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The median house price in Claymore is $1.05m. House values have moved 16.7% a year compounded over five years.
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Claymore has an estimated 3,098 residents, up from 2,579 at the 2021 Census — a change of 519 people, or 20.1%. Growth has averaged 2.8% a year over five years, faster than 90% of areas nationally. 133 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Natural increase accounts for 65.0% of that increase. That puts 2,182 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 combining post-Census validated addresses and ABS regional demographic updates, the suburb of Claymore has an estimated population of approximately 3,098 as of Aug 2026. Compared to the 2,579 people recorded in the 2021 Census, this indicates an expansion of 519 people (20.1%). This calculation is derived from a resident population figure of 3,046 generated by AreaSearch from the ABS June 2025 ERP release, alongside 133 validated new addresses identified following the Census. The suburb of Claymore currently displays a density of 2,181 persons per square kilometer, which exceeds the benchmark across national areas monitored by AreaSearch.
Outpacing both Greater Sydney and the broader state benchmark of 7.3%, the suburb of Claymore has established itself as a regional growth leader with its 20.1% increase since the 2021 census. Natural increase served as the primary demographic engine, generating roughly 65.0% of recent population additions. Projections published by ABS/Geoscience Australia in 2024 (using 2022 as a base year) are implemented by AreaSearch for SA2 boundaries, supplemented by NSW State Government SA2 projections from 2022 (benchmarked to 2021) for locations not captured in the federal series. Age-specific growth patterns from these series are extended across all territories for the 2032 to 2041 period. Based on this framework, demographic modelling suggests an overall reduction in headcounts, with the suburb of Claymore projected to contract by 67 persons by 2041. In contrast, several specific age cohorts will expand, topped by the 75 to 84 bracket with an expected gain of 75 people. See the age section for more details.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
276 new dwellings have been approved in Claymore over the past five years, an average of 55 a year. That places the area in the 79th percentile for residential development activity nationally, about 18 approvals per 1,000 residents a year. Of the 88 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 69% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Approvals are currently running at an annualised 159, 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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Analysis of ABS building approvals by AreaSearch shows that the local area has averaged approximately 55 approved residential dwellings per year, accumulating roughly 276 homes across the prior 5 financial years. Within FY-25 to date, 159 approvals have been logged. With an average of only 0.9 people per year entering the community per completed dwelling across the past 5 financial years (from FY-21 through FY-25), the volume of new residential building has kept pace with or exceeded local requirements, broadening options for purchasers and facilitating expansion beyond baseline forecasts. Concurrently, new builds carry an average construction cost of $398,000, sitting below regional benchmarks to present more affordable options.
Furthermore, non-residential construction activity is reflected by $1.1 million in commercial building approvals logged in the current financial year, underlining the dominant residential character of the precinct. Per capita residential building activity in the local market exceeds Greater Sydney by 369.0%, giving prospective buyers significantly wider selection. This pace of development is substantially higher than national norms, highlighting strong interest from builders. Composition of current residential activity stands at 69.0% detached dwellings and 31.0% attached dwellings, introducing a diverse spectrum of medium-density and freestanding options spanning cost-effective compact homes to larger family residences. Interestingly, the current 69.0% share of detached approvals exceeds the historical baseline of 46.0% at Census, demonstrating sustained buyer preference for standalone housing despite general urban intensification. The market records approximately 23 people per dwelling approval, pointing toward an active development environment. Given expectations of a stable or declining local population, reduced competition for residential stock should help ease housing pressure and create favorable purchasing conditions.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Claymore
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SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks one current infrastructure or development project inside Claymore. A further 52 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $9.21 billion. 16 are already under construction and 20 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans communities, precincts & urban renewal, residential development 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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Community performance and growth prospects are heavily shaped by strategic planning and major works programs. AreaSearch has identified no major infrastructure projects directly impacting the immediate locality. Surrounding regional initiatives of interest include Queen Sq Campbelltown, Campbelltown Sport and Health Centre of Excellence, Macarthur Heights, and Leumeah Youth Precinct, as outlined in the project summary.
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Queen Sq Campbelltown
Approved mixed-use urban renewal precinct by ALAND on the former Brands on Sale site at the northern gateway to Campbelltown CBD. The project is planned to deliver 558 apartments across five towers, ground-floor retail and commercial space, dining uses, open parkland, pedestrian links, community facilities and basement parking. Official project material now markets Queen Sq as coming in 2026 and identifies the development as a 500 million dollar residential, retail and commercial precinct.
Campbelltown Sport and Health Centre of Excellence
The Campbelltown Sport and Health Centre of Excellence is an integrated high-performance sports science and community health facility at Campbelltown Sports Stadium in Leumeah. Delivered in partnership by Campbelltown City Council, Western Sydney University, Wests Tigers, and Macarthur FC, the centre features training gymnasiums, sports medicine research labs, recovery facilities, and allied health suites. Funded in part by $16.7 million from NSW WestInvest, the development application is progressing ahead of construction.
Leumeah Youth Precinct
The Leumeah Youth Precinct is a youth-focused recreation hub under construction at Hollylea Road, Leumeah. The project will deliver a new multipurpose court, parkour and boulder wall elements, an upgraded skate park surface, public art, and improved park amenities including shade structures, picnic areas, BBQ facilities and seating. The precinct is funded through the NSW Government's Western Sydney Infrastructure Grants Program (formerly WestInvest), with additional co-contribution funding and in-kind services from Campbelltown City Council. Construction is underway and expected to be completed by early 2027.
Macarthur Heights
Macarthur Heights is a vibrant urban community in southwest Sydney, developed by Landcom in partnership with Western Sydney University. It includes 966 residential lots for approximately 2,460 residents, surrounded by 42 hectares of parklands and connected to education, employment, and recreation amenities. Sales completed in 2022, with ongoing construction of sportsfields, amenities building, and open spaces expected to conclude by 2028.
The Ranges Estate Gledswood Hills
The Ranges is a premium 40-hectare residential community by Legacy Property located in the Scenic Hills region. The project delivers 320 lots featuring a diverse mix of standard residential, larger lifestyle, and rural-residential options. It includes over 3 hectares of dedicated open space, new parks, walking trails, and cycling paths, while managing complex site constraints including high-pressure gas mains and the heritage-listed WaterNSW Upper Canal boundary.
Claymore Urban Renewal Project (Hillcroft at Claymore)
The Claymore Urban Renewal Project is a large-scale, long-term urban rejuvenation of the Claymore public housing estate, transforming it into a mixed-tenure community of approximately 1,500-1,600 homes, with a social mix of 70% private and 30% social housing. The project includes creating a new town centre with retail and community facilities, upgrading local parks (Dimeny Park, Davis Park, Brady Park, Fullwood Reserve), and adding new local roads, pedestrian, and cycle paths. Early stages have included the completion of seniors' housing units.The existing Claymore shopping centre site is also slated for mixed-use redevelopment. The project has been fast-tracked with completion expected by 2028.
Leumeah Hotel Vertical Village
Mixed-use redevelopment of the Leumeah Hotel site into a vertical village comprising two residential towers (38.5m and 33m) delivering 156 apartments (59 one-bed, 54 two-bed, 43 three-bed), with the Leumeah Hotel retained on the ground floor and additional retail space included. The Campbelltown LEP 2015 amendment enabling the height and floor space ratio uplift has been approved, and a site-specific Development Control Plan for the site was adopted by Council in August 2024. A development application for the built form has not yet been lodged.
Gledswood Hills Residential Estate Stage 3
Stage of the broader The Hermitage masterplanned community delivering approximately 450 residential lots with new parks and local amenities near Lakeside Golf Club. Ongoing staged delivery by Sekisui House within the South West Growth Area.
1,077 residents of Claymore are employed, from a labour force of 1,237. Unemployment sits at 12.9%, with participation at 57.9%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.2% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth, so in an area growing as fast as this one it understates the likely rise in local jobs. The working-day population is estimated at 2,575, about 83% 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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Aggregated statistical area data from AreaSearch indicates a capable local workforce with prominent employment in retail and lifestyle services, an unemployment rate of 12.9%, and estimated yearly job growth of 8.9%. As of March 2026, employed residents total 1,077, though the local jobless rate sits 8.8% above the 4.1% recorded for Greater Sydney, pointing to available labor capacity, while participation stands at 57.9% compared to 68.9% regionally. At the Census, 20.7% of working residents indicated they worked remotely, a metric influenced by prevailing Covid-19 restrictions at the time. Local workers are primarily engaged in retail trade, manufacturing, and health care & social assistance.
The precinct shows a distinct specialization in retail trade, where its workforce proportion is 1.7 times the regional figure. In contrast, professional & technical occupations account for only 3.6% of local workers, well beneath the 11.5% regional benchmark. Comparing the resident workforce against employment counts captured in Census data indicates that local job generation remains constrained within this predominantly residential district. Aggregated data from AreaSearch, drawing on SALM and ABS figures, indicates that from the year to March 2026, employment rose by 8.9% and the labour force grew by 9.9%, which pushed the unemployment rate up by 0.8 percentage points. In contrast, Greater Sydney saw employment grow by 1.9%, the labour force expand by 1.9%, and unemployment drop slightly. Jobs and Skills Australia’s national employment forecasts beginning Mar-26 provide additional context for anticipated future demand in Claymore. These projections, which span five and ten-year horizons, have been overlaid on the local employment profile to estimate growth trends. Nationally, employment is projected to grow by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, though sectoral growth varies considerably. When these industry-specific forecasts are applied to Claymore’s employment composition, local employment is expected to rise by 6.2% over five years and 13.1% over ten years. Please note that this represents a simple weighting extrapolation for illustrative purposes and does not incorporate localised population projections.
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Claymore is $1,020 a week (about $53,000 a year), with median personal income at $483 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $32,508 a year against an average of $36,049. 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 data for financial year 2023 aggregated by AreaSearch indicates personal earnings in the suburb of Claymore remain beneath the Australian average. Taxpayers in the suburb of Claymore recorded a median income of $32,508 alongside an average income of $36,049, whereas Greater Sydney registered $60,817 and $83,003 respectively. Factoring in Wage Price Index growth of 10.32% since financial year 2023, updated estimates as of March 2026 reach approximately $35,863 for median earnings and $39,769 on average. In the 2021 Census, individual, family, and household earnings across the suburb of Claymore aligned with the 2nd to 4th percentiles across the nation.
In terms of weekly earnings, the $400 - 799 bracket forms the largest cohort with 28.5% of residents (882 people), contrasting with regional trends where 30.9% earn between $1,500 - 2,999. With 43.1% of residents receiving under $800 per week, household budgets face noticeable constraints that influence retail expenditure. Furthermore, mortgage and rental burdens leave residents with only 70.4% of income remaining, placing the area in the 3rd percentile for affordability.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Claymore had 710 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 46% detached houses and 5% apartments. 25% are owned with a mortgage, 74% rented and 1% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $209 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,600 a month. Rent absorbs 20.5% of household income here and mortgage repayments 58.8%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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Census findings show that the local housing stock consists of 46.1% houses and 53.9% other dwellings (incorporating apartments, semi-detached residences, and other housing categories), differing from the broader metropolitan Sydney mix of 55.9% houses and 44.1% other dwellings. Outright home ownership in the locality trailed metropolitan Sydney at 1.3%, with remaining households holding a mortgage (24.6%) or occupying rented accommodation (74.0%). The area registered a median monthly mortgage repayment of $2,600 and a median weekly rent of $209, against Sydney metro metrics of $2,427 and $470. Across Australia, local monthly loan repayments sit well above the $1,863 national median, whereas weekly rent remains considerably beneath the Australian benchmark of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Claymore counted 710 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 853 today, averaging 3.1 people each. 36% are couples with children, against 10% couples without children. 20% of households are people living alone, and families average 2.2 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Family households represent the predominant living arrangement at 76.2%, consisting of 36.2% couples with children, 29.7% single parent families, and 10.1% couples without children. Non-family living structures account for the remaining 23.8%, comprising 20.1% lone person households and 2.1% group households. The typical household size stands at 3.1 people, exceeding the Greater Sydney average of 2.7.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
21.4% of adults in Claymore hold a university qualification, including 13.7% with a bachelor degree and 6.8% with postgraduate qualifications, lower than 76% of areas nationally. A further 19.1% hold a vocational qualification. 1 school serves the area, with 237 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 897 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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Attainment figures show higher education challenges, with tertiary qualification holders accounting for 21.4% of residents versus the Greater Sydney standard of 38.0%. Bachelor degrees represent the largest university-level cohort at 13.7%, followed by postgraduate qualifications at 6.8% and graduate diplomas at 0.9%. Vocational and technical pathways are well represented, with 30.4% of residents aged 15+ holding practical credentials, including 19.1% with certificates and 11.3% with advanced diplomas. Student participation is substantial across the community, with 43.9% of residents actively pursuing formal study. Among this group, 17.6% are attending primary school, 14.4% are enrolled in secondary institutions, and 3.2% are engaged in tertiary courses.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Claymore reaches 30 stops on 27 routes, timetabled for about 1,000 services a week. The typical home sits about 180 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 0.9 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 transit infrastructure comprises 30 active bus stops across the locality, linked by 27 separate routes that deliver 1,024 weekly passenger trips. Access to the network is strong, with local residents situated an average of 176 meters from their closest transit stop. Reflecting its suburban commuter profile, outward travel is led by private vehicles at 75%, followed by 16% by train and 7% by bus. Vehicle density averages 0.9 per dwelling, sitting beneath regional norms, while 20.7% of workers worked from home according to the 2021 Census during a period influenced by COVID-19.
Network operations generate an average of 146 daily services across all transit corridors, representing approximately 34 weekly trips per individual stop.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
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71.4% of residents in Claymore report no long-term health condition, a less healthy profile than 89% of areas nationally. 6.4% need daily assistance with core activities, and 41.3% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 6.7 per 1,000 residents. Health conditions, assistance needs and insurance are 2021 Census measures; the death rate comes from current ABS releases.
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Health metrics evaluated by AreaSearch across chronic disease rates and mortality figures point to significant challenges within the community, affecting both younger cohorts and older demographics, while private health insurance uptake is remarkably low at approximately 41% of residents (~1,280 people). By comparison, Greater Sydney registers 59.9% private health coverage, while the national figure is 55.7%. Prevalent medical conditions reported locally include asthma and mental health issues, which impact 9.9 and 8.2% of residents respectively, whereas 71.4% of the population reported no long-term medical conditions compared to 74.6% across Greater Sydney.
Working-age cohorts display elevated rates of chronic illness. Older residents aged 65 and over constitute 10.8% of the local population (334 people), below the 15.5% share observed across Greater Sydney, with senior health rankings broadly tracking national general population benchmarks.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
36.3% of Claymore residents were born overseas and 40.6% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 81% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are Australian (19.0%) and English (16.3%). 5.1% of residents identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural diversity is pronounced locally, with 36.3% of the community born overseas and 40.6% using a language other than English in the home. Christianity forms the largest faith group, representing 46.1% of residents. Islam shows significant local concentration, accounting for 20.9% of the population, which substantially exceeds the Greater Sydney benchmark of 6.8%. Regarding ancestral background based on parental birthplace, the primary nominated groups include Other at 28.3% (well above the 16.0% regional proportion), Australian at 19.0%, and English at 16.3%. Additional cultural backgrounds show distinct local concentrations, notably Samoan at 8.4% compared to 0.5% regionally, Lebanese at 2.1% versus 2.6%, and Maori at 1.1% against 0.4%.
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Claymore is 29, younger than 99% of areas nationally. That is 1 year older than at the 2021 Census. 27.6% 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 local community exhibits a younger age distribution than Greater Sydney overall. In figures revised to August 2026, children and young adults (0 - 24) represent 44.8% of the population compared to 30.4% across Greater Sydney, while mature adults and early retirees (45 - 64) comprise 15.7% versus 22.6% regionally. AreaSearch assesses the median age at 29 as at August 2026, up from 28 at the 2021 Census, sitting 8 years beneath the Greater Sydney Census median of 37 and below the Australian Census median of 38. The most prominent shift since the Census occurred among seniors (65+), rising from 6.8% to an estimated 10.8%.
Looking ahead to 2041, the retiree and elderly segment is projected to show the strongest expansion, adding 112 residents (34%) to reach 447, while child, youth, and younger-to-middle adult cohorts are expected to decrease.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Claymore
8 of 14 data sections on this page were updated within the last 12 months — the newest current to Oct 2026.
Everything is aggregated to the 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 |
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| Updated within the last 12 months 8 sections | ||
| Population | ABS, GNAF, Geoscience Australia Annual (ABS ERP) | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Re-based to the ABS Estimated Resident Population (June 2025 release) and updated with new dwellings from GNAF address data. Current to Aug 2026, with the 2021 Census supplying the small-area baseline. | ||
| Age profile | ABS, Geoscience Australia, State governments Annual | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Age cohorts are re-based to the latest ABS population estimates and state projections, current to Aug 2026. Each cohort is held as a Census baseline and a current estimate. | ||
| Development & approvals | ABS, GNAF Monthly (ABS approvals) | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · Jul 2026 baseline |
| Property sales & rents | Valuer General, Rental Board, ABS Weekly sales, quarterly rents | Oct 2026 this month headline measures · Sep 2026 baseline |
| Sales from the state Valuer General register, refreshed weekly, and rents from quarterly rental bond lodgements. Both are read live each time this page loads, current to Oct 2026. | ||
| 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 3 sections | ||
| Infrastructure projects | Infrastructure Australia, State agencies, Local governments Daily | Jul 2025 about a year ago all 1 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 2025. | ||
| 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 — 133 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (2,579 at the 2021 Census → 3,098 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 (SAL10923). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.