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Woodcroft has an estimated 11,751 residents, up from 11,552 at the 2021 Census — a change of 199 people, or 1.7%. That puts 869 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 population residing in Woodcroft stands at roughly 11,751 as of Aug 2026. This represents an addition of 199 people (1.7%) relative to the 2021 Census count of 11,552 people. That adjustment draws on ABS estimated resident population figures of 11,743 recorded as of June 2025 alongside 93 validated new addresses registered post-Census. With these numbers, local density settles at 868 persons per square kilometer, tracking closely with the typical benchmarks identified across AreaSearch study regions. Inward migration from overseas served as the primary growth engine, accounting for roughly 89.2% of total population additions over recent timeframes.
AreaSearch applies SA2 projections issued jointly by the ABS and Geoscience Australia in 2024, anchored on 2022 baseline figures. Where SA2 coverage is absent, and across all projections beyond 2032, models integrate the SA State Government's Regional/LGA age-cohort forecasts published in 2023 from 2021 source figures, distributing growth down to SA2 zones via a weighted aggregation framework. In terms of forward-looking trajectories, the locality is projected to track within the lower quartile nationally, adding an estimated 429 persons by 2041 according to the latest annual ERP benchmarks, representing an aggregate expansion of 3.6% over the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
115 new dwellings have been approved in Woodcroft over the past five years, an average of 23 a year. That is 2.0 approvals per 1,000 residents. Of the 23 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 78% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Figures come from ABS building approvals aggregated to this SA2 boundary and are updated monthly as the ABS releases them.
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Dwelling approvals in Woodcroft have tracked at an annual rate of approximately 23 dwellings, culminating in 115 homes receiving planning clearance across the past 5 financial years (between FY-22 and FY-26). Given that an average of only 0.8 new residents per year per dwelling constructed was recorded over the past 5 financial years (between FY-22 and FY-26), residential building activity is keeping pace with or exceeding local requirements, widening buyer options and facilitating population expansion potentially above forecast trajectories, with approved builds carrying an average construction cost of $387,000. Concurrently, non-residential activity saw $805,000 in commercial development approvals logged during this financial year, underscoring the predominantly suburban, residential focus of the locality.
Compared against Greater Adelaide, Woodcroft demonstrates substantially subdued construction rates (61.0% below regional average per person). While building momentum has picked up over recent periods, this muted delivery pipeline typically acts to underpin valuations and buyer interest across established stock. Construction levels are similarly lagging behind the national benchmark, reflecting the mature character of the suburb alongside probable planning constraints. Recent approvals comprise 78.0% detached dwellings alongside 22.0% attached dwellings, preserving the community's established low-density footprint and emphasizing spacious family dwellings. Furthermore, an estimated metric of 1260 people per dwelling approval highlights a quiet, low-scale development environment. Demographic projections indicate Woodcroft will see an influx of 421 residents through to 2041 (benchmarked against the latest AreaSearch quarterly estimate). In light of current construction activity, forthcoming residential stock appears well placed to absorb demand, creating favorable market conditions for purchasers while potentially enabling demographic gains beyond baseline expectations.
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 6 current infrastructure and development projects inside Woodcroft, worth an estimated $381 million. A further 39 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $2.24 billion. 11 are already under construction and 11 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, sports & recreation and education & training. Records are compiled from Infrastructure Australia, state agencies, council planning portals and public announcements, reviewed and updated daily, then ranked by proximity, construction stage, completion horizon and project scale.
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Local infrastructure upgrades, planning schemes, and major capital works exert a substantial influence on an area's trajectory. AreaSearch has pinpointed 8 projects positioned to influence the surrounding district, highlighted by initiatives including the Flinders Medical Centre Acute Services Building, The Green at Woodcroft, Bains Road Reconstruction, and Happy Valley Solar Farm & Water Treatment Plant Complex.
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The Green at Woodcroft
Premium residential development adjacent to Thaxted Park Golf Course by Metro Property Development. Master-planned community offering house and land packages in established area with golf course frontage and parkland access.
Bains Road Reconstruction
Reconstruction of Bains Road between Investigator Drive and Panalatinga Road, Woodcroft. The project includes reconstruction of selected sections of kerbing and guttering, road pavement reconstruction, installation of a new 1.5m wide footpath on the northern side, and installation of new pedestrian refuges to improve road safety and accessibility. Construction commenced in October 2025 with an estimated 8-week completion period, subject to weather conditions.
Happy Valley Solar Farm & Water Treatment Plant Complex
Integrated energy and water treatment complex featuring a 12.8MW solar installation with 33,750 panels using 5B Maverick technology. The site includes the southern hemisphere's largest Xylem-manufactured UV disinfection system, a $26 million upgrade commissioned in late 2021. The complex serves 40% of metropolitan Adelaide's water supply, utilizing renewable energy to reduce operating costs and lower annual emissions by 7,600 tonnes.
Woodcroft College Campus Expansions
Independent Anglican co-educational school serving ELC to Year 12. Major educational facility with modern learning environments, sports facilities and technology centers. Ongoing campus improvements to support growing student population.
Woodcroft Primary School Major Upgrades
A $6 million facility upgrade at Woodcroft Primary School featuring a new permanent modular building with eight general learning areas, serviced learning area, breakout spaces, teacher preparation rooms, withdrawal spaces and toilets. The project also includes covered outdoor learning areas, new openings to improve connectivity between buildings, minor refurbishments to two existing buildings, decking to the building's rear side, and landscaping for outdoor learning spaces. Designed by Brown Falconer architects and constructed by Fusco Constructions, the upgrade provides students with world-class modern facilities for contemporary learning.
Green Leaves Early Learning Woodcroft
Completed 98-place early learning centre located at the corner of Pimpala Road and Panalatinga Road. This purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility features custom-designed learning hubs for children aged six weeks to six years, outdoor play areas including bike track and edible gardens, Chef's kitchen for culinary lessons, and family lounge with barista coffee service. The centre received service approval on April 4, 2024 and is now operational. Operated by Green Leaves Early Learning, a privately owned company specializing in boutique early learning centre development throughout Australia.
Flinders Health and Medical Research Building
$280M flagship building of Flinders Village development. South Australia's largest integrated health and medical research facility connecting Flinders University with Flinders Medical Centre and featuring state-of-the-art research laboratories.
Balee Park Upgrade Happy Valley
Neighbourhood Family Park upgrade including new playground equipment, basketball/netball rings and court, irrigated turf area and landscaping. Construction scheduled for 2024-25 financial year following community consultation completed December 2023. Project includes improved lighting, walking paths and accessibility features to enhance community use.
6,723 residents of Woodcroft are employed, from a labour force of 6,892. Unemployment sits at 2.5%, with participation at 69.9%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.5% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 8,951, about 76% 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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Woodcroft maintains an evenly distributed workforce across blue-collar and white-collar roles, supported by solid representation across essential services, an unemployment rate of just 2.5%, and an estimated job growth rate of 5.4% over the preceding year. As of March 2026, employed residents total 6,723, with local unemployment sitting 1.4% below Greater Adelaide's rate of 3.8%, alongside a standard labor force participation rate (69.9% compared to Greater Adelaide's 66.4%). Census findings recorded only 9.4% of employed persons working from home, though these figures reflect prevailing Covid-19 lockdown conditions. Key industries employing local residents comprise health care & social assistance, retail trade, and construction.
Retail trade represents an area of pronounced concentration, capturing an employment share of 1.3 times the regional level. Conversely, professional & technical roles account for only 4.7% of resident workers, trailing Greater Adelaide's 7.3%. Given the disparity between the working population recorded at the Census and the resident labor pool, this predominantly suburban locality appears to provide a limited volume of internal jobs. Based on AreaSearch's evaluation of SALM and ABS statistics over the 12 months to March 2026, resident employment rose by 5.4% against a 5.1% rise in the labor force, causing the jobless rate to fall by 0.2 percentage points. Across Greater Adelaide, employment increased by 4.2% and the labor force grew by 4.0%, with unemployment falling 0.2 percentage points. National modeling from Jobs and Skills Australia as of Mar-26 offers additional perspectives on future local labor demand across five and ten-year horizons. Nationally, total employment is projected to grow by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, though trajectories diverge widely across individual sectors. When mapped onto Woodcroft's industry profile, local employment is modeled to expand by 6.5% over five years and 13.6% over ten years (note that this represents a simple weighted extrapolation provided for illustration and excludes localized population forecasts).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Woodcroft is $1,672 a week (about $87,000 a year), with median personal income at $773 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $51,757 a year against an average of $56,112. Household income is from the 2021 Census; taxable income is from ATO Taxation Statistics for the latest financial year available, indexed forward using the ABS Wage Price Index.
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ATO postcode data compiled by AreaSearch for financial year 2023 indicates the Woodcroft SA2 recorded a median taxpayer income of $51,757 and an average income of $56,112, falling short of national benchmarks as well as Greater Adelaide's median income of $54,808 and average income of $66,852. Adjusting for a 10.17% rise in the Wage Price Index since financial year 2023, current earnings are estimated at approximately $57,021 (median) and $61,819 (average) as of March 2026. Across personal, family, and household levels, Census earnings sit in a moderate bracket between the 43rd and 45th percentiles.
In terms of earnings distribution, 35.7% of the community (4,195 individuals) falls into the $1,500 - 2,999 weekly bracket, closely aligning with the broader region at 31.8%. Residents retain 86.3% of earnings after meeting housing costs, with the suburb positioned in the 5th decile of the SEIFA income index.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Woodcroft had 4,356 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 89% detached houses and 1% apartments. 50% are owned with a mortgage, 16% rented and 35% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month. Rent absorbs 20.9% of household income here and mortgage repayments 20.9%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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According to the most recent Census, the local housing mix in Woodcroft was made up of 88.8% houses and 11.2% other dwellings (semi-detached, apartments, 'other' dwellings), contrasting with Adelaide metro's breakdown of 75.2% houses and 24.9% other dwellings. Outright home ownership reached 34.5%, exceeding the metropolitan average, while mortgaged properties accounted for 49.9% and rental housing represented 15.7%. Typical monthly mortgage repayments stood at $1,517, coming in under Adelaide metro's $1,562, whereas median weekly rents were $350 compared to the metropolitan figure of $320. On a national scale, Woodcroft mortgage obligations are notably lower than the Australian average of $1,863, with local rental costs also sitting below the nationwide figure of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Woodcroft counted 4,356 households at the 2021 Census, averaging 2.6 people each. 35% are couples with children, against 28% couples without children. 24% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.7 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Family households form the bulk of the community at 75.0%, consisting of 34.7% couples with children, 27.8% couples without children, and 11.7% single parent families. The remaining 25.0% comprises non-family arrangements, with single-person households representing 23.5% and group living situations accounting for 1.5%. The average household size stands at 2.6 people, slightly above Greater Adelaide's average of 2.5.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
16.6% of adults in Woodcroft hold a university qualification, including 12.4% with a bachelor degree and 2.5% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 30.1% hold a vocational qualification. 2 schools serve the area, with 801 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,015 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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The community records lower levels of higher education attainment, with university qualification rates at 16.6%, trailing well behind the Australian average of 30.4%. Bachelor degrees account for the largest proportion at 12.4%, alongside postgraduate qualifications (2.5%) and graduate diplomas (1.7%). Vocational training is widespread, with 41.2% of residents aged 15+ holding technical qualifications, split between advanced diplomas (11.1%) and certificates (30.1%). A substantial portion of the population is engaged in study, with 26.4% of local residents actively participating in formal education. Primary school students represent 9.4% of the population, secondary pupils make up 7.7%, and 4.4% are undertaking tertiary studies.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Woodcroft reaches 36 stops on 14 routes, timetabled for about 620 services a week. The typical home sits about 290 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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An assessment of public transit indicates Woodcroft contains 36 active transport stops offering bus services. These stops are integrated into 14 separate routes that deliver 616 weekly passenger trips. Network access is well established, with local residents situated an average of 285 meters from the nearest stop. Given the suburb's residential orientation, private vehicles are the primary commuting choice for 92% of workers. Household motor vehicle ownership averages 1.6 per dwelling, higher than the regional benchmark, while 9.4% of workers operated from home during the 2021 Census under pandemic conditions.
Bus service operations average 88 trips per day across the collective transit routes, translating to roughly 17 weekly trips per individual stop.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
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64.3% of residents in Woodcroft report no long-term health condition. 6.3% need daily assistance with core activities, and 47.5% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 5.3 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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AreaSearch data on chronic conditions and mortality rates highlights notable health considerations in Woodcroft, with ailments evident across the broader population and slightly more pronounced among senior cohorts, while private health insurance uptake is subdued at approximately 48% of the total population (~5,581 people). This coverage level compares with 52.7% across Greater Adelaide and 55.7% nationally. Arthritis and mental health conditions are the most frequently reported diagnoses in the locality, affecting 9.8 and 8.8% of residents, respectively, whereas 64.3% reported no chronic medical conditions compared with 67.9% across Greater Adelaide.
Working-age cohorts show higher-than-average rates of chronic ailments. Residents aged 65 and over constitute 22.3% of the populace (2,622 people), surpassing Greater Adelaide's 19.1%. Although senior health outcomes present specific challenges, they rank lower on a national comparative scale than the wider community profile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
Woodcroft is largely Australian-born, at 78.4% of residents, with 8.7% speaking a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are English (34.8%) and Australian (29.3%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural diversity metrics in Woodcroft broadly mirror regional benchmarks, with 78.4% of residents born in Australia, 93.1% holding Australian citizenship, and 91.3% speaking exclusively English at home. Christianity forms the dominant faith group, encompassing 40.0% of the local population. Meanwhile, those affiliating with Other religions represent 1.0% locally, compared with 1.8% across Greater Adelaide. Looking at parental country of birth, the three most common ancestral backgrounds are English at 34.8% (outstripping the regional benchmark of 27.8%), Australian at 29.3% (above the wider region's 22.8%), and Scottish at 6.6%. Variances are also visible among several other groups: Polish heritage sits at 1.1% locally (vs 1.0% regionally), Welsh at 0.8% (vs 0.6%), and Dutch at 1.8% (vs 1.2%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Woodcroft is 42. 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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Woodcroft displays a standard age profile when compared to Greater Adelaide, where the largest difference across the four primary age brackets is 5.8 percentage points. The median age is estimated at 42 as at August 2026, matching the 2021 Census figure and sitting 3 years above the Greater Adelaide median of 39 recorded at that time. Seniors and retirees (65+) expanded from 19.6% at the Census to an estimated 22.3% of the community. This 65+ cohort is projected to generate the largest demographic gain by 2041, increasing by 723 (28%) to 3,346, while contractions are anticipated across children, young adults, and young to middle aged adults.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Woodcroft
9 of 14 data sections on this page were updated within the last 12 months — the newest current to Sep 2026.
Everything is aggregated to the SA2 boundary shown above, on a 2021 Census baseline. Only 3 sections — housing, households and cultural diversity — still wait on the 2026 Census.
The ledger — source, cycle and currency by section
| Section | Source & update cycle | Currency |
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| Updated within the last 12 months 9 sections | ||
| Population | ABS, GNAF, Geoscience Australia Annual (ABS ERP) | Aug 2026 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 | Sep 2026 last 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 | Feb 2026 8 months ago all 6 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 Feb 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 — 93 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (11,552 at the 2021 Census → 11,751 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 (403041089). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.