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The median house price in East Gosford is $1.15m, with units at $850k. House values have moved 4.1% a year compounded over five years.
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East Gosford has an estimated 4,299 residents, down from 4,391 at the 2021 Census — a change of 92 people, or 2.1%. The population has thinned by an average 0.6% a year over five years, slower than 97% of areas nationally. That puts 2,077 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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In the suburb of East Gosford, the resident count is placed at roughly 4,299 as of Aug 2026, according to AreaSearch evaluations combining broader ABS population updates and post-Census validated address records. This represents a contraction of 92 people (2.1%) relative to the 2021 Census tally of 4,391 people. This estimate builds upon the 4,263 residents calculated from the ABS ERP release in June 2025 alongside 33 validated new addresses recorded after the Census date. Consequently, the suburb of East Gosford records a population density of 2,076 persons per square kilometer, outpacing the national benchmark across AreaSearch study locations.
Inbound overseas migration formed the primary demographic engine in recent times, accounting for around 66.0% of all population additions. Projections for the suburb of East Gosford incorporate 2024 ABS/Geoscience Australia data at the SA2 scale using 2022 as the base year, supplemented by 2022 NSW State Government SA2 forecasts (2021 base year) where necessary, with cohort growth rates applied between 2032 and 2041. Looking ahead, the suburb of East Gosford is set to experience upper-quartile expansion nationally, with aggregated SA2 modelling pointing to an increase of 1,492 persons to 2041, representing a cumulative rise of 33.9% over the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
65 new dwellings have been approved in East Gosford over the past five years, an average of 13 a year. That is 2.9 approvals per 1,000 residents. Few approvals have been recorded in the most recent months, well below the longer-run average; the latest ABS periods are still being reported. 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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Examining statistical area building approvals data from the ABS, AreaSearch notes that East Gosford has averaged approximately 13 approved dwellings annually, totaling an estimated 65 residential approvals across the preceding 5 financial years (from FY-21 to FY-25), with none approved to date in FY-25. Given the downturn in population recently, homebuilding has matched local requirements comfortably, maintaining balanced market conditions and healthy buyer selection. Furthermore, commercial approvals have reached $25.3 million during this financial year, pointing to steady non-residential construction activity. Per capita building volumes in East Gosford stand at roughly 75% of the Greater Sydney pace, positioning the locality in the 6th percentile across the country and restricting options for buyers, which bolsters interest in established residences.
This below-average performance relative to the national landscape reflects both local maturity and potential planning limitations. The current construction breakdown comprises 8.0% standalone houses and 92.0% medium-to-high density formats like townhouses or apartments. This pivot toward higher-density stock creates accessible price points for first-home buyers, downsizers, and property investors. It also marks a noticeable departure from the prevailing residential environment (presently 38.0% standalone houses), meeting evolving lifestyle preferences and budget constraints amid a scarcity of broadacre development land. With roughly 4254 people per approval, East Gosford exemplifies an established, mature urban setting. Demographic outlooks project that East Gosford will expand by 1,456 residents by 2041 based on the most recent quarterly estimate from AreaSearch. If residential building activity stays at its present cadence, additions to housing stock may fall short of demographic growth, creating heightened competition for real estate and putting upward pressure on dwelling prices.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around East Gosford
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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 East Gosford. A further 41 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $3.49 billion. 6 are already under construction and 11 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 schemes, and local civil projects play a pivotal role in shaping an area's trajectory. AreaSearch has highlighted 15 key projects positioned to influence the district, including Sapphire Gosford, the Watt Street and Henry Parry Drive Residential Towers, Gosford Alive - Kibbleplex Site, and Amalfi by ALAND, with principal developments outlined below.
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Central Coast Quarter
Central Coast Quarter is a landmark mixed-use waterfront precinct transforming the former Gosford Primary School site. Stage 1, known as 'The Waterfront', reached completion in early 2026 and features 134 luxury apartments. As of March 2026, revised plans for Stage 2 (East and South towers) have been proposed as a State Significant Development, seeking to increase heights to 36 and 42 storeys to provide approximately 394 additional dwellings, including 98 affordable housing units, and a 152-room hotel above a retail podium.
The Elly Extension
The proposal is for redevelopment of the Elanora Hotel site, including: - Demolition of the former motel and other structures on site (existing bottle shop, commercial premises, car wash, and car park); - Alterations and additions to extend the hotel to the north-east, along Adelaide Street, including service areas on a part level underneath; - A new 3-storey 60-room motel facing Brougham Street; - A new drive-through bottle shop facing Victoria Street; - New car parking areas across two levels at the rear of the hotel and motel; - New one-way access driveways to Victoria Street (in and out), Adelaide Street (in), and Brougham Street (out).
Sapphire Gosford
Luxury residential project of 97 apartments across three 10-storey towers with a shared podium, gym, pool and landscaped courtyards. Construction reached advanced stages but work was reported halted in 2024 pending defect rectification and occupation certificate matters. Current status appears paused/near-complete awaiting resolution by parties involved.
Gosford Alive - Detailed Design
Gosford Alive is a mixed-use urban renewal project on the former Kibbleplex site in Gosford. The concept and Stage 1 SSD approval remains in place, with Modification 2 approved on 31 July 2025 to allow staged construction and related condition changes. A new detailed design SSD is at Prepare EIS stage for five mixed-use residential towers with commercial and retail uses, communal open space, new public realm and links from Kibble Park. The project site is about 1.4 hectares and is planned to deliver around 650 dwellings plus more than 5,000 sqm of ground-floor retail and commercial space.
Residential Towers - Watt Street and Henry Parry Drive
Mixed-use residential development comprising two towers of 12 and 14 storeys above a three-level basement with 125 apartments and ground-floor retail. A seventh modification application revises apartment layouts, communal facilities, facade materials, parking and rooftop open space while retaining the approved overall scale. Completion remains anticipated during 2026.
Amalfi by ALAND
Mixed-use waterfront precinct at 50-70 Mann Street comprising three towers with about 506 apartments above a retail podium of roughly 9,530 sqm. The former Frogys site will be transformed to deliver new homes, retail, and public realm improvements in Gosford CBD.
Wyoming Shopping Village Upgrade
The Wyoming Shopping Village Upgrade involves the extension and refurbishment of the existing neighborhood shopping center. The project is anchored by a full-line Coles supermarket and focuses on enhancing the tenancy mix with health, beauty, food, and beverage services. As of early 2026, the center's official website indicates it is under upgrading, and GWPC continues to manage the extension works and refurbishment of the existing specialty shops.
Central Coast Leisure and Aquatic Strategy 2025-2035 - Gosford
The Central Coast Leisure and Aquatic Strategy 2025-2035 was adopted by Central Coast Council in December 2025 and sets a 10-year framework for leisure and aquatic infrastructure across the region. For Gosford, the key priorities include the significant redevelopment of Gosford Olympic Pool at its existing site to provide a modern aquatic facility reoriented to overlook Brisbane Water, and investigations into expanding indoor court capacity at Niagara Park Stadium. The strategy also flags potential new sports courts at the Central Coast Regional Sporting and Recreation Complex at Tuggerah.The Gosford Olympic Pool redevelopment is rated high priority but has a medium to long timeframe and is reliant on external funding. Stage one works at Kibble Park commenced in May 2026. The strategy is implemented progressively over 10 years with annual reviews and a mid-term review in 2030.
2,035 residents of East Gosford are employed, from a labour force of 2,085. Unemployment sits at 2.4%, with participation at 58.1%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 7.1% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. 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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East Gosford sustains an educated workforce with solid footing in essential service industries, maintaining steady employment conditions over the preceding year and an unemployment rate of only 2.4%, according to aggregated statistical district metrics from AreaSearch. By March 2026, employed residents numbered 2,035, with local unemployment sitting 1.7% under the 4.1% seen across Greater Sydney, though labor force participation is materially lower at 58.1% versus 68.9% in Greater Sydney. Furthermore, 35.6% of working locals indicated they worked from home in Census returns, though pandemic-related lockdown measures should be kept in mind.
Resident employment centers predominantly on health care & social assistance, retail trade, and construction. Health care & social assistance stands out as a core specialty, capturing a workforce share 1.5 times the metropolitan standard. In contrast, professional & technical occupations are underrepresented, engaging just 7.9% of East Gosford workers compared with 11.5% across Greater Sydney. Although internal positions exist, comparing the local workforce count against the working-age population suggests a significant portion of residents travel outside the suburb for employment. AreaSearch assessment of SALM and ABS statistical records indicates that in the year ending March 2026, the local workforce contracted by 0.4% as total employed persons slipped by 0.3%, leaving unemployment practically steady. In comparison, Greater Sydney saw employment climb 1.9%, the labor force grow 1.9%, and unemployment edge down slightly. Looking forward, Jobs and Skills Australia national projections released in Mar-26 provide context on workforce demand shifts for East Gosford across five- and ten-year horizons. Across the country, job counts are predicted to rise by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, with performance varying widely across different industries. Mapping these sector-level expectations against the local industry makeup suggests East Gosford could see job numbers lift by 7.1% over five years and 14.6% over ten years (noting this is a weighted baseline extrapolation that excludes local demographic projections).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in East Gosford is $1,330 a week (about $69,000 a year), with median personal income at $759 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $49,252 a year against an average of $63,649. 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 taxation statistics for financial year 2023 published by AreaSearch show that taxpayers in the suburb of East Gosford recorded a median income of $49,252 and an average income of $63,649. These figures sit below nationwide standards and trail Greater Sydney, where the median reaches $60,817 and the average is $83,003. Applying a 10.32% rise in the Wage Price Index since financial year 2023 adjusts estimated earnings to roughly $54,335 (median) and $70,218 (average) as of March 2026. According to Census findings, individual income is placed at the 40th percentile ($759 weekly), with household earnings sitting at the 22nd percentile.
A segment of 28.2% of the local population (1,212 individuals) earns within the $1,500 - 2,999 band, comparable to the 30.9% share recorded throughout the broader metropolitan area. High housing costs exert notable pressure, leaving residents with only 78.8% of income after shelter expenses (17th percentile), while the area falls into the 5th decile on the SEIFA income index.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
East Gosford had 1,975 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 38% detached houses and 30% apartments. 26% are owned with a mortgage, 43% rented and 31% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $380 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month. Rent absorbs 28.6% of household income here and mortgage repayments 34.7%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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Census records indicate that East Gosford's housing stock consists of 38.0% separate houses alongside 62.1% alternative formats such as semi-detached homes, apartments, and other dwellings, differing from the wider Sydney metro breakdown of 55.9% houses and 44.1% other dwelling types. Full home ownership in the locality exceeds the Sydney metro figure at 31.4%, with remaining properties held under a mortgage (25.8%) or occupied by tenants (42.8%). The monthly median mortgage commitment was $2,000, lower than the Sydney metro level of $2,427, while weekly median rents were $380 versus $470 across Sydney metro.
When benchmarked against national figures, East Gosford exceeds the Australian median mortgage repayment of $1,863 as well as the national median rent of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
East Gosford counted 1,975 households at the 2021 Census, averaging 2.1 people each. 21% are couples with children, fewer than in 84% of areas nationally, against 23% couples without children. 40% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.6 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Families make up 57.1% of all local domestic units, comprising couples with children at 20.9%, childless couples at 22.7%, and single parent households at 12.9%. Non-family living arrangements account for the remaining 42.9%, where single-person households represent 40.0% and group households comprise 2.6%. The typical household size stands at 2.1 people, tracking below the Greater Sydney benchmark of 2.7.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
28.7% of adults in East Gosford hold a university qualification, including 18.8% with a bachelor degree and 7.1% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 23.0% hold a vocational qualification. 5 schools serve the area, with 2,504 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,061 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 among East Gosford residents tracks below broader metropolitan levels, with 28.7% of persons aged 15+ holding a tertiary degree compared to 38.0% in Greater Sydney. This differential points to opportunities for upskilling and future educational gains. Bachelor degrees represent the largest tertiary cohort at 18.8%, accompanied by postgraduate qualifications at 7.1% and graduate diplomas at 2.8%. Technical and vocational training is strongly represented, as 37.4% of those aged 15+ hold vocational credentials, split between advanced diplomas (14.4%) and certificate-level courses (23.0%). Formal study participation is strong, with 27.1% of residents actively enrolled in an educational program.
Broken down by level, this includes 9.1% attending primary school, 6.7% in secondary school, and 4.9% enrolled in higher education.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in East Gosford reaches 33 stops on 97 routes, timetabled for about 2,300 services a week. The typical home sits about 160 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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Local transit infrastructure in East Gosford features 33 active public transport stops, primarily serving bus travel. These stops accommodate 97 distinct bus routes, delivering 2,330 scheduled passenger services each week. Commuter access is rated as excellent, with typical residents situated 157 meters from their closest transit point. Given its residential character, outward travel dominates commuting flows, with private cars representing 86% of journey-to-work travel and rail capturing 6%. Household vehicle ownership stands at 0.9 vehicles per dwelling, below regional averages, while 35.6% of residents reported working from home in the 2021 Census during a period influenced by COVID-19.
Transit schedules maintain an average of 332 daily trips across the local network, translating to roughly 70 weekly departures per designated stop.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
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63.4% of residents in East Gosford report no long-term health condition. 6.9% need daily assistance with core activities, and 52.1% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 5.9 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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Assessing mortality rates and the incidence of long-term health issues, AreaSearch indicates notable health considerations for East Gosford, where common ailments are moderately widespread across both younger and older demographics. Private health insurance uptake slightly exceeds typical SA2 levels, covering approximately 52% of the local population (~2,240 people), compared to 59.9% across Greater Sydney. Arthritis and mental health conditions rank as the most prevalent health concerns in the community, diagnosed in 10.2% and 9.7% of residents respectively, whereas 63.4% reported having no diagnosed chronic medical conditions compared with 74.6% throughout Greater Sydney.
Working-age locals demonstrate higher-than-average rates of chronic illnesses. The senior demographic aged 65 and over accounts for 27.2% of the population (1,169 people), well above the 15.5% observed across Greater Sydney. Health outcomes for older residents present ongoing challenges, generally matching national benchmarks for the demographic.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
East Gosford is largely Australian-born, at 76.0% of residents, with 14.0% speaking a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are English (29.1%) and Australian (25.1%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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East Gosford exhibits cultural diversity metrics above the typical average, with 24.0% of its residents born abroad and 14.0% speaking a non-English language at home. Christianity forms the predominant religious affiliation, encompassing 53.6% of the local population in comparison to 49.2% across Greater Sydney. Looking at parental lineage, the three most common ancestries in East Gosford are English at 29.1% (surpassing the 19.0% regional share), Australian at 25.1% (above the 17.8% regional standard), and Irish at 9.9%. Other distinct cultural representations are evident across smaller community groups: Koreans account for 1.0% locally (versus 1.1% regionally), Spanish ancestry represents 0.7% (versus 0.6%), and New Zealand heritage stands at 0.8% (versus 0.5%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of East Gosford is 44, older than 76% of areas nationally. 19.3% 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, East Gosford shows a pronounced weighting toward older age groups. As of August 2026 estimates, 27.2% of residents belong to retiree and senior brackets (65+), contrasting with 15.5% in Greater Sydney, while younger to mid-career adults (25 - 44) comprise 24.6% compared to 31.4% across the broader region. The median age remains steady from the 2021 Census at an estimated 44 years, which is 7 years older than the Greater Sydney Census median of 37 and above the national Census median of 38. The most prominent shift since the Census has occurred in the 65+ age band, increasing from 24.6% to an estimated 27.2%.
Looking ahead to 2041, senior cohorts represent the largest numerical gain, projected to increase by 709 residents (61%) to reach 1,878.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for East Gosford
8 of 14 data sections on this page were updated within the last 12 months — the newest current to Aug 2026.
Everything is aggregated to the Suburb (SAL) boundary shown above, on a 2021 Census baseline. Only 3 sections — housing, households and cultural diversity — still wait on the 2026 Census.
The ledger — source, cycle and currency by section
| Section | Source & update cycle | Currency |
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| Updated within the last 12 months 8 sections | ||
| Population | ABS, GNAF, Geoscience Australia Annual (ABS ERP) | Aug 2026 last month 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 last month 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 last month headline measures · Jun 2026 baseline |
| Property sales & rents | Valuer General, Rental Board, ABS Weekly sales, quarterly rents | Aug 2026 last month all 21 measures |
| Sales from the state Valuer General register, refreshed weekly, and rents from quarterly rental bond lodgements. Both are read live each time this page loads, current to Aug 2026. | ||
| Employment | ABS, DEWR, JSA Quarterly (ABS SALM) | Mar 2026 6 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Unemployment and labour force from ABS Small Area Labour Markets, current to Mar 2026. The growth outlook applies Department of Employment (now Jobs and Skills Australia) forecasts for all 19 industry divisions to the local industry mix, so it measures sector composition rather than local expansion and makes no allowance for population growth. Job demand comes from the same agency via its Internet Vacancy Index; industry and occupation structure from the 2021 Census. | ||
| Education | ABS, ACARA Annual (ACARA) | Aug 2026 last month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Transport | ABS, State Transport Departments Each timetable release | Jul 2026 2 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Services & amenities | Provider directories, ACECQA Continuous | Jul 2026 2 months ago 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 — 33 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (4,391 at the 2021 Census → 4,299 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 (SAL11352). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.