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Epping (Vic.) has an estimated 35,158 residents, up from 33,489 at the 2021 Census — a change of 1,669 people, or 5.0%. 898 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Overseas migration accounts for 73.0% of that increase. That puts 997 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 regional ABS updates alongside validated new addresses logged after the Census, the suburb of Epping (Vic.) has a population estimated at approximately 35,158 as of Aug 2026. This indicates an expansion of 1,669 people (5.0%) compared to the 33,489 people recorded in the 2021 Census. Such movement is calculated from an estimated resident population of 35,148 determined by AreaSearch via the June 2025 ABS ERP release, supplemented by 898 validated new addresses added post-Census. With these numbers, population density reaches 996 persons per square kilometer, sitting close to standard levels across AreaSearch benchmarks.
Net overseas migration served as the primary growth catalyst, generating around 73.0% of recent population additions in the suburb of Epping (Vic.). Population projections for the suburb of Epping (Vic.) utilize ABS/Geoscience Australia 2024 releases based on 2022 data across SA2 areas, supplemented where necessary by 2023 VIC State Government Regional/LGA projections converted to SA2 scales through weighted aggregation. Projected age-cohort growth rates from these models are similarly applied for 2032 through to 2041. Looking ahead, long-term demographic expansion in the suburb of Epping (Vic.) is projected to rank within the top 10 percent across the nation, with aggregated SA2 figures pointing to an increase of 17,231 persons to 2041, representing a cumulative 49.0% rise across the 16 years.
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441 new dwellings have been approved in Epping (Vic.) over the past five years, an average of 88 a year. That is 2.2 approvals per 1,000 residents. Of the 77 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 65% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Approvals are currently running at an annualised 92, broadly in line with that longer-run average. Figures come from ABS building approvals aggregated to this Suburb (SAL) boundary and are updated monthly as the ABS releases them.
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Analysis of ABS building approvals by AreaSearch indicates that Epping has maintained an annual average of roughly 88 residential approvals, amounting to an estimated 441 homes across the past 5 financial years. Within FY-25 to date, 92 approvals have been documented. Because only 0.4 people per year arrived per new home constructed over the past 5 financial years (between FY-21 and FY-25), construction volume has matched or surpassed incoming demand, broadening buyer options and allowing room for demographic expansion beyond baseline expectations. Furthermore, newly approved homes carry an average construction cost of $383,000, presenting a more accessible price point than regional averages.
Commercial activity also remains robust, evidenced by $253.5 million in commercial development approvals recorded this financial year. Residential building approvals in Epping fall significantly behind Greater Melbourne benchmarks, sitting 83.0% below the per-capita regional average. Although building approvals have picked up in recent years, this relative shortfall tends to bolster demand and values across established stock. Construction levels also trail national benchmarks, pointing to an established urban footprint and potential planning constraints. Approvals comprise 65.0% detached dwellings alongside 35.0% townhouses or apartments, with higher-density options expanding diversity across entry-level and family price tiers. Compared to the current stock composition of 81.0% houses, this mix highlights a transition driven by site availability and demand for accessible medium-density formats. Overall, a ratio of approximately 351 people per dwelling approval characterizes an established market. According to the latest quarterly estimates from AreaSearch, demographic projections show Epping expanding by 17,221 residents through to 2041. If residential construction continues at its current pace, additions to housing stock could struggle to accommodate this expansion, which may intensify purchaser competition and drive property valuations higher.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Epping (Vic.)
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 14 current infrastructure and development projects inside Epping (Vic.), worth an estimated $8.64 billion. A further 125 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $34.1 billion. 34 are already under construction and 45 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, communities, precincts & urban renewal and education & training. Records are compiled from Infrastructure Australia, state agencies, council planning portals and public announcements, reviewed and updated daily, then ranked by proximity, construction stage, completion horizon and project scale.
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Local infrastructure projects, planning frameworks, and capital investments play a decisive role in shaping the area's development. AreaSearch has tracked 63 projects positioned to influence the locality, led by major developments including the Melbourne Food Innovation and Export Hub (MFIX), New Epping Health Hub, Northern Hospital Redevelopment, and New Epping, with primary initiatives outlined below.
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Northern Hospital Redevelopment
The $813 million Northern Hospital Redevelopment is a two-stage expansion of the Epping campus to meet the rising healthcare needs of Melbourne's fast-growing northern growth corridor. Stage 1 is delivering a four-storey Ambulatory Care Centre, which reached structural completion in October 2025 and is on track for opening in mid-2026. The new building will house outpatient, clinical and administration services with a ground link to the existing hospital. Stage 2, with John Holland appointed as Managing Contractor in October 2025, will deliver a new seven-level emergency department and inpatient unit tower fronting Cooper Street.The expanded ED will include a dedicated paediatric zone, a specialised mental health and alcohol and other drugs hub, an emergency observation unit, additional inpatient beds and more car parking. Early Works packages were advertised in late 2025, with Main Works packages being released progressively through early 2026. Once fully operational in late 2029, the redevelopment will provide nearly 200 emergency treatment spaces and support an additional 30,000 emergency patients each year. Both stages are expected to support up to 2,200 jobs during construction.
New Epping Health Hub
The New Epping Health Hub is a $1 billion state-of-the-art health and innovation precinct forming a significant public-private health cluster. Anchored by the now-operational Northern Private Hospital and the adjacent Northern Hospital, the 7-hectare hub features 80,000sqm of medical floorspace. Construction is currently underway on the $100 million New Epping Medical building, a six-storey facility providing 8,200sqm of specialist suites. Simultaneously, the $813 million Northern Hospital expansion is progressing, with the four-storey Ambulatory Care Centre structurally complete as of late 2025 and an emergency department tower under development.The precinct integrates specialist medical, research, and wellness facilities within a masterplan featuring a 2.7km nature loop.
Melbourne Food Innovation and Export Hub (MFIX)
The Melbourne Food Innovation and Export Hub (MFIX) is a planned 50-hectare precinct designed to co-locate food production, R&D, and export logistics. Situated next to the Melbourne Wholesale Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Market, it aims to create a world-class cluster for advanced food manufacturing and high-value exports. The project is a core component of the City of Whittlesea Agri-Food Plan 2023-2026, targeting the creation of over 6,000 jobs and positioning Northern Melbourne as a premier global food-tech destination.
New Epping
A 2 billion dollar urban renewal project by Riverlee transforming a 51-hectare former quarry into a carbon-neutral mixed-use precinct. The masterplan includes 2,500 dwellings across townhouses and apartments, alongside 110,000sqm of commercial space. Significant milestones reached in 2024-2025 include the opening of the Northern Private Hospital and progress on the Punthill Apartment Hotel, scheduled for 2026. The site features an 11-hectare central green spine with wetlands and a 2.7km walking trail.
Cooper Street Employment Precinct
The Cooper Street Employment Precinct is a state-significant industrial and commercial hub in Epping. It supports over 25,000 jobs across advanced manufacturing, logistics, and technology sectors. Key sub-precincts include Cooper Street West, East, and Macquarie, with major estates like 4Ten Epping and the Epping Logistics Estate under active development. The precinct is a primary gateway for Melbourne's north, featuring high-quality landscaped business parks, unique transparent cantilevered facade designs on modern warehouses, and strategic proximity to the Hume Freeway and the Melbourne Wholesale Fruit, Vegetable, and Flower Market.
Empire Epping
A bold new residential and commercial development set to redefine urban living in Epping. Features 94 apartments with one, two, and three-bedroom layouts, commercial spaces including shops, offices, a childcare centre, and a supermarket. Includes on-site amenities such as a gym, rooftop terrace, and residents garden. Offers high-end fixtures, spacious interiors, and secure parking.
Derby Meadows Preschool Redevelopment
Redevelopment and expansion of Derby Meadows Preschool to create a modern, purpose-built integrated early years facility combining a two-room kindergarten, Maternal and Child Health consulting rooms, a multipurpose space, and landscaped outdoor play areas. Funded via a partnership between the Victorian Government and the City of Whittlesea, the project will expand the facility's capacity to 66 children at a time, providing up to 132 kindergarten places locally.
Epping Activity Centre Plan
The Epping Activity Centre Plan is a long-term strategic framework that builds on the City of Whittlesea's Epping Central Structure Plan (June 2023) and forms part of the Victorian Government's Activity Centres Program under the Housing Statement. It identifies Epping as one of 10 priority Melbourne activity centres targeted to deliver more housing close to public transport, jobs and services. The plan supports between 9,800 and 13,900 new homes across the activity centre core and an 800 metre walkable catchment around Epping train station.Key features include simplified built form and design controls in the core, a deemed-to-comply pathway to streamline assessment, increased building heights graduating down toward sensitive interfaces, improved public realm and open space, and continued focus on Northern Hospital, Pacific Epping shopping centre and Melbourne Polytechnic as anchor uses. New planning controls including the Housing Choice and Transformation Zone, Built Form Overlay and Activity Centre Zone Schedule 1 were applied through planning scheme amendment GC252, approved on 11 April 2025.
18,179 residents of Epping (Vic.) are employed, from a labour force of 19,557. Unemployment sits at 7.0%, with participation at 68.4%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.2% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. 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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The local workforce in Epping demonstrates solid industrial and manufacturing capabilities, accompanied by a 7.0% unemployment rate and annual employment growth of 1.0%, based on statistical area aggregations by AreaSearch. In March 2026, working residents numbered 18,179, while unemployment sat 2.3% higher than the 4.8% recorded across Greater Melbourne, with participation broadly matching the wider metropolitan benchmark of 70.1%. Census records indicated that 19.0% of local workers performed their duties from home, though this figure was influenced by Covid-19 restrictions. Key sectors employing local residents include health care & social assistance, retail trade, and construction.
Epping demonstrates particular concentration in transport, postal & warehousing, where local employment share is 1.6 times the regional level. Conversely, professional & technical occupations are less prevalent, making up 4.9% of the local workforce relative to 10.1% across Greater Melbourne. Local employment opportunities are comparatively solid, reflected in a Census ratio of 0.7 workers for every resident. According to AreaSearch's evaluation of SALM and ABS figures compiled from larger statistical regions, the past twelve months recorded a 1.0% rise in employment and a 2.8% increase in the labour force, which led to a 1.7 percentage point increase in the unemployment rate. By comparison, Greater Melbourne recorded a 2.1% growth in employment and a 2.3% growth in the labour force, resulting in a 0.2 percentage point increase. Insights into future demand within Epping can be gained from Jobs and Skills Australia's national employment forecasts published for Mar-26. These forecasts, which span five and ten-year periods, have been overlaid with the local employment profile to project growth trends. Although national employment is projected to grow by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, expansion varies considerably across industry sectors. When these sector-specific projections are applied to Epping's employment composition, local employment is expected to grow by 6.2% over five years and 13.2% over ten years (this is a simple weighting extrapolation for illustrative purposes and does not account for localised population projections).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Epping (Vic.) is $1,671 a week (about $87,000 a year), with median personal income at $709 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $49,400 a year against an average of $56,592. 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 AreaSearch's evaluation of ATO postcode statistics for financial year 2023, taxable incomes in Epping show a median of $49,400 and an average of $56,592. These figures sit below the national benchmark and trail Greater Melbourne's median of $57,688 and average of $75,164. Factoring in Wage Price Index growth of 9.62% since financial year 2023, March 2026 values are estimated at roughly $54,152 for the median and $62,036 for the average. Census findings place local personal, family, and household earnings modestly between the 30th and 45th percentiles. In terms of earnings brackets, the $1,500 - 2,999 category accounts for 38.4% of local taxpayers (13,500 individuals), mirroring the broader regional share of 32.8%.
Living costs present significant challenges, with residual income at 83.1%, placing the area at the 45th percentile for affordability.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Epping (Vic.) had 10,704 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 81% detached houses and 2% apartments. 43% are owned with a mortgage, 30% rented and 27% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $361 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month. Rent absorbs 21.6% of household income here and mortgage repayments 23.9%. 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 separate houses constituted 81.2% of Epping's residential dwellings, while semi-detached homes, apartments, and other formats comprised 18.8%, compared to 67.9% houses and 32.1% other dwellings across greater Melbourne metro. Outright home ownership stood at 26.6%, trailing broader metropolitan figures, with remaining homes either subject to a mortgage (43.2%) or tenanted (30.2%). Local financing and rental costs are relatively low: median monthly mortgage repayments were $1,733 compared to $2,000 across Melbourne metro and $1,863 nationally, while median weekly rent was $361, below the Melbourne metro figure of $390 and the Australian average of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Epping (Vic.) counted 10,704 households at the 2021 Census, averaging 2.9 people each. 43% are couples with children, more than in 84% of areas nationally, against 20% couples without children. 19% 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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Family dwellings comprise 78.8% of local households, consisting of 42.5% couples with children, 20.4% couples without children, and 14.5% single parent families. The remaining 21.2% consist of non-family arrangements, with lone person households representing 18.5% and group households making up 2.7%. The local median household size is 2.9 people, exceeding the 2.6 figure recorded for Greater Melbourne.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
25.5% of adults in Epping (Vic.) hold a university qualification, including 16.6% with a bachelor degree and 6.8% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 19.7% hold a vocational qualification. 15 schools serve the area, with 8,453 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,014 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 in the area lags regional benchmarks, with 25.5% of residents possessing university qualifications compared to 37.0% across Greater Melbourne, highlighting an area suitable for educational support programs. Among higher degrees, bachelor qualifications lead at 16.6%, alongside 6.8% holding postgraduate awards and 2.1% with graduate diplomas. Vocational qualifications are prevalent, with 31.8% of persons aged 15+ holding technical credentials, comprising 12.1% with advanced diplomas and 19.7% with certificates. Formal education participation is strong across the community, with 33.3% of individuals currently studying. By schooling phase, 11.9% attend primary education, 8.2% are enrolled in secondary education, and 5.3% are engaged in tertiary education.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Epping (Vic.) reaches 167 stops on 14 routes, timetabled for about 12,100 services a week. The typical home sits about 230 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 1.5 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 network data indicates that 167 active stops operate locally, providing bus connectivity across 14 distinct routes that deliver 12,121 weekly passenger trips. Stop accessibility is favorable, with residents averaging 230 meters from their closest transit point. Due to the area's residential profile, outward commuting predominates, with private vehicles accounting for 86% of travel and train journeys making up 8%. Dwelling vehicle ownership averages 1.5, above regional benchmarks. Approximately 19.0% of workers worked from home according to the 2021 Census, reflecting pandemic-era conditions. Public transport operations provide an average frequency of 1,731 daily trips across all services, generating approximately 72 weekly trips for each transport stop.
The accompanying map displays the 100 closest stops relative to the centrepoint of the area.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
Transport Stops Detail
75.0% of residents in Epping (Vic.) report no long-term health condition. 6.3% need daily assistance with core activities, and 49.3% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 5.5 per 1,000 residents. Health conditions, assistance needs and insurance are 2021 Census measures; the death rate comes from current ABS releases.
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Health indicators in Epping align closely with broader national averages based on AreaSearch analysis of chronic conditions and mortality statistics, though chronic health problems show higher prevalence among older demographics, and private health insurance coverage sits comparatively low at roughly 49% of the community (~17,322 people). By comparison, coverage reaches 56.7% across Greater Melbourne and 55.7% nationally. The most widely reported conditions in the locality are asthma (6.7%) and mental health issues (6.3%), while 75.0% of the population reported no long-term medical conditions, outperforming the Greater Melbourne figure of 72.6%.
Health metrics among the population under 65 are particularly positive. Residents aged 65 and over represent 14.1% of the population (4,957 people), below the 15.1% regional level, though senior health outcomes present greater challenges and score lower on national benchmarks than the wider community.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
42.6% of Epping (Vic.) residents were born overseas and 53.6% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 87% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are Australian (13.9%) and English (12.3%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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The local community exhibits high cultural diversity, with 42.6% of residents born abroad and 53.6% speaking a non-English language at home. Christianity is the predominant faith, practiced by 48.7% of residents. In addition, Islam accounts for 13.6% of the population, showing a significant concentration relative to the Greater Melbourne average of 5.6%. Regarding parental lineage, the leading ancestry responses in Epping are Other at 21.8% (well above the regional benchmark of 14.6%), Australian at 13.9%, and English at 12.3% (noticeably lower than the regional share of 20.1%). Other specific ancestries show prominent variations from metropolitan averages, notably Macedonian at 6.1% (compared to 0.7% regionally), Italian at 9.9% (versus 5.2%), and Sri Lankan at 1.0% (compared to 0.8%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Epping (Vic.) is 35, younger than 76% of areas nationally. 28.4% 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 Epping matches Greater Melbourne benchmarks closely, with divergences not exceeding 1.3 percentage points. Median age is estimated at 35, remaining consistent with 2021 Census findings and sitting 2 years below the Greater Melbourne median of 37 recorded at the Census. Since that time, the proportion of seniors and retirees (65+) has risen from 12.6% to an estimated 14.1%. By 2041, the largest numerical gain is anticipated across the 45 - 64 age bracket, projected to add 5,485 residents (67%) to reach 13,642, while the senior and retiree demographic will see the fastest proportional rise, increasing 93% to 9,558 residents.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Epping (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 | Jul 2026 3 months ago all 14 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 — 898 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (33,489 at the 2021 Census → 35,158 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 (SAL20878). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.