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Doveton has an estimated 10,405 residents, up from 9,603 at the 2021 Census — a change of 802 people, or 8.4%. 287 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Overseas migration accounts for 73.0% of that increase. That puts 2,489 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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Demographic updates from the ABS for the surrounding region, alongside 287 validated new addresses identified by AreaSearch since the Census, indicate that the suburb of Doveton has an estimated population of approximately 10,405 as of Aug 2026. This represents an addition of 802 people (8.4%) compared to the 2021 Census count of 9,603 people. This figure builds upon an estimated resident population of 10,342 determined from the ABS ERP release in June 2025. With a population density of 2,489 persons per square kilometer, the suburb of Doveton sits within the upper quartile nationally in AreaSearch benchmarks.
Furthermore, the local 8.4% expansion since census is just 1.1 percentage points behind the statewide rate of 9.5%, highlighting solid demographic momentum. Overseas migration served as the primary growth driver, accounting for roughly 73.0% of total recent population gains. Projections for the suburb of Doveton incorporate 2024 ABS/Geoscience Australia SA2 data based on 2022 benchmarks, supplemented where needed by 2023 VIC State Government Regional/LGA projections converted via weighted aggregation from LGA to SA2 geographies. In addition, age-specific growth rates derived from these aggregations are applied across all locations for the 2032 to 2041 period. Looking ahead, the suburb of Doveton is anticipated to experience above-median demographic expansion relative to broader Australian statistical areas. Local aggregated SA2 figures indicate the population will increase by 1,967 persons by 2041, representing a cumulative rise of 18.3% across the 16 years.
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527 new dwellings have been approved in Doveton over the past five years, an average of 105 a year. That places the area in the 62nd percentile for residential development activity nationally, about 10 approvals per 1,000 residents a year. Of the 96 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 31% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Approvals are currently running at an annualised 62, well below 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 AreaSearch's evaluation of ABS residential approval statistics aggregated across statistical boundaries, Doveton has maintained an approval pace of roughly 105 dwellings per year, totaling approximately 527 approved residences across the last 5 financial years (between FY-21 and FY-25) and 62 recorded to date in FY-25. Across the 5 financial years (between FY-21 and FY-25), an average of merely 0.3 new residents arrived annually for each new residence, indicating that home building is keeping pace with or exceeding local requirement. This dynamic broadens options for purchasers and creates capacity for growth beyond baseline forecasts, while the average expected construction cost of $336,000 per dwelling sits beneath the broader regional benchmark to support buyer affordability.
Meanwhile, commercial building approvals reached $5.6 million this financial year, reflecting modest non-residential development activity. Recent residential building approvals are distributed between detached homes at 31.0% and medium-to-high density formats like townhouses or apartments at 69.0%. This emphasis on higher-density stock offers accessible price points for entering the market, drawing first-time purchasers, downsizers, and property investors alike. It also signals a pronounced transition from the existing residential landscape, where freestanding houses currently comprise 83.0%, highlighting a tightening supply of greenfield land and growing demand for varied, cost-effective dwelling types. Generating roughly 145 people per dwelling approval, the locality displays typical growth-corridor dynamics. Urban growth modeling indicates that Doveton will take on an additional 1,904 residents by 2041, based on the latest AreaSearch quarterly estimate. If prevailing building volumes continue, residential supply is well positioned to satisfy incoming accommodation requirements, fostering buyer-friendly conditions and potentially facilitating residential expansion higher than anticipated.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Doveton
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 3 current infrastructure and development projects inside Doveton, worth an estimated $183 million. A further 104 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $18.6 billion. 25 are already under construction and 29 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, transport & logistics and communities, precincts & urban renewal. 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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Urban development, capital works, and planning strategies play a pivotal role in driving localized economic outcomes. AreaSearch has identified 11 significant infrastructure works positioned to influence the district. Prominent projects include the Doveton Pool in the Park Revitalisation Project, the Rowan Drive Doveton Development Plan (Ilim College Doveton Campus Expansion), the Officer Major Activity Centre, and the Dandenong Wellbeing Centre, with key initiatives outlined below.
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Doveton Pool in the Park Upgrades
City of Casey is revitalising Doveton Pool in the Park to provide a renewed outdoor aquatic facility and a year-round accessible park. Stage one construction runs from June 2025 to April 2026 and includes replacement of the existing 50 metre pool with an accessible entry ramp, reduced depth for accessible programming, a new plant room and water treatment equipment. Later stages include a district-level play space, active recreation, picnic areas, public toilets and renewed change facilities, with construction timing still to be confirmed.
Parklife Doveton
A large-scale residential development by Goldfield Group featuring 226 townhouses on over 5 hectares in Doveton, near Dandenong CBD. The project focuses on connected suburban living with proximity to parks, public transport, and major roads.
Ilim College Doveton Campus Expansion
Expansion of Ilim College's Doveton Campus through delivery of a new three-storey education building comprising 10 classrooms, science laboratories, food technology facilities, computer and multimedia spaces, art room, auditorium, senior common areas, staff facilities and associated works. The project expands the former Doveton North Primary School site to accommodate growing enrolments.
Dandenong Wellbeing Centre
A 122.15 million dollar state-of-the-art aquatic and wellness hub being built at Mills Reserve to replace the 45-year-old Dandenong Oasis. The facility will include an indoor 50-metre pool, a 25-metre 10-lane pool, two warm water program pools for hydrotherapy and rehabilitation, a learn-to-swim pool, and a family leisure pool with splashpad. Supporting amenities include a large gymnasium, group fitness studios, more than 200 square metres of allied water lounge and allied health consulting suites, community meeting rooms, a cafe, spa, sauna and steam room, plus an integrated hockey pavilion replacing the existing Mills Reserve facilities.The design features large-span engineered timber beams across the main pool hall and entry foyer, targets a 5 Star Green Star rating, and includes culturally inclusive features such as a parents and prayer room and capacity to isolate the warm water pool for women-only programs. Construction began with a sod-turning ceremony on 5 July 2025 and the centre is on track to open in early to mid 2027. The project is supported by a 20 million dollar Federal Government grant.
Dandenong Works
ISPT's Dandenong Works is a $280M masterplanned industrial and logistics estate situated on a 12.2-hectare infill site in Dandenong South. The redevelopment comprises eight super-prime warehouse tenancies totalling over 60,000 sqm of gross lettable area designed for 5-Star Green Star certifications. The site incorporates sustainable initiatives including extensive solar PV systems and EV infrastructure alongside adaptive reuse of local industrial heritage elements.
Dandenong Market Precinct Upgrade
City of Greater Dandenong is developing a comprehensive Master Plan for the Dandenong Market precinct to guide future public realm upgrades, market facilities renewal, and enhanced community integration. The project focuses on improving pedestrian connections, parking configurations, and trader infrastructure across the historic municipal market site. The framework outlines staged multi-year revitalization works under council leadership.
Webster Street Level Crossing Removal
Major infrastructure project permanently closing the dangerous Webster Street level crossing and constructing a new road underpass beneath the rail line, connecting Princes Highway-Lonsdale Street to Cheltenham and Hammond roads. The crossing recorded 22 near misses since 2012 and boom gates were down for over 60 minutes during morning peak. Webster Street closed to vehicles at the level crossing in late 2025, making the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines boom gate free, and the new approximately 450m road underpass is on track to open in September 2026, two years ahead of the original 2028 schedule.The project also delivers a new walking and cycling path connecting to the Dandenong Creek Trail and a new signalised intersection at Princes Highway-Lonsdale Street.
Dandenong Community Hub
A multi-purpose community facility planned for central Dandenong on a site bounded by Stuart Street, Clow Street and Sleeth Avenue. The hub is intended to integrate early years services, kindergarten, childcare, maternal and child health, community meeting rooms, maker spaces, a cafe, co-working spaces, a technology hub and outdoor recreational areas. After cost estimates blew out from an original $30 million budget to about $65 million (plus up to $15 million for a basement car park) for a one-storey design, councillors voted on 8 December 2025 to halve the building from around 3,950 square metres to about 1,800 square metres - comparable to the recently completed Keysborough Community Hub.A rescission motion was lodged but at the 26 January 2026 Council meeting the original decision was upheld. Council has approved a redesign comparable in size and budget to the Keysborough Hub, completion of the co-design process, an accelerated program to better attract State and Federal funding, and exploration of public-private partnership options including air rights above the site. The project is being coordinated alongside the Dandenong Market Precinct Plan, which was released for public consultation in March 2026.
4,141 residents of Doveton are employed, from a labour force of 4,849. Unemployment sits at 14.6%, with participation at 58.4%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 5.7% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 8,922, about 86% 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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Doveton maintains a specialized labor pool with exceptional concentration in the building and construction trades, though it records an unemployment rate of 14.6% alongside a 3.6% annual rise in estimated jobs according to AreaSearch statistical aggregations. As of March 2026, employed residents numbered 4,141, while the jobless rate stood 9.8% above the Greater Melbourne benchmark of 4.8%, highlighting capacity for labor market improvement, and the labor force participation rate of 58.4% trailed the 70.1% recorded across Greater Melbourne. Furthermore, Census figures showed that only 9.4% of workers operated from home, a metric that may have been shaped by Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
The primary employment fields for the local workforce are construction, manufacturing, alongside health care & social assistance. Building and construction features particular concentration, employing residents at 1.9 times the metropolitan rate. Conversely, professional & technical roles account for only 3.7% of local employment, compared to 10.1% across the region. Given the contrast between resident workers and local job counts in the Census, this largely residential district provides a relatively constrained volume of internal job opportunities. AreaSearch analysis of ABS and SALM metrics across surrounding statistical geographies shows that over the twelve months to March 2026, local employment expanded by 3.6% alongside a 3.5% increase in the labor pool, which trimmed unemployment by 0.1 percentage points. Across Greater Melbourne over the same timeframe, employment grew by 2.1%, the workforce rose by 2.3%, and the unemployment rate climbed by 0.2 percentage points. Future labor market trajectories can be assessed against Jobs and Skills Australia's nationwide outlook released in Mar-26. These national models project overall workforce growth of 6.6% across five years and 13.7% across ten years, though industry sector outcomes vary widely. Applying these industry growth rates to the local occupational breakdown suggests Doveton's employment base will expand by 5.7% across five years and 12.3% across ten years (this represents an unadjusted weighted projection for illustration and excludes localized population models).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Doveton is $1,273 a week (about $66,000 a year), with median personal income at $581 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $43,454 a year against an average of $46,933. 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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Aggregated ATO data from AreaSearch for financial year 2023 shows that personal earnings in the suburb of Doveton sit below national benchmarks. Median taxpayer earnings stand at $43,454 while the average income reaches $46,933, compared to Greater Melbourne's medians and averages of $57,688 and $75,164. Adjusting for Wage Price Index expansion of 9.62% since financial year 2023 yields updated estimates of roughly $47,634 for median income and $51,448 for average income as of March 2026. In the 2021 Census, Doveton's household, family, and individual incomes fell across the 9th to 18th percentiles nationally.
The largest earnings segment is the $1,500 - 2,999 category, covering 31.1% of residents (3,235 people), which aligns with the regional figure of 32.8%. Furthermore, mortgage and rental pressures leave households with only 80.1% of income remaining, placing the area in the 15th percentile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Doveton had 3,197 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 83% detached houses and 0% apartments. 33% are owned with a mortgage, 44% rented and 23% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $320 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,500 a month. Rent absorbs 25.1% of household income here and mortgage repayments 27.2%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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According to the most recent Census, the local housing landscape consists of 83.2% freestanding houses and 16.8% other dwelling types including townhouses and apartments, compared to 67.9% houses and 32.1% alternative formats across Melbourne metro. Full home ownership in Doveton stands at 23.4%, trailing the metropolitan standard, with 32.6% of properties under a mortgage and 43.9% occupied by tenants. Housing costs remain comparatively low: the median monthly mortgage payment of $1,500 and median weekly rent of $320 are well below Melbourne metro's respective $2,000 and $390. Relative to Australia-wide figures, local mortgage costs sit below the national benchmark of $1,863, and rents are substantially lower than the $375 national average.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Doveton counted 3,197 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 3,464 today, averaging 2.7 people each. 31% are couples with children, against 17% couples without children. 26% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.7 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Family households constitute the majority of living arrangements at 65.4%, comprising couples with children at 30.9%, couples without children at 16.8%, and single parent families at 15.5%. The remaining 34.6% comprises non-family dwellings, where single-person households account for 26.2% and group living makes up 8.4%. The typical household comprises 2.7 people, slightly higher than the Greater Melbourne median of 2.6.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
18.6% of adults in Doveton hold a university qualification, including 13.1% with a bachelor degree and 4.3% with postgraduate qualifications, lower than 79% of areas nationally. A further 20.7% hold a vocational qualification. 7 schools serve the area, with 947 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 932 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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Tertiary attainment presents an area of developmental focus, with 18.6% of residents holding a university qualification compared to the Greater Melbourne benchmark of 37.0%. Bachelor degrees account for the largest share at 13.1%, followed by postgraduate degrees at 4.3% and graduate diplomas at 1.2%. Meanwhile, vocational and technical pathways are heavily represented, as 30.9% of individuals aged 15+ hold technical qualifications, including certificates at 20.7% and advanced diplomas at 10.2%. Formal learning engagement is substantial across the community, with 32.6% of the population attending an educational institution. This educational cohort includes 9.9% in primary schooling, 8.8% in secondary schooling, and 4.6% undertaking higher education programs.
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Public transport in Doveton reaches 36 stops on 11 routes, timetabled for about 4,300 services a week. The typical home sits about 190 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 1.2 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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Local public transit infrastructure features 36 active bus stops spread across Doveton. These connections are linked to 11 bus routes, delivering a combined 4,342 weekly passenger trips. Commuter access is strong, with typical walking distances of 193 meters to the nearest transit point. Because the district is predominantly residential, outward commuting is standard, and private vehicles remain the primary travel mode at 89%. Household vehicle availability stands at 1.2 per dwelling, while 9.4% of residents worked from home at the 2021 Census, potentially influenced by pandemic conditions. Transit services provide an average of 620 daily trips across the entire network, translating to roughly 120 weekly departures per stop.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
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73.4% of residents in Doveton report no long-term health condition. 7.6% need daily assistance with core activities, and 45.5% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 6.2 per 1,000 residents. Health conditions, assistance needs and insurance are 2021 Census measures; the death rate comes from current ABS releases.
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AreaSearch evaluations of chronic illnesses and mortality indicate notable health considerations for Doveton, with medical ailments regularly reported across both younger and older cohorts. Private health insurance participation is notably low, encompassing roughly 46% of residents (~4,734 people), compared to 56.7% throughout Greater Melbourne and a national benchmark of 55.7%. Mental health conditions and arthritis represent the most prevalent diagnosed ailments, reported by 7.4 and 6.5% of local residents, while 73.4% of the population reported no chronic health conditions, slightly surpassing the 72.6% recorded across Greater Melbourne. Health measures among working-age individuals align with typical standards.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 13.0% of the community (1,352 people), below the 15.1% metropolitan level, and health outcomes for older residents align broadly with national figures.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
60.3% of Doveton residents were born overseas and 64.7% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 96% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are English (12.2%) and Australian (10.9%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Doveton ranks among Australia's most culturally varied communities, with 60.3% of residents born abroad and 64.7% speaking a language other than English in the home. Christianity represents the most widely practiced faith, observed by 35.6% of the populace. Additionally, Islam shows a significant local concentration at 30.0% of residents, notably above the 5.6% metropolitan proportion. Looking at ancestral backgrounds via parents' country of birth, the Other category constitutes the largest group at 40.5%, well above the 14.6% regional level. English background accounts for 12.2% compared to 20.1% regionally, while Australian ancestry represents 10.9% versus 18.4% across the broader region.
Specific cultural groups also exhibit distinct representation, including Serbian heritage at 4.5% (compared to 0.4% regionally), Sri Lankan at 1.8% (versus 0.8%), and Hungarian at 0.5% (versus 0.3%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Doveton is 34, younger than 82% of areas nationally. 29.8% 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 age distribution in Doveton aligns closely with Greater Melbourne across broad categories, showing a maximum variance of only 2.8 percentage points. The median age remains steady at 34, matching the 2021 Census level and sitting 3 years younger than the metropolitan median of 37 recorded at that time. Looking ahead to 2041, the 45 - 64 age category will absorb the highest absolute influx, expanding by 685 residents (33%) to reach 2,776, while the 65+ cohort is projected to record the fastest relative increase, expanding by 41% to 1,913 people.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Doveton
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 | Jul 2026 3 months ago all 3 projects tracked here |
| Project pipeline maintained continuously from Infrastructure Australia, state agencies, local government and public announcements. Records are added and revised daily; this area was last updated Jul 2026. | ||
| Employment | ABS, DEWR, JSA Quarterly (ABS SALM) | Mar 2026 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 — 287 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (9,603 at the 2021 Census → 10,405 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 (SAL20783). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.