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Ballarat East has an estimated 5,972 residents, up from 5,937 at the 2021 Census. 167 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. That puts 999 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 AreaSearch evaluations of ABS demographic adjustments for the wider region alongside newly verified addresses, the suburb of Ballarat East has a population estimated at 5,972 as of May 2026. This indicates an expansion of 35 people (0.6%) from the 2021 Census, which documented a population of 5,937 people. The variation is calculated from a resident base of 5,960, projected by AreaSearch using the ABS June 2025 ERP data update, combined with 167 validated new addresses registered since the Census. This count translates to a density of 998 persons per square kilometer, which aligns closely with typical figures recorded in other locations examined by AreaSearch.
The primary driver of these population gains was overseas migration, which served as virtually the sole source of growth in recent times. Projections for each SA2 region are based on 2024 releases from the ABS and Geoscience Australia using 2022 as the base year. Where SA2 data is unavailable, AreaSearch incorporates VIC State Government Regional/LGA projections from 2023, utilizing a weighted aggregation of growth rates to adjust from LGA to SA2 tiers. These age-group growth rates are projected forward for years 2032 to 2041 across all sectors. Future forecasts indicate substantial gains that place this location within the top quartile of non-metropolitan regions in Australia, with aggregated SA2 projections indicating the suburb of Ballarat East will add 1,698 persons to 2041, representing a total increase of 28.2% across the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
153 new dwellings have been approved in Ballarat East over the past five years, an average of 30 a year. That is 5.2 approvals per 1,000 residents. Of the 28 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 86% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Approvals are currently running at an annualised 85, running ahead of that longer-run average. Figures come from ABS building approvals aggregated to this Suburb (SAL) boundary and are updated monthly as the ABS releases them.
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According to building approval figures compiled by AreaSearch from regional statistics, there is an annual average of about 30 new home approvals in Ballarat East. A total of 153 residential dwellings were approved over the 5 financial years spanning FY-21 to FY-25, with 78 additions registered so far during FY-26. An average of only 0.3 people moved to the area for every finished dwelling over the 5 financial years from FY-21 to FY-25, meaning building rates are matching or running ahead of demand. This keeps buyer options open and builds capacity for growth beyond current estimates, with new builds averaging $536,000 in value, indicating a developer focus on high-end, premium projects.
Additionally, commercial building approvals have reached $4.8 million this financial year, which highlights the primarily residential nature of the locality. Ballarat East exhibits low construction activity compared to Rest of Vic., falling 57.0% below the regional average per capita. This subdued rate of new additions tends to support stronger demand and valuation levels for established properties. Recent builds consist of 86.0% detached houses and 14.0% townhouses or apartments, preserving the suburban character of the area with a focus on spacious family residences. There are approximately 248 people per dwelling approval, showing a low-density construction market. Future estimates indicate that Ballarat East will gain 1,686 residents by 2041, based on the latest quarterly calculations from AreaSearch. At the current pace of development, residential supply could find it difficult to keep up with demographic growth, which may intensify competition among buyers and support upward pressure on prices.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Ballarat East
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 2 current infrastructure and development projects inside Ballarat East, worth an estimated $28 million. A further 43 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $5.33 billion. 12 are already under construction and 11 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, communities, precincts & urban renewal 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 updates, development plans, and major projects are key drivers of regional performance. AreaSearch has identified a total of 19 projects expected to impact the local community. Significant developments include The Meadows on Eureka Estate, Urban Ripple: Restoring our Yarrowee River and its Little Creeks, Eastwood Community Hub, and Sovereign Hill Master Plan: Gold Vault, with the key projects listed below details on those most relevant.
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Eastwood Community Hub
A $17.54 million redevelopment of the Eastwood Leisure Complex in central Ballarat, replacing the 1940s-era facility with a contemporary, fully accessible multipurpose community hub. Jointly funded by the City of Ballarat and the Federal Government's Growing Regions Program, the project involves demolishing the outdated buildings, while retaining and recladding the existing basketball stadium. The new hub features a main hall for 275 people, training rooms, flexible meeting spaces, a conference and event space, and a 5-star Green Star target.
Urban Ripple: Restoring our Yarrowee River and its Little Creeks
A community-led waterways restoration project funded by a Victorian Government Green Links Program grant of $701,000. Led by the Bunanyung Landscape Alliance in partnership with the Yarrowee-Leigh Catchment Group, the project restores 13 sites along Ballarat waterways spanning 80.5 hectares and 9.8 kilometres of the Yarrowee River, Specimen Vale Creek, Canadian Creek and connecting tributaries. Works involve extensive weed control, replanting 39,500 indigenous plants, and creating habitat for threatened species including the Growling Grass Frog, brush-tailed phascogale and platypus.Delivery is led by five local Landcare and Friends groups, with 66 scheduled planting days in 2025 alone. The project also integrates community planting events, Traditional Owner cultural knowledge, and ecological plant selection guided by Ballarat ecologist Tim D'Ombrain's native plant community mapping system. Target completion is 2026.
Equinox Ballarat Lifestyle Village Expansion
Over-55s land lease community in Brown Hill. Stage 2 (61 homes) is complete and occupied; Stage 3 new homes are being released and delivered. The expansion across Stages 2 and 3 totals about 97 sites, with village amenities including community room, pools and BBQ areas.
Ballarat Base Hospital Redevelopment
The $655 million Ballarat Base Hospital Redevelopment is in its third and final stage, building a new seven-level hospital tower delivered by Built in partnership with the Victorian Health Building Authority and Grampians Health. The tower will include a new main entrance off Sturt Street, a new emergency department with an integrated mental health, alcohol and other drugs hub, a women and children's hub, a state-of-the-art operating theatre suite, an expanded critical care floor, a new helipad, and around 100 extra inpatient and short stay beds.As of late 2025, structural works on the new tower are well advanced, with vertical concrete pours progressing and four tower cranes operating on site. Earlier stages have already delivered a six-storey central energy plant and support services building on Drummond Street, and an expanded multi-deck carpark adding 400 spaces. Once complete, the upgraded hospital will treat at least 18,000 more emergency patients and 14,500 additional inpatients per year, supporting around 4,000 extra surgeries annually. The project is on track for completion in 2027.
Sovereign Hill Master Plan: Gold Vault
The Gold Vault is a proposed 1,000 square metre immersive visitor experience and the hero project of Sovereign Hill's 20-year Master Plan. Designed to attract up to 100,000 additional visitors annually, the new pavilion will combine high-security displays of Victoria's most significant gold collection items with interactive digital installations, dramatic lighting and curated artefacts from Sovereign Hill, the Victorian State Collection and partner institutions. The project will also deliver a redesigned arrival and orientation zone with new Welcome to Country experiences, retail and amenities.Sovereign Hill received 500,000 dollars from the Victorian Enabling Tourism Fund in 2024 to develop the schematic design, and the 17.9 million dollar build is currently the headline ask in the Ballarat. Now and Into the Future: Enabling Growth 2026 advocacy campaign ahead of the 2026 Victorian state election. The project is forecast to create between 124 and 168 construction jobs and 21 to 37 ongoing jobs, and will incorporate solar panels and energy-efficient design as part of Sovereign Hill's transition to net zero energy, waste and water.
Albert Street Social Housing Development
A $15.5 million social and affordable housing development at 119 Albert Street, Ballarat. Delivered by Uniting Housing and designed by MGS Architects, the four-storey building provides 24 new one- and two-bedroom apartments to support vulnerable people on the Victorian Housing Register.
Aurora Estate
A boutique residential development in Ballarat East comprising 12 architecturally designed homes built by Hudson Ridge Builders. Located a short drive from Ballarat CBD along Victoria Street, nestled behind a local IGA supermarket, childcare centre, and reserve. The project features modern townhouses with high-quality finishes.
Delacombe Town Centre Stage 3
Stage 3 of Delacombe Town Centre is under construction and will expand the retail precinct with a new Coles, ALDI, approximately 13 to 14 specialty retail stores, additional parking and supporting infrastructure, strengthening the centre as the primary shopping destination for Ballarat's growing western and southern suburbs.
2,716 residents of Ballarat East are employed, from a labour force of 2,904. Unemployment sits at 6.5%, with participation at 56.7%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.6% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 4,898, about 82% 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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Data consolidated by AreaSearch shows Ballarat East has a qualified labor force with strong representation in essential services, alongside an unemployment rate of 6.5%. As of March 2026, employed residents total 2,716, while the jobless rate sits 2.8% above the Regional Vic. average of 3.7%. Participation in the workforce is slightly soft at 56.7%, compared to the Regional Vic. standard of 61.1%. Census records show a moderate 21.3% of workers operated from home, though this figure should be interpreted with caution due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. The main industries employing local residents are health care & social assistance, education & training, and retail trade.
On the other hand, agriculture, forestry & fishing is underrepresented at 1.2%, compared to the regional benchmark of 7.5%. The area is heavily residential and appears to offer few local employment positions, as demonstrated by comparing Census working population numbers to the total resident population. Based on analysis of SALM and ABS data for the broader statistical area, the labor force grew by 0.1% during the 12 months leading to March 2026, while total employment fell by 1.6%, causing the jobless rate to increase by 1.6 percentage points. Over the same timeframe, Regional Vic. saw employment decline by 0.1% and the labor force contract by 0.3%, with unemployment decreasing by 0.2 percentage points. National employment projections from May-25 by Jobs and Skills Australia provide further context on potential future demands in Ballarat East. These five and ten-year projections have been applied to the local workforce structure to model future growth trends. Globally, national employment is projected to grow by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, but rates differ significantly by industry. Applying these trends to the local industry mix suggests employment in Ballarat East will grow by 6.6% over five years and 13.9% over ten years, though this is a simple weighted extrapolation and does not factor in local population changes.
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Ballarat East is $1,123 a week (about $58,000 a year), with median personal income at $636 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $48,975 a year against an average of $62,887. 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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According to the latest ATO tax statistics for the financial year 2023, taxpayers in Ballarat East have a median income of $48,975 and an average income of $62,887. These amounts are below national averages, and compare to a median of $50,954 and an average of $62,728 across Regional Vic. Adjusted for the 9.62% Wage Price Index growth since financial year 2023, estimates for March 2026 stand at roughly $53,686 for the median and $68,937 for the average. Census data places household, family, and individual incomes in Ballarat East between the 8th and 16th percentiles nationally.
The most common weekly income bracket is $800 - 1,499, accounting for 29.6% of residents (1,767 people), whereas the wider region is dominated by the $1,500 - 2,999 bracket at 30.3%. Financial stress from housing is prominent, leaving only 82.5% of income after housing costs, which ranks in the 9th percentile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Ballarat East had 2,559 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 89% detached houses and 1% apartments. 26% are owned with a mortgage, 41% rented and 33% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $290 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month. Rent absorbs 25.8% of household income here and mortgage repayments 26.7%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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The housing mix in Ballarat East at the time of the last Census consisted of 89.4% detached houses and 10.6% other options like townhouses and apartments, compared to 90.1% houses and 9.9% other options in Regional Vic. Home ownership in Ballarat East lags behind the regional average at 33.0%, with the remaining dwellings split between properties with a mortgage (26.1%) and rental properties (40.9%). The median monthly mortgage payment was below the Regional Vic. average at $1,300, while the median weekly rent was $290, compared to regional benchmarks of $1,430 and $285.
Nationally, mortgage payments in Ballarat East are much lower than the Australian average of $1,863, and weekly rents are also well below the national figure of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Ballarat East counted 2,559 households at the 2021 Census, averaging 2.1 people each. 17% are couples with children, fewer than in 93% of areas nationally, against 25% couples without children. 39% 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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Families make up 55.3% of local households, consisting of couples with children at 16.7%, couples without children at 25.0%, and single parents at 12.6%. Non-family households represent the remaining 44.7%, with single-person households at 39.2% and group houses at 5.7%. The median household size of 2.1 people is smaller than the Regional Vic. average of 2.4.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
28.5% of adults in Ballarat East hold a university qualification, including 18.0% with a bachelor degree and 6.2% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 23.3% hold a vocational qualification. 4 schools serve the area, with 1,267 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,036 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 local academic profile is strong compared to the wider region, with university attainment rates at 28.5% of residents aged 15 and over, exceeding the Rest of Vic. average of 21.7%. Bachelor degrees are the most common credential at 18.0%, followed by postgraduate degrees at 6.2% and graduate diplomas at 4.3%. Technical and trade qualifications are also common, with 33.7% of residents aged 15 and over holding vocational qualifications, comprising advanced diplomas at 10.4% and certificates at 23.3%. Enrolment rates in education are high, with 26.9% of the population active in formal studies.
This includes 8.6% attending primary school, 6.1% enrolled in higher education, and 5.8% studying at the secondary school level.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Ballarat East reaches 39 stops on 14 routes, timetabled for about 2,500 services a week. The typical home sits about 210 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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Public transport analysis identifies 39 active transit stops in Ballarat East. These locations are serviced by 14 routes, providing a combined 2,492 passenger trips per week. Transit access is good, with residents living an average of 213 meters from the nearest stop. The area is highly residential, meaning most workers commute elsewhere, with private cars remaining the primary choice at 89% and walking at 5%. Vehicle ownership stands at 1.0 per household, below regional averages. Working from home is common for 21.3% of residents according to the 2021 Census, which may have been influenced by COVID-19 rules.
Transit services average 356 trips daily across all routes, which translates to about 63 weekly passenger trips for each stop.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
Transport Stops Detail
54.3% of residents in Ballarat East report no long-term health condition, a less healthy profile than 92% of areas nationally. 12.4% need daily assistance with core activities, and 51.7% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 7.5 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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Assessments of mortality rates and chronic health conditions highlight major healthcare struggles in Ballarat East, with various conditions impacting both younger and older residents. Additionally, private health insurance coverage is low, held by only about 52% of the population, which equates to roughly 3,088 people. The most prevalent health issues reported locally are mental health conditions and arthritis, affecting 13.3% and 10.7% of residents, respectively. Meanwhile, 54.3% of people reported having no chronic medical conditions, compared to 63.4% across Regional Vic. Chronic disease rates are elevated among the working-age population.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25.2% of the population (1,504 people), exceeding the Regional Vic. figure of 23.9%. Health metrics for these older residents are generally in line with national averages.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
Ballarat East is largely Australian-born, at 88.3% of residents, with 6.3% speaking a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are English (31.7%) and Australian (27.5%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural diversity is below average in Ballarat East, with 89.6% of residents holding citizenship, 88.3% born in Australia, and 93.7% speaking only English at home. Christianity is the dominant religion, practiced by 41.6% of the population. However, the most distinct overrepresentation is seen in Judaism, which accounts for 0.1% of residents compared to 0.1% across Regional Vic. English ancestry is the most common parental birthplace origin at 31.7% of the population, followed by Australian at 27.5% and Irish at 12.3%. Other groups show notable differences from the regional trends: Dutch ancestry represents 1.9% of Ballarat East (compared to 1.7% regionally), Scottish is at 9.3% (compared to 8.8%), and Croatian is at 0.4% (compared to 0.4%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Ballarat East is 43. 26.6% 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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The median age in Ballarat East is 43, matching the Regional Vic. median of 43 and tracking well above the national median of 38. The age distribution reveals a high concentration of 25 - 34 year-olds (17.0%), while children aged 5 - 14 are less common (9.6%) than across Regional Vic. Since the 2021 Census, the 25 to 34 age segment grew from 15.0% to 17.0% of the population, and the 35 to 44 age bracket increased from 11.7% to 13.0%. Meanwhile, the 5 to 14 group fell from 10.5% to 9.6%.
Demographic projections for 2041 suggest notable shifts, with the 25 to 34 age group expected to grow by 52% (524 people) to reach 1,540 individuals from a base of 1,015. Conversely, the cohort aged 55 to 64 is projected to decrease by 18.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Ballarat East
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 Suburb (SAL) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | May 2026 3 months ago all 2 projects tracked here |
| Project pipeline maintained continuously from Infrastructure Australia, state agencies, local government and public announcements. Records are added and revised daily; this area was last updated May 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 — 167 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for May 2026, not a 2021 count (5,937 at the 2021 Census → 5,972 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 (SAL20112). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.