater Brisbane region, Wooloowin - Lutwyche shows a higher level of construction activity, standing 21.0% above the regional average per capita over the 5 year period. While this helps provide options for buyers and stabilizes local property values, building momentum has decelerated lately. Newly approved projects consist of 7.0% single-family houses and 93.0% multi-unit attached residences. This shift toward denser housing provides affordable entry points that attract investors, downsizers, and first-time buyers alike. This represents a major departure from the existing housing stock, which currently stands at 40.0% houses, showing the scarcity of vacant land and reflecting changing preferences for lifestyle and affordability. With approximately 716 people per approved dwelling, the suburb displays the characteristics of a highly developed, established urban area. Demographic projections show that Wooloowin - Lutwyche is on track to add 1,680 residents up to 2041, based on the most recent quarterly estimates from AreaSearch. Given the current pace of development, the supply of new housing is expected to satisfy demand, offering positive prospects for buyers and supporting potential growth beyond current baseline predictions.
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AreaSearch tracks 15 current infrastructure and development projects inside Wooloowin - Lutwyche, worth an estimated $1.18 billion. A further 115 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $61.8 billion. 32 are already under construction and 37 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 performance is highly dependent on infrastructure developments, key projects, and planning changes. AreaSearch has tracked a total of 49 projects expected to influence the community. Prominent developments include Greville, Lamington Markets, 260 MacArthur Avenue Hamilton - Silverstone Development, and Lutwyche Market Central - Internal Reconfiguration & Tenancy Expansion, with details on the most relevant schemes provided below.
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Lutwyche Market Central - Internal Reconfiguration and Tenancy Expansion
This project involves the approved internal reconfiguration and extension of the existing Lutwyche Market Central shopping centre. The works focus on creating larger, more efficient retail tenancies and improving customer circulation to accommodate new anchor and mini-major tenants. The centre remains anchored by Coles, Woolworths, and ALDI, with the expansion supporting enhanced community amenity and retail diversity within the established triple-supermarket hub.
Greville
A $300 million masterplanned community by Cedar Woods in Wooloowin, 5km from Brisbane CBD, on the former Holy Cross Laundry site (3.5ha). Features three-bedroom townhomes and over 200 apartments across three buildings (with the first building, 'Vera', having reached its topping out milestone), restored heritage residences in the 1800s laundry building, a 4,000sqm public park, and a residents' pool and recreation area. Total ~284 dwellings.
The Rockwell, Lutwyche
The Rockwell is Jadecorp's boutique apartment development at 21-23 Norman Avenue, Lutwyche. The approved project has progressed from assessment into construction and is being marketed for sale. The development comprises 52 premium two and three bedroom apartments with rooftop resident amenities and basement parking.
Celestia Apartments
A boutique collection of 16 bespoke two and three-bedroom residences featuring intelligent design and refined materials. Located in a quiet leafy enclave near Kedron Brook's 23km green corridor, each residence is individually crafted with features such as dedicated studies, oversized entertainer's balconies, and sculptural kitchen detailing. The development preserves established trees at the Windsor Avenue frontage and offers thoughtful planning that ensures connection to both nature and neighbourhood.
Lamington Markets
A $150 million mixed-use transit-oriented development (TOD) revitalising a vacant Lutwyche Road site above the Inner Northern Busway interchange. The originally approved 2021 scheme featured two 12-storey residential towers with 134 apartments, a 4,500sqm indoor market hall for over 100 stallholders, an organic supermarket, 8-screen underground cinema, craft brewery, rooftop urban farm restaurant, a 24-hour medical centre, and a public plaza. In 2024 the proponent lodged a revised application under Queensland's State Facilitated Development (SFD) pathway, scaling the residential component to approximately 340 apartments with at least 15 per cent affordable housing.The SFD pathway targets a minimum 75 business day assessment period. The project remains in pre-construction pending determination of the revised application.
TARA
A luxury boutique apartment development featuring 21 contemporary two and three-bedroom residences with premium penthouses. Located in Lutwyche's elevated position overlooking Kedron Brook parklands, the development offers modern architecture with high-quality finishes, just 6km from Brisbane CBD with excellent access to public transport, shopping, and recreational facilities.
The Albion - Hudson Road Mixed-Use Development
A major transit-oriented mixed-use development on the former Albion Flour Mill site. The project features two residential towers of 18 to 20 storeys containing 456 build-to-rent apartments. The ground level includes 4,228 sqm of retail space, anchored by a full-line Woolworths supermarket, BWS, and specialty retail tenancies. Key features include an elevated subtropical urban commons and a pedestrian overbridge providing direct access to the adjacent Albion Train Station.
Nouveau Albion
A collection of 42 subtropical sky homes in Brisbane's inner north-east suburb of Albion, offering two-storey residences with three or four bedrooms. The design is a contemporary interpretation of Queenslander architecture, featuring arched terraces, brick foundations, cross-ventilation, private rooftop terraces for top-floor residents, a communal rooftop pool, and panoramic city views.
8,014 residents of Wooloowin - Lutwyche are employed, from a labour force of 8,397. Unemployment sits at 4.6%, with participation at 79.1%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 7.3% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 10,436, about 85% 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 workforce in Wooloowin - Lutwyche is exceptionally well-qualified, with a high concentration of professional services workers, an unemployment rate of 4.6%, and an estimated job growth rate of 1.4% over the preceding year. As of March 2026, there are 8,014 employed individuals residing in the area. The unemployment rate sits 0.2% higher than the Greater Brisbane benchmark of 4.3%, while the local participation rate of 79.1% significantly exceeds the regional average of 70.4%. Census figures indicate that a substantial 26.4% of working residents performed their duties from home, though these figures may reflect the influence of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.
The principal sectors employing local residents are health care & social assistance, professional & technical, and retail trade. There is a strong local concentration in professional & technical fields, which employ residents at 1.7 times the regional rate. On the other hand, the construction sector accounts for only 5.5% of the workforce, which is lower than the Greater Brisbane average of 9.0%. Because this is mostly a residential suburb, local job opportunities within the immediate area seem constrained, as demonstrated by the comparison between the Census working population and the resident population. AreaSearch's evaluation of SALM and ABS statistics shows that for the year ending March 2026, local employment grew by 1.4% while the overall labor force expanded by 2.3%, leading to an increase in the unemployment rate of 0.8 percentage points. During the same timeframe, Greater Brisbane recorded employment gains of 3.2% and labor force expansion of 3.4%, alongside a minor 0.1 percentage point increase in unemployment. Future labor demand in Wooloowin - Lutwyche can be analyzed using the May-25 national employment forecasts from Jobs and Skills Australia. These five and ten-year outlooks have been aligned with the local workforce structure to model potential growth trends. Although nationwide employment is projected to rise by 6.6% across five years and 13.7% across ten years, growth trajectories vary widely by industry. Overlaying these sectoral trends onto the local job structure indicates that employment in Wooloowin - Lutwyche could grow by 7.3% over five years and 14.8% over ten years, representing a basic weighting extrapolation rather than a local population projection.
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Median household income in Wooloowin - Lutwyche is $2,086 a week (about $108,000 a year), with median personal income at $1,105 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $67,161 a year against an average of $93,150. 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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Data from the ATO for financial year 2023, compiled at the postcode level by AreaSearch, indicates that Wooloowin - Lutwyche SA2 has a median taxpayer income of $67,161 and an average of $93,150. These figures are very high on a national scale, especially when compared to Greater Brisbane's median of $58,236 and average of $72,799. Accounting for a Wage Price Index increase of 11.36% since financial year 2023, updated estimates as of March 2026 suggest incomes are around $74,790 for the median and $103,732 for the average. Census records show that individual, family, and household incomes in Wooloowin - Lutwyche are positioned between the 71st and 85th percentiles across Australia.
Income distribution statistics indicate that 33.8% of residents (representing 4,158 individuals) earn in the $1,500 - 2,999 range, which is very similar to the regional average of 33.3% in that bracket. Furthermore, the local economy is bolstered by the 31.3% of households earning more than $3,000 weekly, which helps drive local retail activity. Although residents spend 16.7% of their earnings on housing costs, strong overall incomes keep disposable income at the 70th percentile, with the local SEIFA income score placing the area in the 8th decile.
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Wooloowin - Lutwyche had 4,596 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 40% detached houses and 56% apartments. 29% are owned with a mortgage, 54% rented and 18% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $380 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,200 a month, a total housing cost higher than 81% of areas nationally. Rent absorbs 18.2% of household income here and mortgage repayments 24.3%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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According to the most recent Census data, the housing mix in Wooloowin - Lutwyche consisted of 40.4% separate houses and 59.6% higher-density alternatives like townhouses and apartments, differing from the Brisbane metro profile of 73.5% houses and 26.5% other dwellings. The rate of fully owned homes in Wooloowin - Lutwyche stood at 17.8%, trailing the broader Brisbane metro area, while mortgaged properties accounted for 28.6% and rented properties made up 53.7% of the total. Local buyers faced a median monthly mortgage payment of $2,200, which is higher than the Brisbane metro median of $1,863, while the median weekly rent was $380, matching the metropolitan benchmark of $380.
When compared nationally, mortgage costs in Wooloowin - Lutwyche are notably higher than the Australian average of $1,863, and weekly rents also exceed the national median of $375.
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Wooloowin - Lutwyche counted 4,596 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 5,128 today, averaging 2.2 people each. 24% are couples with children, against 26% couples without children. 34% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.0 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Families represent the majority of local living arrangements at 58.1%, consisting of 23.8% couples raising children, 25.7% couples without kids, and 6.8% single parent households. The other 41.9% of households are non-family units, including single-person residences at 33.5% and share-houses at 8.4%. The average home contains 2.2 residents, which is smaller than the Greater Brisbane norm of 2.6.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
48.1% of adults in Wooloowin - Lutwyche hold a university qualification, including 32.3% with a bachelor degree and 11.1% with postgraduate qualifications, higher than 92% of areas nationally. A further 14.1% hold a vocational qualification. 3 schools serve the area, with 2,143 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,112 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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Levels of education in Wooloowin - Lutwyche are high, with 48.1% of the population aged 15+ possessing a university degree, compared to Queensland's 25.7% and the national average of 30.4%. This strong academic profile prepares the suburb well for professional and technical roles. Among these graduates, bachelor degrees are held by 32.3% of residents, postgraduate degrees by 11.1%, and graduate diplomas by 4.7%. Practical and vocational skills are also well represented, with 25.0% of residents aged 15+ holding tertiary diplomas or certificates, including 10.9% with advanced diplomas and 14.1% with certificates.
A significant portion of the local population is engaged in learning, with 30.3% of residents currently attending an educational institution. This group includes 9.7% studying at the university level, 7.5% attending primary school, and 6.6% enrolled in secondary school.
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Public transport in Wooloowin - Lutwyche reaches 55 stops on 80 routes, timetabled for about 7,100 services a week. The typical home sits about 150 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 1.0 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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Assessments of the public transport network show 55 active stops in Wooloowin - Lutwyche, offering a combination of train and bus services. These stops support 80 distinct routes that together supply 7,086 weekly passenger journeys. Accessibility is high, with residents living an average of 146 meters from the nearest stop. Due to the suburb's residential nature, most workers travel to other areas, with private cars being the primary mode of travel at 66%, followed by trains at 14% and buses at 12%. Households own an average of 1.0 vehicles, which is lower than the regional average.
In addition, 26.4% of residents reported working from home in the 2021 Census, which could be related to conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Across all available routes, transit frequency averages 1,012 daily runs, which translates to roughly 128 weekly trips for each stop in the area.
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72.7% of residents in Wooloowin - Lutwyche report no long-term health condition. 5.0% need daily assistance with core activities, and 67.5% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 8.3 per 1,000 residents. Health conditions, assistance needs and insurance are 2021 Census measures; the death rate comes from current ABS releases.
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Based on AreaSearch's analysis of mortality and chronic disease rates, Wooloowin - Lutwyche exhibits some notable health vulnerabilities, with common illnesses affecting both younger and older residents. The proportion of residents with private health insurance is high, with roughly 68% of the population (representing 8,303 people) covered, compared to 55.8% in Greater Brisbane and a national average of 55.7%. The most prevalent health issues in the community are mental health concerns and asthma, which affect 10.6% and 7.1% of residents respectively. Conversely, 72.7% of the population reported no long-term illnesses, compared to 69.2% in Greater Brisbane.
Residents under the age of 65 experience health outcomes that are better than average. Furthermore, seniors aged 65 and older make up 11.3% of the community (totaling 1,393 people), which is below the Greater Brisbane proportion of 15.1%. The overall wellness of these older residents is rated as above average, with national benchmarks showing high scores compared to other regions.
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27.2% of Wooloowin - Lutwyche residents were born overseas and 17.2% speak a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are English (25.8%) and Australian (21.9%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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The suburb of Wooloowin - Lutwyche shows higher levels of cultural diversity than most Australian local areas, with 17.2% of residents using a non-English language at home and 27.2% of the population born outside Australia. Christianity represents the most common religious affiliation at 45.7% of residents. A notable deviation from regional averages is found in Hinduism, which is practiced by 4.1% of the local population, compared to 2.2% across the wider Greater Brisbane area. Looking at parental heritage, the three most common ancestries in Wooloowin - Lutwyche are English (25.8%), Australian (21.9%), and Irish (10.5%).
There are also clear variations in the representation of other backgrounds compared to regional benchmarks, with French heritage at 0.7% of the population (compared to 0.5% regionally), Korean at 0.6% (compared to 0.5% regionally), and Italian at 4.4% (compared to 2.0% regionally).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Wooloowin - Lutwyche is 34, younger than 84% of areas nationally. 36.6% 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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Having a median age of 34, Wooloowin - Lutwyche has a slightly younger demographic profile than Greater Brisbane at 36 and is significantly younger than the national average of 38 years. The area features a higher share of residents aged 25 - 34 (22.0%) than Greater Brisbane, but has fewer children aged 5 - 14 (9.3%). The proportion of 25 - 34 year olds is also higher than the Australian figure of 14.6%. Between the 2021 Census and the current estimates, the share of residents aged 75 to 84 increased from 3.1% to 4.0%, while the group aged 5 to 14 decreased from 10.2% to 9.3%.
Projections for the year 2041 suggest major demographic adjustments, with the cohort aged 75 to 84 experiencing the largest expansion at 83%, representing an increase of 402 people to a total of 890. The aging trend is expected to continue, with individuals aged 65 and over accounting for 52% of the total forecast population growth, whereas the groups aged 35 to 44 and 0 to 4 are anticipated to shrink in size.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Wooloowin - Lutwyche
9 of 14 data sections on this page were updated within the last 12 months — the newest current to Aug 2026.
Everything is aggregated to the SA2 boundary shown above, on a 2021 Census baseline. Only 3 sections — housing, households and cultural diversity — still wait on the 2026 Census.
The ledger — source, cycle and currency by section
| Section | Source & update cycle | Currency |
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| Updated within the last 12 months 9 sections | ||
| Population | ABS, GNAF, Geoscience Australia Annual (ABS ERP) | May 2026 3 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Re-based to the ABS Estimated Resident Population (June 2025 release) and updated with new dwellings from GNAF address data. Current to May 2026, with the 2021 Census supplying the small-area baseline. | ||
| Age profile | ABS, Geoscience Australia, State governments Annual | May 2026 3 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Age cohorts are re-based to the latest ABS population estimates and state projections, current to May 2026. Each cohort is held as a Census baseline and a current estimate. | ||
| Development & approvals | ABS, GNAF Monthly (ABS approvals) | Jun 2026 2 months ago headline measures · May 2026 baseline |
| Property sales & rents | Valuer General, Rental Board, ABS Weekly sales, quarterly rents | Aug 2026 this month all 21 measures |
| Sales from the state Valuer General register, refreshed weekly, and rents from quarterly rental bond lodgements. Both are read live each time this page loads, current to Aug 2026. | ||
| Infrastructure projects | Infrastructure Australia, State agencies, Local governments Daily | Jul 2026 last month all 15 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 5 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Unemployment and labour force from ABS Small Area Labour Markets, current to Mar 2026. The growth outlook applies Department of Employment (now Jobs and Skills Australia) forecasts for all 19 industry divisions to the local industry mix, so it measures sector composition rather than local expansion and makes no allowance for population growth. Job demand comes from the same agency via its Internet Vacancy Index; industry and occupation structure from the 2021 Census. | ||
| Education | ABS, ACARA Annual (ACARA) | Aug 2026 this month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Transport | ABS, State Transport Departments Each timetable release | Jul 2026 last month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Services & amenities | Provider directories, ACECQA Continuous | Jul 2026 last month all 14 measures |
| Annual and financial-year sources 2 sections | ||
| Income | ABS, ATO Annual (ATO) | FY 2023 3 years ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| ATO taxable income statistics for FY 2023, indexed forward using the Wage Price Index. Census household income provides the distribution detail. | ||
| Health | ABS, ATO Annual | 2024 2 years ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Census-measured — next update: 2026 Census 3 sections No more current small-area source exists for these, so they are labelled as Census-measured rather than implied to be current. | ||
| Housing | ABS 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 30 measures |
| Households | ABS 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 18 measures |
| Cultural diversity | ABS, Geoscience Australia 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 44 measures |
"Currency" is the most recent release feeding that section. Where the Census supplies the structural baseline underneath a current headline figure, the row says so.
How the numbers are built
Population
The Census provides the small-area baseline, aggregated from mesh blocks to this boundary. It is then re-based to the ABS Estimated Resident Population (June 2025 release), and new dwellings built since Census night are counted from address data — 328 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for May 2026, not a 2021 count (11,025 at the 2021 Census → 12,302 now). Annual growth rates are compound (CAGR), not simple averages.
Age profile
Cohort shares are not raw Census counts. Every cohort is held as a pair — the Census baseline and a current estimate — and the split is re-based using ERP and state population projections, current to May 2026. Median age is the Census median plus modelled change since. Charts that show both are labelled "2021 Census vs Current Estimate".
Property sales
Sourced from the state valuation authority's sales register — current, not Census, and refreshed weekly. Medians are calculated from settled transactions in the period shown; periods with very low transaction counts are flagged or suppressed, because a handful of sales can move a median substantially.
Rents
Derived from state rental bond lodgement data, by dwelling type and bedroom count. Bonds are lodged at the start of a new tenancy, so this reflects new lettings, not the whole rented stock.
Development & infrastructure
Building approvals come from current ABS releases; development applications are collected from council and state planning portals; the infrastructure pipeline is compiled from Infrastructure Australia and local government sources. Applications are matched to this boundary by address or coordinates, so very recent lodgements may not yet appear.
Employment & income
Industry and occupation structure comes from the Census, but the headline labour-market indicators do not. Unemployment and labour force are derived from ABS Small Area Labour Markets (quarterly). The employment outlook applies Department of Employment forecasts for all 19 industry divisions to this area's own industry mix (the agency is now Jobs and Skills Australia), as does the Internet Vacancy Index used for job demand. Because it is weighted on industry composition alone, that outlook carries no allowance for local population growth — in fast-growing areas the real rise in local jobs will typically be higher. Income combines Census household income with ATO taxable-income statistics for FY 2023, indexed forward using the Wage Price Index.
Education, transport & amenities
School enrolments, ICSEA and performance come from ACARA's current release, not the Census. Public transport stops and service frequency are derived from GTFS timetable feeds published by state transport departments. Services and amenities are proximity and count scores built from provider directories, refreshed on their own cycle. The Census contributes only the travel-to-work and qualification measures.
Rankings and benchmarks. Where we rank this area, the comparison set is every area of the same boundary type — suburbs against suburbs, SA2s against SA2s. Benchmarks compare this area against its greater capital city region and the national figure for the same measure and period.
Limits worth knowing. Small areas carry larger error margins, and the ABS introduces small random adjustments to Census counts to protect confidentiality — so totals may not sum exactly. Estimates re-based from regional data describe the area's expected trajectory, not a direct count of it. Figures are indicative for research and are not financial, planning or valuation advice.
Cross-check us. The Census baseline for this boundary is at ABS 2021 Census QuickStats (305031131). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.