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Donnybrook (Vic.) has an estimated 10,221 residents, up from 2,100 at the 2021 Census — a change of 8,121 people, or 386.7%. 4,381 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Interstate and internal migration accounts for 88.0% of that increase. That puts 363 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's evaluation of broader ABS population revisions and post-Census validated address counts, the suburb of Donnybrook (Vic.) has reached an estimated resident total of approximately 10,221 as of Aug 2026. This represents an expansion of 8,121 people (386.7%) from the 2021 Census count of 2,100 people. This measurement builds upon an estimated resident population of 9,983 derived from the ABS ERP release in June 2025 alongside 4,381 validated new addresses recorded following the Census date. These figures establish a population density of 363 persons per square kilometer, preserving ample space per resident and substantial capacity for upcoming building.
Expanding by 386.7% since the 2021 census, the suburb of Donnybrook (Vic.) outpaced both state (9.5%) and national benchmarks, establishing itself as a regional growth benchmark. Inflows from interstate migration generated roughly 88.0% of recent population gains, complemented by positive contributions from natural increase and overseas arrivals. Projections for the suburb of Donnybrook (Vic.) utilize 2024 ABS/Geoscience Australia data at the SA2 level based on 2022 benchmarks, supplemented where needed by 2023 VIC State Government Regional/LGA figures weighted and aggregated to SA2 boundaries. Age-specific growth distributions from these aggregations are applied to all locations across 2032 to 2041. Over this forward-looking timeframe, the area ranks within the top 10 percent of Australian statistical areas for prospective expansion, with aggregated SA2 modeling indicating an increase of 25,759 persons by 2041, representing a cumulative rise of 249.7% over the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
4,613 new dwellings have been approved in Donnybrook (Vic.) over the past five years, an average of 922 a year. That places the area in the 96th percentile for residential development activity nationally, about 90 approvals per 1,000 residents a year. Of the 972 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 92% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Approvals are currently running at an annualised 1,174, 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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AreaSearch's compilation of ABS building approval records indicates that Donnybrook records approximately 922 residential approvals per year, totaling roughly 4,613 dwellings over the preceding 5 financial years. In FY-25 to date, 1,174 approvals have been lodged. With an average of 1.7 new residents per year per dwelling constructed across the 5 financial years from FY-21 to FY-25, residential construction aligns neatly with local demand to sustain balanced market conditions. New homes average $377,000 in development cost, coming in below regional averages and providing relatively accessible pricing. Additionally, commercial development has secured $38.9 million in approvals over the current financial year, demonstrating considerable non-residential investment.
On a per-capita basis, building activity in Donnybrook exceeds Greater Melbourne levels by 1400.0%, offering substantial purchasing options despite recent moderation in construction volume. This intensity sits substantially higher than nationwide benchmarks, reflecting strong developer commitment. The pipeline is composed of 92.0% detached houses and 8.0% medium and high-density housing, reinforcing a low-density suburban landscape oriented toward buyers pursuing standalone homes. A ratio of around 8 people per approval underscores the ongoing urbanization of the area. Projections indicate that Donnybrook will expand by 25,521 residents by 2041 relative to the latest AreaSearch quarterly estimate. Current construction trajectories suggest that residential deliveries will comfortably accommodate incoming demand, creating favorable market conditions for purchasers and potentially enabling expansion beyond baseline forecasts.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Donnybrook (Vic.)
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 7 current infrastructure and development projects inside Donnybrook (Vic.), worth an estimated $6.45 billion. A further 187 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $102.4 billion. 68 are already under construction and 65 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, communities, precincts & urban renewal and transport & logistics. Records are compiled from Infrastructure Australia, state agencies, council planning portals and public announcements, reviewed and updated daily, then ranked by proximity, construction stage, completion horizon and project scale.
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Major infrastructure developments, planning frameworks, and public works play a central role in guiding regional growth. AreaSearch has identified 18 active projects anticipated to influence the local area, headlined by key undertakings such as Matilda Donnybrook, DB910 Business Park, Olivine by Mirvac, and Donnybrook Road Development.
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DB910 Business Park
Permit-approved 10.89 hectare industrial and commercial business park within the Shenstone Park Precinct Structure Plan. The estate will provide serviced lots suitable for logistics, warehousing, trade, fuel, convenience retail, medical, childcare and self-storage uses. The project benefits from direct Hume Freeway access, proximity to the future Beveridge Intermodal Terminal and planned Donnybrook Road upgrades. Marketing and land sales continue with settlement expected during 2026.
Stockland Cloverton
Stockland Cloverton is Victoria's largest masterplanned community, spanning 1,141 hectares and designed to become a future city of possibility housing residents across Kalkallo and Beveridge in Melbourne's north. The Kallo Town Centre is open, anchored by Woolworths and a range of specialty stores and services. Education infrastructure continues to expand: Gilgai Plains Primary, Banum Warrik Primary, and Hume Anglican Grammar are operational, and Ngayuk College (formerly known during planning as Lockerbie Secondary School) opened in Term 1, 2026 at 71 Lockerbie Street, Kalkallo, initially welcoming Year 7 students and building toward a capacity of approximately 800.Planning for the Cloverton Metropolitan Activity Centre (MAC) continues to progress under a joint partnership between Hume, Whittlesea and Mitchell councils, supported by a 2.6 million dollar Australian Government funding contribution toward planning the future city centre, proposed train station, and tertiary education, retail and health facilities. The precinct includes over 80 hectares of conservation area along Merri Creek and land reserved for the proposed future Cloverton train station.
Matilda Donnybrook
A masterplanned residential community in Melbourne's north featuring 840 residential lots with diverse housing options including land and house and land packages. The development emphasizes environmental sustainability with up to 9 hectares of wetlands and waterways, three future parks, manicured pathways for walking and cycling, and protection of natural features including River Red Gums. Located close to Donnybrook train station with connections to Melbourne CBD, nearby schools including Hume Anglican Grammar, and retail amenities. Stage 1B and 2 construction is completed, while Stages 3 and 3A are well underway.
Olivine by Mirvac
A 465-hectare masterplanned community offering approximately 4,500 house and land lots. Olivine features premium amenities including the Olivine Place community hub, Shared Cup Cafe, Olivine Recreation Reserve, Hume Anglican Grammar school campus, Donnybrook Primary School, and a future town centre with two supermarkets. Expected to house over 11,000 residents upon completion.
Donnybrae Estate by Dennis Family Corporation
Boutique 40-hectare house and land estate at 875 Donnybrook Road comprising 480 lots. Located 600 metres from Donnybrook train station with easy freeway access. Final lots now selling with the sales centre closed and team operating remotely.
Donnybrook Road Development
Development of a 76-hectare dairy farm into a new suburb with capacity for 1500 homes across 1250 lots.
Peppercorn Hill Estate
A $700-million-plus house-and-land subdivision that includes about 1400 lots, a town centre, secondary school, sports fields, and other open space. Total planned for 4500 lots.
Heartford Estate
Heartford is a masterplanned residential community by Satterley in Donnybrook comprising around 1,900 residential lots across the Heartford and East Village precincts. Construction and staged land releases are continuing, with 19 hectares of parks and open space, planned sporting facilities, future community infrastructure and a proposed government primary school. Current stages remain on sale with civil works progressing across the estate.
6,115 residents of Donnybrook (Vic.) are employed, from a labour force of 6,547. Unemployment sits at 6.6%, with participation at 87.8%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.7% 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 7,371, about 72% 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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Donnybrook features a qualified resident workforce with solid representation in essential services, characterized by a 6.6% unemployment rate and 17.6% yearly employment growth based on AreaSearch statistical aggregations. As of March 2026, employed residents total 6,115, the local unemployment rate sits 1.8% higher than Greater Melbourne's 4.8%, and the participation rate reaches an elevated 87.8% compared to 70.1% across Greater Melbourne. Census figures indicate that 24.1% of workers were based at home, a figure influenced by prevailing Covid-19 restrictions. Local workers are concentrated primarily across health care & social assistance, construction, and transport, postal & warehousing.
Transport, postal & warehousing forms a major specialty, employing residents at 2.2 times the wider metropolitan proportion. Conversely, professional & technical roles account for 6.3% of the workforce compared to 10.1% across the region. Given the contrast between local resident employee numbers and Census working population counts, this primarily residential precinct provides limited employment opportunities internally. AreaSearch analysis of SALM and ABS figures indicates that over the 12 months to March 2026, resident employment expanded by 17.6% alongside a 20.9% rise in the labour force, resulting in a 2.7 percentage point increase in the unemployment rate. Over the same period, Greater Melbourne recorded employment growth of 2.1% and labour force growth of 2.3%, leading to a 0.2 percentage point rise. National forecasts from Jobs and Skills Australia as of Mar-26 provide additional context on future labor demand over five and ten-year horizons. Nationally, employment is projected to rise by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years; applying these industry-specific paths to Donnybrook's workforce distribution suggests local job numbers could increase by 6.7% over five years and 14.0% over ten years (calculated via simple weighting extrapolation for illustrative context without integrating local population projections).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Donnybrook (Vic.) is $2,207 a week (about $115,000 a year), with median personal income at $1,004 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $64,739 a year against an average of $79,519. 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 postcode-level ATO records compiled by AreaSearch for financial year 2023, Donnybrook registered a median taxpayer income of $64,739 and an average of $79,519, placing it among the nation's higher brackets and outperforming Greater Melbourne's median of $57,688 and average of $75,164. Accounting for a 9.62% increase in the Wage Price Index since financial year 2023, modeled earnings stand at approximately $70,967 for the median and $87,169 for the average as of March 2026. The 2021 Census placed household, family, and individual incomes between the 78th and 79th percentiles nationwide.
Around 49.4% of residents (5,049 individuals) earn between $1,500 - 2,999, compared to 32.8% regionally. Residential costs account for 20.1% of earnings, while disposable income remains at the 72nd percentile and the local SEIFA income position sits in the 5th decile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Donnybrook (Vic.) had 621 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 98% detached houses and 0% apartments. 74% are owned with a mortgage, 22% rented and 5% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $401 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,100 a month, a total housing cost higher than 95% of areas nationally. Rent absorbs 18.2% of household income here and mortgage repayments 22.0%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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At the time of the latest Census, housing stock in Donnybrook consisted of 98.4% houses and 1.6% other dwellings (incorporating semi-detached, apartments, and alternative structures), contrasting with 67.9% houses and 32.1% other dwellings across Melbourne metro. Outright home ownership stood at 4.8%, trailing the broader metropolitan rate, with 73.5% of homes being mortgaged and 21.7% occupied by tenants. Median monthly mortgage commitments averaged $2,100, while median weekly rent stood at $401, exceeding Melbourne metro figures of $2,000 and $390. Relative to Australia-wide figures, Donnybrook exceeds national benchmarks of $1,863 for mortgages and $375 for weekly rents.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Donnybrook (Vic.) counted 621 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 3,022 today, averaging 3.0 people each. 48% are couples with children, more than in 93% of areas nationally, against 31% couples without children. 11% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.1 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Families constitute 86.6% of all local households, consisting of couples with children (48.3%), couples without children (31.1%), and single parent families (6.3%). Non-family living arrangements account for the remaining 13.4%, comprising lone person households at 10.5% and group households at 1.8%. The average household size of 3.0 people exceeds the Greater Melbourne benchmark of 2.6.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
39.8% of adults in Donnybrook (Vic.) hold a university qualification, including 24.6% with a bachelor degree and 12.2% with postgraduate qualifications, higher than 83% of areas nationally. A further 20.8% hold a vocational qualification. 2 schools serve the area, with 324 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,034 against a national benchmark of 1,000. Qualifications come from the 2021 Census; school enrolments, ICSEA and results come from ACARA's current release.
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Educational attainment in Donnybrook outperforms surrounding benchmarks, with 39.8% of persons aged 15+ holding tertiary degrees compared to 25.9% across the SA3 area and 30.4% nationwide, positioning the local workforce well for knowledge-intensive industries. Bachelor qualifications represent 24.6% of residents, while postgraduate qualifications account for 12.2% and graduate diplomas 3.0%. Vocational training is likewise prominent, with 36.3% of individuals aged 15+ possessing trade credentials, divided between certificates (20.8%) and advanced diplomas (15.5%). Formal study engagement is substantial, with 34.9% of the local population actively participating in education. This distribution includes 13.4% attending primary school, 6.4% in tertiary programs, and 4.9% enrolled in secondary schooling.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Donnybrook (Vic.) reaches 17 stops on 6 routes, timetabled for about 4,800 services a week. The typical home sits about 620 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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Public transport connectivity across Donnybrook includes 17 active transport stops providing combined bus and rail access. A total of 6 individual routes service these locations, generating 4,773 weekly passenger trips. Access remains relatively constrained, with local properties situated an average of 621 meters from the nearest stop. Commuters predominantly travel outside the area, with private car transit accounting for 91% of trips and rail representing 7%. Household vehicle availability averages 1.6 per dwelling, exceeding the regional norm, while 24.1% of workers reported working from home during the 2021 Census under pandemic-related conditions.
Across all transit lines, scheduled services total an average of 681 trips per day, delivering roughly 280 weekly trips per individual stop.
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Transport Stops Detail
84.3% of residents in Donnybrook (Vic.) report no long-term health condition. 2.4% need daily assistance with core activities, and 58.2% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 5.0 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 indicators in Donnybrook track ahead of standard metrics according to AreaSearch mortality and chronic condition evaluations. General rates of common health conditions remain modest overall, although elevated among older and vulnerable cohorts, while private health insurance uptake is extensive at approximately 58% of all residents (~5,948 people). Asthma and mental health issues represent the primary reported medical conditions, diagnosed in 6.3 and 4.8% of the community respectively. Meanwhile, 84.3% of residents indicated an absence of chronic ailments, outperforming the 72.6% recorded across Greater Melbourne. Residents aged 65 and over make up 6.1% of the population (623 people), below the 15.1% metropolitan benchmark, with senior health outcomes showing comparative vulnerabilities relative to younger demographics.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
50.3% of Donnybrook (Vic.) residents were born overseas and 59.6% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 93% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are Indian (18.2%) and English (14.1%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Donnybrook displays high levels of cultural diversity, with 50.3% of residents born abroad and 59.6% using a language other than English in their households. Christianity is the leading religious affiliation at 35.5% of the population. A notable divergence is observed in the Other category, which represents 21.5% of residents compared to 2.3% across Greater Melbourne. Regarding parental ancestry, the predominant lineages reported in Donnybrook are Other at 29.0% (compared to 14.6% regionally), Indian at 18.2% (against 4.2% across Greater Melbourne), and English at 14.1% (below the regional 20.1%). Other prominent cultural backgrounds include Filipino residents at 3.9% (versus 1.3% regionally), Samoan at 1.4% (versus 0.3%), and Macedonian at 0.7% (matching the regional 0.7%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Donnybrook (Vic.) is 32, younger than 96% of areas nationally. That is 2 years older than at the 2021 Census. 33.9% 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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Demographically, Donnybrook is characterized by family-forming working-age cohorts. AreaSearch estimates for August 2026 show that 42.2% of residents are young to middle aged adults (25 - 44), compared to 32.1% across Greater Melbourne, while seniors and retirees (65+) account for 6.1% relative to 15.1% regionally. The estimated median age reached 32 as at August 2026, rising from 30 at the 2021 Census, yet remaining below Greater Melbourne's Census figure of 37 and the national median of 38. The share of young to middle aged adults has decreased from 51.4% at the Census to 42.2%.
By 2041, the largest absolute numerical gain is projected across children and young adults (0 - 24), adding 9,214 residents (242%) to reach 13,026, while the fastest proportional expansion will occur among middle aged and young retiree cohorts (45 - 64), increasing by 364% to 6,783 residents.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Donnybrook (Vic.)
9 of 14 data sections on this page were updated within the last 12 months — the newest current to Oct 2026.
Everything is aggregated to the 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) | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Re-based to the ABS Estimated Resident Population (June 2025 release) and updated with new dwellings from GNAF address data. Current to Aug 2026, with the 2021 Census supplying the small-area baseline. | ||
| Age profile | ABS, Geoscience Australia, State governments Annual | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Age cohorts are re-based to the latest ABS population estimates and state projections, current to Aug 2026. Each cohort is held as a Census baseline and a current estimate. | ||
| Development & approvals | ABS, GNAF Monthly (ABS approvals) | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · Jul 2026 baseline |
| Property sales & rents | Valuer General, Rental Board, ABS Weekly sales, quarterly rents | Oct 2026 this month headline measures · Sep 2026 baseline |
| Sales from the state Valuer General register, refreshed weekly, and rents from quarterly rental bond lodgements. Both are read live each time this page loads, current to Oct 2026. | ||
| Infrastructure projects | Infrastructure Australia, State agencies, Local governments Daily | Aug 2026 2 months ago all 7 projects tracked here |
| Project pipeline maintained continuously from Infrastructure Australia, state agencies, local government and public announcements. Records are added and revised daily; this area was last updated Aug 2026. | ||
| Employment | ABS, DEWR, JSA Quarterly (ABS SALM) | Mar 2026 7 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Unemployment and labour force from ABS Small Area Labour Markets, current to Mar 2026. The growth outlook applies Department of Employment (now Jobs and Skills Australia) forecasts for all 19 industry divisions to the local industry mix, so it measures sector composition rather than local expansion and makes no allowance for population growth. Job demand comes from the same agency via its Internet Vacancy Index; industry and occupation structure from the 2021 Census. | ||
| Education | ABS, ACARA Annual (ACARA) | Sep 2026 last month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Transport | ABS, State Transport Departments Each timetable release | Jul 2026 3 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Services & amenities | Provider directories, ACECQA Continuous | Sep 2026 last month all 14 measures |
| Annual and financial-year sources 2 sections | ||
| Income | ABS, ATO Annual (ATO) | FY 2023 3 years ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| ATO taxable income statistics for FY 2023, indexed forward using the Wage Price Index. Census household income provides the distribution detail. | ||
| Health | ABS, ATO Annual | 2024 2 years ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Census-measured — next update: 2026 Census 3 sections No more current small-area source exists for these, so they are labelled as Census-measured rather than implied to be current. | ||
| Housing | ABS 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 30 measures |
| Households | ABS 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 18 measures |
| Cultural diversity | ABS, Geoscience Australia 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 44 measures |
"Currency" is the most recent release feeding that section. Where the Census supplies the structural baseline underneath a current headline figure, the row says so.
How the numbers are built
Population
The Census provides the small-area baseline, aggregated from mesh blocks to this boundary. It is then re-based to the ABS Estimated Resident Population (June 2025 release), and new dwellings built since Census night are counted from address data — 4,381 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (2,100 at the 2021 Census → 10,221 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 (SAL20773). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.