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Port Adelaide has an estimated 2,406 residents, up from 1,338 at the 2021 Census — a change of 1,068 people, or 79.8%. Growth has averaged 12.8% a year over five years, faster than 99% of areas nationally. 280 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Overseas migration accounts for 56.0% of that increase. That puts 509 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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As of Aug 2026, the suburb of Port Adelaide has an estimated population of around 2,406, derived from AreaSearch evaluations of ABS broader-area updates and newly confirmed residential addresses post-Census. Compared to the 1,338 people recorded in the 2021 Census, this represents a gain of 1,068 people (79.8%). The updated figure builds upon an AreaSearch resident population estimate of 2,402 following the ABS release of June 2025 ERP figures, alongside 280 validated new addresses added since the Census date. With a density of 508 persons per square kilometer, the locality offers ample space per resident and capacity for future expansion.
Surpassing both the SA4 region and the state (7.7%), the suburb of Port Adelaide established itself as a regional growth leader with its 79.8% increase since the 2021 census. While interstate arrivals and natural increase both contributed positively, overseas migration was the predominant driver, generating approximately 56.00000000000001% of recent net population additions. Future demographic outlooks utilize 2024 ABS/Geoscience Australia projections pegged to a 2022 base year across individual SA2 boundaries. Where coverage is missing or extends beyond 2032, AreaSearch integrates SA State Government Regional/LGA age-cohort projections (released in 2023 using 2021 data), converting LGA trends to SA2 scales via weighted growth aggregation. Under these modeled demographic patterns, the suburb of Port Adelaide is anticipated to achieve above median population growth among statistical areas analysed by AreaSearch, with aggregated SA2-level projections forecasting an expansion of 323 persons by 2041, representing an overall rise of 13.3% across the 16 years.
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191 new dwellings have been approved in Port Adelaide over the past five years, an average of 38 a year. That places the area in the 94th percentile for residential development activity nationally, about 16 approvals per 1,000 residents a year. Of the 50 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 44% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Approvals are currently running at an annualised 77, running ahead of that longer-run average. Figures come from ABS building approvals aggregated to this Suburb (SAL) boundary and are updated monthly as the ABS releases them.
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According to AreaSearch evaluations of ABS building approval statistics mapped from statistical areas, development approvals in Port Adelaide have averaged around 38 dwellings annually, accumulating to an estimated 191 homes across the previous 5 financial years. During FY-25 to date, 77 approvals have been logged. Over the 5 financial years spanning FY-21 and FY-25, an average of 4.5 people relocated to the locality annually for each completed dwelling, causing residential construction to trail buyer demand considerably and intensifying upward pricing pressure. New residential builds carry an expected average construction cost of $428,000.
Furthermore, commercial approvals recorded this financial year total $7.7 million, underscoring the predominantly residential focus of local development. On a per-person basis, residential building activity in Port Adelaide sits 230.0% higher than the Greater Adelaide benchmark, creating wide selection for purchasers and demonstrating substantial developer optimism that sits well above national averages. Incoming supply is divided between 44.0% detached dwellings and 56.0% attached dwellings. The emphasis on higher-density attached housing delivers accessible price points appealing to first-time buyers, downsizers, and investors. Concurrently, the 44.0% detached share exceeds the existing housing baseline (28.0% at Census), showing resilient appetite for standalone family residences amidst intensifying urban consolidation. With roughly 43 people per approval, the district exhibits classic characteristics of an evolving growth corridor. From the latest AreaSearch quarterly estimate, Port Adelaide is projected to add 319 residents leading up to 2041. Maintaining the present pace of residential construction should readily satisfy incoming accommodation needs, creating favorable buying opportunities while allowing the area to potentially absorb population numbers beyond baseline expectations.
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SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 8 current infrastructure and development projects inside Port Adelaide, worth an estimated $2 billion. A further 7 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $2.83 billion. 6 are already under construction and 9 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans communities, precincts & urban renewal, residential development and sports & recreation. Records are compiled from Infrastructure Australia, state agencies, council planning portals and public announcements, reviewed and updated daily, then ranked by proximity, construction stage, completion horizon and project scale.
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Urban transformation and local economic performance are strongly shaped by planning initiatives, major works, and infrastructure upgrades. AreaSearch has pinpointed a total of 11 projects anticipated to influence the locality. Notable developments encompass Dock One, Our Port, Quest Hotel Port Adelaide (Second Quest) and Large Retail Precinct, and the Port Civic Precinct project, with the most significant initiatives outlined below.
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Quest Hotel Port Adelaide (Second Quest) and Large Retail Precinct
This significant redevelopment by One SMG (Neville Smith Group) features a second $35 million Quest Hotel apartment complex at 10-12 North Parade, providing 88-90 serviced guest suites with river views, gym, and conference facilities. Complementing the hotel is a large-format retail and commercial hub at 271 Commercial Road, spanning approximately 5,860 sqm. The precinct focuses on urban renewal, adaptive reuse of heritage elements like Customs House, and improved pedestrian connectivity to the Port River waterfront.Construction on the retail component is scheduled to commence around late 2025/early 2026 following development approval in August 2025.
Our Port - Port Adelaide Urban Renewal
Renewal SA's multi-decade urban regeneration program revitalizing historic Port Adelaide into a thriving mixed-use waterfront precinct. The master plan delivers between 2,000 and 4,000 residential dwellings across key sub-precincts including Dock One, Port Approach, and McLaren Wharf. Major development stages encompass public promenades, heritage building restoration, waterfront apartments, townhouses, and new open community reserves.
Port Civic Precinct Project
The City of Port Adelaide Enfield is redeveloping the Port Adelaide Civic Precinct into a modern cultural, community, and administrative destination. The master plan integrates flexible multi-purpose community spaces, public library facilities, council administrative offices, and upgrades surrounding the historic Town Hall. The design revitalises key civic spaces with strong environmentally sustainable principles to anchor local community activity.
Dock One
Major waterfront masterplanned community at Port Adelaide by Kite Projects, incorporating Dock One stages and Dock One North. The precinct includes about 750 townhouses and apartments, landscaped waterfront promenades, park links, 23,500 sqm of green open space, a completed pedestrian bridge, a community plaza and the adaptive reuse of the former Marine and Harbours Building as a boutique hotel. Current official updates indicate Dock One North is now selling, construction is underway on the residential stages, the bridge and plaza are complete, and demolition works have commenced for the hotel component.
Customs House Precinct Revival
Adaptive reuse and revitalization of the historic Customs House precinct bounded by Commercial Road, Robe Street, Nile Street, and North Parade. The development encompasses function spaces, creative studios, art galleries, retail tenancies, and dining venues including an alfresco courtyard and microbrewery. Led by One SMG, the proposal integrates conserved heritage items into a connected mixed-use destination.
Divett and Timpson Street Townhouses, Port Adelaide
Renewal SA released an Expression of Interest for the development of up to 10 multi-storey townhouses across Lots 459 and 461 in the Port Adelaide State Heritage Area. The 1,079 sqm corner site aims to deliver high-quality residential dwellings sensitive to the historic maritime precinct and adjacent to the Port River. The initiative supports urban revitalization and housing supply near major regional employment hubs including the Osborne naval shipyard.
West Lakes Shore Masterplan Residential Release
Renewal SA's West Lakes Shore residential land release is in its final delivery stages, creating around 120 waterfront residential allotments with new public open space, landscaped reserves and upgraded local infrastructure. Civil works and home construction continue across the remaining stages.
Novo West Lakes Stage 2
Novo West Lakes is a master-planned community situated on the former SA Water wastewater treatment site. Developed by Potentia, the project delivers up to 500 residential properties including townhouses, houses, and land lots, alongside around 3 hectares of public open spaces and a proposed retail precinct on Frederick Road. Earthworks and civil works for Stage 2 (Parkside) are underway, and the overall completion is estimated for mid-2027.
1,412 residents of Port Adelaide are employed, from a labour force of 1,560. Unemployment sits at 9.5%, with participation at 72.6%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.1% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth, so in an area growing as fast as this one it understates the likely rise in local jobs. The working-day population is estimated at 6,461, about 2.7 times the resident population, so the area draws in more workers than it sends out. 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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Port Adelaide maintains a capable local workforce featuring strong representation across essential industry sectors, alongside an unemployment rate of 9.5% and estimated annual employment growth of 21.7% according to AreaSearch statistical area aggregations. By March 2026, employed residents numbered 1,412. Although the local jobless rate exceeds Greater Adelaide's 3.8% mark by 5.7% to highlight areas for economic improvement, local labor force participation remains exceptionally robust at 72.6% against the metropolitan benchmark of 66.4%. Census figures indicated that only 11.8% of workers carried out their duties from home, though pandemic-related conditions during Covid-19 may have influenced these patterns.
The leading sectors employing local residents consist of public administration & safety, health care & social assistance, and retail trade. The suburb displays notable industrial concentration in public administration & safety, where its workforce share is 1.9 times higher than regional averages. Conversely, health care & social assistance accounts for 13.4% of resident employment, underperforming the broader regional proportion of 17.7%. Recording 4.0 workers for every resident at the Census, the locality operates as a significant regional employment destination that imports commuter labor and sustains more jobs than resident workers. Over the past 12-month period, AreaSearch examination of aggregated ABS and SALM data reveals that local employment surged by 21.7% while the labour pool grew by 15.9%, driving a 4.3 percentage points drop in the unemployment rate. In contrast, Greater Adelaide recorded employment growth of 4.2%, labour force expansion of 4.0%, and an unemployment decrease of 0.2 percentage points. Future workplace trajectories can also be evaluated using Jobs and Skills Australia national forecasts from Mar-26 across five and ten-year horizons. When these sector-specific forecasts—which anticipate broader Australian job growth of 6.6% across five years and 13.7% across ten years—are weighted against Port Adelaide's industry distribution, projected local employment gains reach 6.1% over five years and 12.9% over ten years (noting this illustrative model uses baseline weighting rather than localized population changes).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Port Adelaide is $1,230 a week (about $64,000 a year), with median personal income at $754 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $58,414 a year against an average of $64,036. 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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Postcode-level ATO statistics compiled by AreaSearch for financial year 2023 indicate that earnings in Port Adelaide fall below national benchmarks, registering a median income of $58,414 and an average of $64,036, compared to Greater Adelaide benchmarks of $54,808 (median) and $66,852 (average). Accounting for a 10.17% rise in the Wage Price Index since financial year 2023, updated estimates as of March 2026 reach approximately $64,355 for median earnings and $70,548 for average earnings. According to Census 2021 findings, local household earnings placed in the 15th percentile, whereas individual incomes reached the 39th percentile.
The single largest income bracket contains 27.4% of residents (659 people) earning between $1,500 - 2,999, which aligns closely with the 31.8% recorded regionally. With just 79.4% of earnings retained after shelter costs, the locality experiences notable housing affordability strain, ranking in the 12th percentile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Port Adelaide had 637 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 29% detached houses and 10% apartments. 23% are owned with a mortgage, 56% rented and 21% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $293 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,672 a month. Rent absorbs 23.8% of household income here and mortgage repayments 31.4%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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At the most recent Census, the residential landscape in Port Adelaide consisted of 28.5% separate houses alongside 71.4% other dwellings including semi-detached residences and apartments, presenting a distinct contrast to Adelaide metro where houses represented 75.2% and other dwellings accounted for 24.9%. Outright home ownership trailed the metropolitan average at 20.9%, with 23.4% of properties under a mortgage and 55.7% occupied by tenants. Typical monthly mortgage payments stood at $1,672, surpassing the Adelaide metro figure of $1,562, whereas median weekly rent was $293, below the metropolitan standard of $320. On a countrywide scale, local mortgage servicing costs remain well beneath the Australian average of $1,863, and weekly rents are markedly lower than the national median of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Port Adelaide counted 637 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 1,145 today, averaging 1.9 people each. 11% are couples with children, fewer than in 97% of areas nationally, against 26% couples without children. 44% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.2 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Families constitute 50.7% of all local domestic arrangements, broken down into couples without children (26.2%), couples with children (11.3%), and single parent families (11.3%). The remaining 49.3% are non-family arrangements, dominated by single occupant residences at 43.5% alongside group households at 5.8%. Reflecting these household dynamics, the median household size of 1.9 people remains below the Greater Adelaide benchmark of 2.5.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
25.0% of adults in Port Adelaide hold a university qualification, including 17.0% with a bachelor degree and 5.0% with postgraduate qualifications, higher than 87% of areas nationally. A further 24.8% hold a vocational qualification. 1 school serves the area. Qualifications come from the 2021 Census; school enrolments, ICSEA and results come from ACARA's current release.
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Tertiary attainment among Port Adelaide residents sits below national levels, with 25.0% of individuals aged 15+ possessing higher education degrees relative to 30.4% across Australia. Within university qualifications, bachelor degrees represent the largest share at 17.0%, while postgraduate qualifications account for 5.0% and graduate diplomas comprise 3.0%. Vocational training remains strongly represented, as 36.5% of people aged 15+ hold technical qualifications, consisting of 11.7% with advanced diplomas and 24.8% with certificates. A considerable proportion of the population is engaged in study, with 25.4% of residents actively undertaking formal education. This student cohort includes 6.8% attending primary education, 6.5% enrolled in tertiary education, and 6.0% completing secondary education.
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Public transport in Port Adelaide reaches 36 stops on 25 routes, timetabled for about 2,200 services a week. The typical home sits about 190 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 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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Transit analysis identifies 36 active transport stops across Port Adelaide, spanning bus and train connectivity. A network of 25 individual routes services these locations, generating a combined 2,186 weekly passenger trips. Connectivity is rated as excellent, with local residents situated an average distance of 186 meters from their closest boarding point. With outward commuter flows characteristic of a residential district, personal vehicle travel dominates journeys to work at 81%, followed by 8% walking and 5% by train. Households maintain an average vehicle ownership of 0.9 per dwelling, trailing the regional standard, while 11.8% of workers operated from home at the 2021 Census, subject to potential COVID-19 conditions.
Daily departures across the entire network average 312 trips, translating to approximately 60 weekly trips for each individual stop.
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62.1% of residents in Port Adelaide report no long-term health condition. 7.3% need daily assistance with core activities, and 52.3% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 5.4 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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Evaluations by AreaSearch regarding mortality and chronic disease trends show notable health considerations across Port Adelaide, where common medical conditions affect both senior and younger cohorts. Meanwhile, private health insurance coverage slightly surpasses typical SA2 levels, encompassing approximately 52% of the overall populace (~1,258 people). Mental health issues and arthritis represent the most prevalent diagnosed conditions locally, documented among 10.8 and 9.5% of residents, respectively, whereas 62.1% of community members reported no chronic illnesses compared to 67.9% regionally across Greater Adelaide. Higher incidences of long-term health issues are evident among working-age individuals.
Seniors aged 65 and over account for 19.2% of the population (461 people), exhibiting health indicators that reflect general community trends and mirror broader national standings.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
25.2% of Port Adelaide residents were born overseas and 14.3% speak a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are English (29.7%) and Australian (22.7%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Port Adelaide displays an above-average degree of multicultural diversity, with 25.2% of residents born abroad and 14.3% using a language other than English in the home. Christianity represents the most widely held religious affiliation, accounting for 40.4% of the population. In addition, followers of Islam represent 2.9% of the suburb's residents, relative to 3.0% across Greater Adelaide. Examining ancestral backgrounds based on parental birthplaces, the three most prominent heritages in Port Adelaide are English at 29.7%, Australian at 22.7%, and Other at 8.3%. Distinct variations appear among specific cultural communities, with Russian heritage accounting for 0.9% in Port Adelaide (vs 0.3% regionally), Welsh at 0.8% (vs 0.6%), and Serbian at 0.6% (vs 0.4%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Port Adelaide is 44, older than 80% of areas nationally. That is 1 year younger than at the 2021 Census. 27.1% 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, the suburb of Port Adelaide leans toward mature households beyond primary family-formation stages. Updated estimates to August 2026 show 27.4% of residents belonging to middle aged and young retiree cohorts (45 - 64), compared with 23.0% for Greater Adelaide, whereas children and young adults (0 - 24) account for 21.5% locally versus 29.0% across the wider metropolitan area. As at August 2026, AreaSearch estimates the median age at 44, declining from 45 at the 2021 Census, yet sitting 5 years above the Greater Adelaide median of 39 and higher than the Australian median of 38 recorded at the same Census.
Middle aged and young retiree cohorts have reduced their proportion from 32.2% at the Census to an estimated 27.4%. Looking forward to 2041, retiree and elderly cohorts (65+) are projected to drive the majority of demographic expansion, gaining 121 residents (26%) to total 583.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Port Adelaide
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 |
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| 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 | Sep 2026 last month all 8 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 Sep 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 — 280 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (1,338 at the 2021 Census → 2,406 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 (SAL41187). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.