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Lovely Banks has an estimated 2,675 residents, down from 2,782 at the 2021 Census — a change of 107 people, or 3.8%. Density is about 90 people per 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 review of broader ABS population updates alongside post-Census address validations, the population of the suburb of Lovely Banks stands at approximately 2,675 as of Aug 2026. This figure indicates a reduction of 107 people (3.8%) compared to the 2,782 people recorded in the 2021 Census. This adjustment stems from an Estimated Resident Population (ERP) of 2,675 identified by AreaSearch following the ABS's June 2025 ERP release, combined with 1 validated new addresses confirmed after the Census. With this headcount, the suburb of Lovely Banks has a density of 89 persons per square kilometer, offering generous personal space and substantial capacity for future expansion.
Over the preceding ten-year timeframe, the suburb of Lovely Banks registered steady demographic growth with a compound annual growth rate of 1.4%, surpassing the Rest of Vic.. Net overseas migration served as the primary growth catalyst, generating roughly 66.0% of recent population gains. Projections for the suburb of Lovely Banks incorporate 2024 ABS/Geoscience Australia models (utilising 2022 as a baseline) for each SA2 area, supplemented where necessary by the Victorian State Government's 2023 Regional/LGA datasets converted via weighted aggregation from LGA to SA2 geographies. Age-specific growth trajectories derived from these aggregations are also applied across all localities for the period spanning 2032 to 2041. Looking forward, long-term forecasts position the suburb of Lovely Banks in the top quartile of regional territories nationwide, anticipating an increase of 605 persons to 2041 under aggregated SA2 projections, representing an overall expansion of 22.6% across the 16 years.
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Residential building approvals in Lovely Banks remain exceptionally constrained, tracking at less than 1 dwelling approvals annually and yielding a minimal five-year aggregate. Such low construction volumes align with rural property environments characterized by modest housing demand and physical infrastructure limits. Given the limited baseline volume, individual residential building projects have the capacity to create sharp variances in annual building metrics and comparative statistics. Residential building activity across Lovely Banks is considerably lower than the rate recorded across the Rest of Vic., tracking well beneath broader national property development trends.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Lovely Banks
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 Lovely Banks, worth an estimated $11 billion. A further 79 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $22.5 billion. 16 are already under construction and 23 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, communities, precincts & urban renewal and health & medical. 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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Capital works, major developments, and public initiatives play a transformative role in regional economic growth. AreaSearch has mapped 14 active and planned infrastructure projects influencing the locality. Notable initiatives include Lovely Banks Development, Cedar Woods Corio Residential Estate, Gateway Green Estate, and Corio Convenience Retail Hub.
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Lovely Banks Development
A massive 2,000-hectare masterplanned community in Geelong's Northern Growth Area, Lovely Banks is designed to deliver approximately 15,000 homes for 45,000 residents. The project features five distinct neighbourhoods with defined edges, vibrant activity centres, and 6-10 schools. It prioritises sustainability via One Planet Living Principles, radical street designs focused on existing vegetation, and a skyline botanical garden. The development is currently progressing through the Elcho Road West Precinct Structure Plan (PSP) phase, with sales releases estimated for 2028.
Gateway Green Estate
Masterplanned residential estate at the former Norlane High School site delivering approximately 125-130 homes through turnkey house and land packages together with future townhouse superlots. Civil construction is underway and completed house and land packages continue to be released for sale.
Somerley
Somerley is a new masterplanned 18.6-hectare residential community in Corio, near Geelong. Acquired by Cedar Woods Properties, the project features 400 thoughtfully designed homes alongside beautiful parklands and a proposed central park. The estate caters to young families, first-home buyers, and downsizers, designed to address the anticipated housing supply shortfall in the greater Geelong market.
Stead Park Hockey Facility Upgrade
Redevelopment of Geelong's premier hockey venue at Stead Park, Corio, funded under the Victorian Government's Regional Sports Infrastructure Program. Works include a new two-storey pavilion centrally located between the two hockey pitches, featuring four change rooms, match officials rooms, canteen, equipment storage and first aid on the ground floor, and a social space, meeting room, kitchen and terrace seating overlooking both pitches on the upper level. The western pitch is being redeveloped with a new playing surface, fencing, drainage, 500 lux sports lighting and an electronic scoreboard to support national-level hockey events.Additional accessible car parking and a new access road are also included. Construction commenced September 2025 and is being delivered by Fairbrother Pty Ltd on behalf of Development Victoria and Sport and Recreation Victoria.
Wathaurong Dreaming Project - Morgan Street Redevelopment
The $43.6 million Wathaurong Dreaming Project involves the redevelopment of the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative headquarters into a state-of-the-art Aboriginal community and health hub. The three-storey facility consolidates comprehensive healthcare services, social and emotional wellbeing programs, family and youth support, cultural gathering spaces, and administration under one roof. Jointly funded by the Victorian Government, Federal Government, and the Co-operative, site demolition and main construction commenced in 2025/2026 with completion expected by 2027.
Geelong Growth Area Transport Infrastructure Strategy
A strategic framework developed by the City of Greater Geelong in partnership with the Victorian State Government to guide transport investment across Geelong's three major growth areas - Armstrong Creek, Northern Geelong and Western Geelong. The strategy covers road and rail infrastructure, public transport, active travel and traffic management to support an estimated 175,000 new residents across the growth areas by 2051. Community engagement phases are complete and the strategy has informed the development of the broader Integrated Transport Strategy, which is currently in draft development with community feedback expected in early 2026.
340-344 Melbourne Road Large Format Retail Redevelopment
Refurbishment and re-tenanting of a long-vacant large format retail building (former Ray's Outdoors / Super Retail Group) on a prominent corner site at Melbourne Road and Collopy Street, North Geelong. IP Generation acquired the 5,564 sqm landholding for $8.5 million in May 2025. Global secondhand retailer Savers has secured a long-term lease over approximately 2,390 sqm, with the balance of the 4,750 sqm building being offered to additional large format retail tenants. Works are underway to refurbish the structure, update facade treatments, and prepare tenancy fitouts.
Geelong Ring Road Employment Precinct
The Geelong Ring Road Employment Precinct (GREP) is northern Geelong's largest designated industrial growth area, comprising approximately 500 hectares of Industrial 1 and Industrial 2 zoned land across Corio and Lara. The precinct supports manufacturing, logistics, advanced manufacturing, and warehousing industries with direct access to the Geelong Ring Road, Port of Geelong (6km), and Avalon Airport (12km). Active development includes multiple stages of the Bisinella Industrial Estate, new industrial subdivisions, and ongoing City of Greater Geelong rezoning and precinct structure planning.The Industrial Land Supply Review, adopted by Council in February 2025, is now with the Minister for Planning to guide long-term land supply policy for the region.
1,449 residents of Lovely Banks are employed, from a labour force of 1,608. Unemployment sits at 9.9%, with participation at 71.0%. 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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Lovely Banks possesses a proficient workforce, exhibiting particular concentration in building and construction activities, alongside an unemployment rate of 9.9% according to aggregated statistical district data compiled by AreaSearch. In March 2026, 1,449 residents were actively employed; however, the local unemployment rate exceeds Regional Vic.'s 3.7% benchmark by 6.2%, pointing to potential workforce capacity, while labour participation is exceptionally robust at 71.0% against 61.1% in Regional Vic.. Census data indicated that only 13.1% of workers commuted from a home office, a metric influenced by Covid-19 lockdown parameters. Employment among local residents is centered primarily in health care & social assistance, construction, and retail trade.
Construction represents a specialized local industry, with participation tracking at 1.4 times regional levels. Conversely, agriculture, forestry & fishing accounts for an under-indexed share, engaging just 1.2% of the Lovely Banks workforce compared to 7.5% across Regional Vic.. A ratio of 0.6 workers for each resident at the Census demonstrates an above-average supply of local jobs. AreaSearch's evaluation of wider SALM and ABS datasets indicates that during the 12 months leading to March 2026, the local workforce contracted by 0.9% alongside a 1.0% decline in employment, nudging the unemployment rate upward by 0.1 percentage points. Over the identical timeframe, Regional Vic. recorded a 0.1% dip in employment, a 0.3% decrease in the labor pool, and a 0.2 percentage point drop in unemployment. Future labour demand patterns can be evaluated via Jobs and Skills Australia's Mar-26 national employment projections. Nationally, job opportunities are forecast to grow by 6.6% across five years and 13.7% across ten years, though sector-level growth trajectories vary widely. When these industry expectations are weighted against the local occupational base, local employment in Lovely Banks is projected to rise by 6.2% over five years and 12.9% over ten years (representing an illustrative weighting model that excludes localized population projections).
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Median household income in Lovely Banks is $1,991 a week (about $104,000 a year), with median personal income at $798 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $63,992 a year against an average of $71,893. 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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Based on ATO postcode records for financial year 2023 analyzed by AreaSearch, individual earnings in Lovely Banks exceed national benchmarks, registering a median of $63,992 and an average of $71,893. These figures outpace Regional Vic., where median and average incomes stood at $50,954 and $62,728 respectively. Incorporating a 9.62% rise in the Wage Price Index since financial year 2023, updated estimates as of March 2026 reach approximately $70,148 for median income and $78,809 for average income. Census distributions place local household, family, and personal income profiles around the national 56th percentile.
A substantial 36.3% of residents (971 people) fall within the $1,500 - 2,999 income bracket, mirroring regional metropolitan trends where 30.3% share this range. Net of housing expenses, households retain 87.4% of earnings, supporting sound local spending capacity and placing the area in the 4th decile on the SEIFA income index.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Lovely Banks had 917 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 91% detached houses and 5% apartments. 50% are owned with a mortgage, 14% rented and 36% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,747 a month. Rent absorbs 17.6% of household income here and mortgage repayments 20.2%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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The local housing stock in Lovely Banks at the last Census was dominated by detached houses, representing 91.4% of dwellings alongside 8.6% other dwellings (incorporating semi-detached homes, apartments, and 'other' dwellings), compared with Regional Vic.'s split of 90.1% houses and 9.9% other dwellings. Outright property ownership in Lovely Banks trailed the regional benchmark at 35.8%, with 50.0% of homes under a mortgage and 14.2% occupied by tenants. Median monthly mortgage commitments were elevated relative to Regional Vic. at $1,747 (against $1,430), while median weekly rent was $350 (versus $285). On a nationwide scale, Lovely Banks features lower mortgage repayments than the national average of $1,863 and lower rental rates than the national benchmark of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Lovely Banks counted 917 households at the 2021 Census, averaging 2.9 people each. 41% are couples with children, more than in 80% of areas nationally, against 26% couples without children. 17% 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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Families constitute 80.3% of households in Lovely Banks, made up of couples with children (40.5%), couples without children (26.2%), and single parent families (13.0%). Non-family living arrangements account for the remaining 19.7%, consisting of lone person households (17.1%) and group households (2.2%). The average household size stands at 2.9 people, exceeding the Regional Vic. average of 2.4.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
16.6% of adults in Lovely Banks hold a university qualification, including 11.7% with a bachelor degree and 3.4% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 27.3% hold a vocational qualification. 1 school serves the area, with 310 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,030 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 qualification levels in Lovely Banks present an area for potential growth, with 16.6% holding a higher education degree compared to the VIC benchmark of 33.4%. Among university graduates, Bachelor degrees account for 11.7%, postgraduate qualifications represent 3.4%, and graduate diplomas comprise 1.5%. Vocational and applied trades demonstrate significant depth, with 37.9% of residents aged 15+ holding technical credentials, broken down into advanced diplomas (10.6%) and certificates (27.3%). Active participation in study is strong, with 29.0% of the population engaged in formal study. This total includes 9.3% attending secondary schools, 8.6% in primary schooling, and 4.9% enrolled in tertiary education.
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Public transport in Lovely Banks reaches 5 stops on 1 route, timetabled for about 1,200 services a week. The typical home sits about 420 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 2.1 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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Lovely Banks contains 5 active public transit stops, served by 1 routes that generate 1,205 weekly passenger trips. Overall transport connectivity is moderate, with residents situated an average distance of 421 meters from their nearest boarding point. As an established outer residential district, outward commuting prevails, with private vehicles accounting for 96% of journeys to work. Household vehicle ownership averages 2.1 per dwelling, exceeding regional levels. Working from home was recorded by 13.1% of residents at the 2021 Census, subject to pandemic-era conditions. Transit services provide an average of 172 trips per day across all available routes, delivering approximately 241 weekly trips per individual stop.
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75.2% of residents in Lovely Banks report no long-term health condition. 6.0% need daily assistance with core activities, and 55.2% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 5.0 per 1,000 residents. Health conditions, assistance needs and insurance are 2021 Census measures; the death rate comes from current ABS releases.
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According to AreaSearch's evaluation of mortality data and illness rates, Lovely Banks records favourable health metrics, with low rates of common medical conditions across both younger and older demographics. Private health insurance participation is particularly strong, encompassing roughly 55% of the community (~1,477 people), compared to 50.5% across Regional Vic.. Asthma (6.6%) and mental health conditions (6.4%) represent the most prevalent health diagnoses locally, while 75.2% of residents reported having no long-term health conditions, outperforming the Regional Vic. rate of 63.4%. The working-age population exhibits strong overall health profiles with minimal chronic illnesses.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 14.7% of the area (393 people), tracking below the 24.0% regional proportion. Health metrics among older residents remain above average, aligning closely with wider national standards.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
Lovely Banks is largely Australian-born, at 75.7% of residents, with 28.0% speaking a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are Australian (21.1%) and English (19.0%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural diversity in Lovely Banks is higher than in most comparable markets, with 24.3% of residents born abroad and 28.0% speaking a non-English language at home. Christianity forms the largest religious affiliation at 55.6% of the population. Islamic affiliation is notably elevated locally at 5.4%, compared with 1.0% across Regional Vic.. Looking at ancestral lineage (country of birth of parents), the leading reported backgrounds in Lovely Banks are Australian at 21.1% (below the regional level of 29.6%), English at 19.0% (trailing the regional figure of 30.7%), and Other at 13.2% (exceeding the regional share of 4.7%).
Significant local concentrations are also evident for Croatian ancestry at 5.2% (against 0.4% regionally), Macedonian at 3.4% (versus 0.2%), and Hungarian at 1.1% (versus 0.2%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Lovely Banks is 37. 29.7% 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 of the suburb of Lovely Banks leans comparatively young. As of updated estimates for August 2026, 28.5% of the population falls within the middle-aged and early retirement bracket (45 - 64), compared with 24.4% across Regional Vic., while seniors and retirees (65+) account for 14.7% versus 24.0% regionally. The estimated median age remains at 37, matching the 2021 Census outcome and sitting 6 years below the Regional Vic. median of 43 from that Census. The most noticeable shift since the Census has occurred among retiree and elderly cohorts, rising from 12.1% to an estimated 14.7%.
Looking ahead to 2041, the largest numerical gain is anticipated among young to middle-aged adults (25 - 44), projected to expand by 326 residents (46%) to 1,040.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Lovely Banks
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 | May 2026 5 months 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 May 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 — 1 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (2,782 at the 2021 Census → 2,675 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 (SAL21544). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.