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Sandstone Point has an estimated 4,617 residents, up from 4,094 at the 2021 Census — a change of 523 people, or 12.8%. Growth has averaged 2.1% a year over five years, faster than 79% of areas nationally. 202 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Interstate and internal migration accounts for 85.0% of that increase. That puts 852 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 Sandstone Point has an estimated population of approximately 4,617, according to AreaSearch evaluations combining regional ABS population revisions and post-Census verified addresses. This represents an addition of 523 people (12.8%) compared to the 4,094 people recorded in the 2021 Census. This figure builds upon an Estimated Resident Population (ERP) baseline of 4,575 determined by AreaSearch from the ABS June 2025 release, along with 202 validated new addresses recorded since the Census. With a density of 851 persons per square kilometer, the local settlement pattern aligns closely with standard AreaSearch benchmarks.
Furthermore, the suburb of Sandstone Point outpaced both the broader SA3 area (8.3%) and the national benchmark with its 12.8% growth rate since the 2021 census, establishing itself as a local growth standout where interstate migration served as the primary catalyst by delivering roughly 85.0% of recent population additions. Population modelling by AreaSearch incorporates 2024-issued ABS/Geoscience Australia SA2 projections that utilise 2022 as their starting point. Where local SA2 coverage is absent or extends beyond post-2032, figures transition to 2023 Queensland State Government projections calibrated to 2021 benchmarks. Because these state figures omit demographic age brackets, AreaSearch applies age-cohort distribution weightings derived from the 2023 ABS Greater Capital Region projections (based on 2022 data). Demographic projections indicate that the suburb of Sandstone Point will experience population gains tracking above median levels across Australian statistical areas, expanding by 876 persons by 2041 across aggregated SA2 boundaries, which equates to an overall growth rate of 18.1% over the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
29 new dwellings have been approved in Sandstone Point over the past five years, an average of 5 a year. That places the area in the 71st percentile for residential development activity nationally, about 1 approvals per 1,000 residents a year. Approvals are currently running at an annualised 22, 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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Analysis of ABS residential approval statistics compiled by AreaSearch indicates that Sandstone Point registered an average of approximately 5 residential approvals per year, accumulating an estimated 29 homes across the past 5 financial years. Within FY-25 to date, 22 approvals have been documented. Because the locality absorbed an average of 8.7 new residents per completed dwelling over the past 5 financial years (from FY-21 to FY-25), structural demand continues to outstrip construction volumes, generating upward pricing momentum and competitive purchasing conditions while new dwellings reflect an average construction cost of $438,000.
Per capita residential construction in Sandstone Point tracks at roughly half the rate recorded across Greater Brisbane, positioning the locality in the 69th percentile across the country despite a recent pickup in building activity. This below-average national volume points to local market maturity and potential zoning or planning constraints. Low-density residential character remains dominant, as detached houses represent 80.0% of approvals compared to 20.0% allocated to medium and high-density formats, sustaining an emphasis on spacious detached family residences. At approximately 178 people per dwelling approval, the area exhibits hallmarks of an expanding community. Long-term demographic forecasts indicate that Sandstone Point will add 834 residents by 2041 relative to the most recent AreaSearch quarterly update. Under existing building rates, residential completions could encounter difficulty keeping pace with population expansion, which may intensify buyer competition and reinforce upward pressure on property values.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
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SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks one current infrastructure or development project inside Sandstone Point, worth an estimated $733 million. A further 87 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $14.1 billion. 27 are already under construction and 42 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, transport & logistics and retail. 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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Strategic planning, major works, and local infrastructure projects play a vital role in shaping community growth. In total, no projects have been identified by AreaSearch as having a probable local impact. Regionally significant initiatives include Moreton Bay Rail Link Stage 2, Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan - South East Queensland, Moreton Bay To North Brisbane Roads Upgrade, and South East Queensland Level Crossing Program 2024, with primary focus directed toward works carrying the greatest potential local relevance.
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Bribie Island Retirement Community
New 5 storey retirement living community by Sundale comprising 84 independent living units with coastal views, shared lounges, landscaped gardens and onsite community facilities designed for seniors.
Pacific Harbour Bribie Island
Masterplanned waterfront residential community on Bribie Island delivering around 2,000 house and land lots across canal, golf and lakeside precincts, anchored by the Pacific Harbour Golf and Country Club. The Golf Course Precinct is now 95% sold out with only a handful of lots remaining, while the Palm Cove canal precinct continues to offer registered waterfront lots from $1.2M. Community build-out is expected to be complete by December 2026.
Bongaree Village Shopping Centre Expansion
Council-led upgrade and expansion of the Bongaree Village Shopping Precinct on Bribie Island, delivering additional small format retail tenancies, upgraded streetscape and public realm, improved pedestrian links and foreshore connections, and reconfigured parking as part of the Bongaree Village master plan and wider investment in the City of Moreton Bay coastal villages.
Sunderland Drive Residential Estate (Pacific Harbour)
Premium waterfront and canal-front land release within the larger Pacific Harbour masterplanned community on Bribie Island, QLD. Offers large residential lots with direct water access and golf course frontage.
Bribie Island Central
Bribie Island Central is an established Woolworths and Target anchored convenience shopping centre in Bongaree, with about 32 specialty stores and centre services for the Bribie Island community. No official evidence was found confirming a current Coles-anchored redevelopment at the Banksia Beach address in the original record.
Solana Bribie Island Lifestyle Resort
Large-scale over-50s land lease community with 320 independent living units, a Livewell Centre featuring a clubhouse, indoor and outdoor pools, bowling green, and other resort facilities. The resort is fully tenanted and homes are sold out, with resales only.
Solana Bribie Island Lifestyle Resort
Completed over 50s lifestyle resort on Bribie Island comprising around 200 single level homes and a central Livewell Centre with indoor and outdoor pools, bowling green, tennis court, gym, cinema and community hall, located a short walk from Bribie Island Shopping Centre and the local transport hub. New home builds are sold out and the community now operates as an established resort with resales only. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0} :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
Bribie Pines Island Village
Bribie Pines Island Village is an over 50s manufactured home estate on Bribie Island, offering around 200 low maintenance homes in a land lease community. Set on roughly 15 acres close to Pumicestone Passage, the village includes a community centre, library, gym, indoor bowls, pool, spa and other shared facilities with on site management and nightly security patrols. Residents own their home and lease the site, targeting downsizers seeking a secure, resort style coastal lifestyle.
1,555 residents of Sandstone Point are employed, from a labour force of 1,642. Unemployment sits at 5.3%, with participation at 39.2%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.4% 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 3,852, about 83% of the resident population, so more people leave the area for work than travel in. Unemployment and labour force come from ABS Small Area Labour Markets, updated quarterly; the industry and occupation profile is from the 2021 Census.
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Sandstone Point maintains a mixed labor pool encompassing both blue-collar and white-collar roles alongside solid representation in essential services, operating with a 5.3% unemployment rate and annual employment expansion of 5.1% according to AreaSearch statistical aggregations. Employed locals totalled 1,555 as of March 2026, while the jobless rate sits 1.0% higher than the 4.3% reported for Greater Brisbane, and the local participation rate of 39.2% trails Greater Brisbane's 70.1% mark considerably. Census findings show that 15.2% of workers performed their duties from home, though this figure reflects Covid-19 restrictions in place at the time.
The primary industry sectors employing local residents include health care & social assistance, construction, and retail trade. Accommodation & food represents a prominent local specialization, capturing an employment share 1.3 times the regional standard. In contrast, professional & technical occupations account for 4.7% of resident employment, falling short of the 8.9% regional benchmark. Comparing the Census working population against resident workforce numbers highlights a constrained volume of employment opportunities within the immediate locality. Examining SALM and ABS statistical data aggregated across broader regions shows that during the 12 months leading to March 2026, local employment expanded by 5.1% while the workforce grew by 5.9%, lifting the local unemployment rate by 0.8 percentage points. Across Greater Brisbane over the identical timeframe, employment rose by 3.2%, the labor pool increased by 3.4%, and unemployment inched up by 0.1 percentage points. Looking ahead, Jobs and Skills Australia national employment projections from Mar-26 provide context for local demand trends across five and ten-year horizons when weighted against the local occupational profile. Nationally, employment is projected to climb 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, with performance varying widely across sectors. Applying these industry growth trajectories to Sandstone Point indicates local employment gains of 6.4% over five years and 13.3% over ten years, representing an illustrative baseline calculation independent of localized population shifts.
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Sandstone Point is $963 a week (about $50,000 a year), with median personal income at $510 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $40,879 a year against an average of $48,197. 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 the latest postcode ATO statistics published by AreaSearch for financial year 2023, taxpayers in the suburb of Sandstone Point recorded a median income of $40,879 and an average of $48,197. These metrics sit below national standards and trail Greater Brisbane, where the median is $58,236 and the average is $72,799. Factoring in Wage Price Index growth of 11.36% since financial year 2023, updated estimates reach approximately $45,523 for median income and $53,672 for average income as of March 2026. Across the 2021 Census, household, family, and individual income tiers for Sandstone Point placed between the 2nd and 4th percentiles nationally.
Individual earnings show that 34.0% of the population (1,569 individuals) earn within the $400 - 799 weekly band, contrasting with the surrounding region where the $1,500 - 2,999 bracket leads at 33.3%. Residual income following housing costs stands at 85.0%, placing the area in the 4th percentile across Australia.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Sandstone Point had 1,842 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 74% detached houses and 3% apartments. 21% are owned with a mortgage, 17% rented and 62% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,560 a month. Rent absorbs 41.5% of household income here and mortgage repayments 37.4%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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Data from the latest Census shows that the housing stock in Sandstone Point consists of 73.9% standalone houses and 26.1% other dwellings such as apartments and semi-detached properties, closely mirroring the Brisbane metro distribution of 73.5% houses and 26.5% other dwellings. Outright home ownership is notably elevated in Sandstone Point at 61.8%, well above Brisbane metro levels, while 21.0% of properties are mortgaged and 17.2% are rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment stands at $1,560, noticeably below the Brisbane metro benchmark of $1,863, whereas median weekly rent sits at $400 compared to $380 regionally.
Relative to national figures, Sandstone Point mortgage costs are substantially lower than the Australian average of $1,863, though weekly rents exceed the national benchmark of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Sandstone Point counted 1,842 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 2,077 today, averaging 2.1 people each. 15% are couples with children, fewer than in 94% of areas nationally, against 46% couples without children. 27% of households are people living alone, and families average 2.1 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Family units constitute the majority of local living arrangements at 70.9% of households, comprising couples without children at 45.7%, couples with children at 15.2%, and single parent families at 9.1%. Non-family households represent the remaining 29.1%, driven by single-person residences at 27.3% and group households at 1.8%. Typical household occupancy is 2.1 people, tracking below the Greater Brisbane median of 2.6.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
12.6% of adults in Sandstone Point hold a university qualification, including 9.1% with a bachelor degree and 1.8% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 30.7% hold a vocational qualification. Qualifications come from the 2021 Census.
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Higher educational attainment presents a distinct profile in the area, with 12.6% of residents holding university degrees compared to 30.5% across Greater Brisbane, highlighting potential for focused educational development. Degree holders predominantly possess bachelor degrees (9.1%), followed by postgraduate qualifications (1.8%) and graduate diplomas (1.7%). Vocational qualifications are widely held, with 41.3% of individuals aged 15+ possessing technical certifications, split between certificates (30.7%) and advanced diplomas (10.6%). Total educational enrollment spans 18.6% of the local population. Within this cohort, secondary school students make up 7.1%, primary school attendees account for 6.3%, and tertiary students represent 1.9%.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Getting around Sandstone Point means driving: households keep an average of 1.2 vehicles, and no scheduled public transport appears in the current timetable feeds. Service data is built from operators' published GTFS timetables; vehicle ownership is from the 2021 Census.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
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49.5% of residents in Sandstone Point report no long-term health condition. 9.6% need daily assistance with core activities, and 46.3% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 3.7 per 1,000 residents. Health conditions, assistance needs and insurance are 2021 Census measures; the death rate comes from current ABS releases.
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AreaSearch evaluations of mortality and chronic disease indicators highlight notable health challenges in Sandstone Point, with common medical conditions prevalent across younger and older demographics alike. Private health insurance coverage is particularly constrained at approximately 46% of the population (~2,137 people), trailing Greater Brisbane at 55.8% and the national standard of 55.7%. Arthritis and mental health conditions rank as the most prevalent health issues locally, affecting 15.7 and 8.4% of residents respectively, while 49.5% reported no long-term medical ailments compared to 69.2% across Greater Brisbane. Elevated chronic illness rates also affect the working-age population.
Older residents aged 65 and over comprise 52.2% of the community (2,410 people), substantially higher than the 15.0% proportion seen across Greater Brisbane, with senior health rankings broadly matching overall population outcomes nationally.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
Sandstone Point is largely Australian-born, at 77.6% of residents, with 4.1% speaking a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are English (36.2%) and Australian (24.7%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Sandstone Point demonstrates lower cultural diversity relative to broader benchmarks, with Australian-born residents accounting for 77.6% of the community, 90.4% holding citizenship, and 95.9% speaking only English at home. Christianity is the dominant faith, practiced by 59.3% of residents in Sandstone Point compared to 47.8% recorded throughout Greater Brisbane. Regarding parental ancestry, the leading heritage backgrounds in Sandstone Point are English at 36.2% (substantially exceeding the 26.8% regional figure), Australian at 24.7%, and Irish at 10.2%. Specific European ancestries also show distinct local concentrations, with Scottish heritage at 9.2% (vs 7.4% regionally), German at 5.5% (vs 4.2%), and Hungarian at 0.4% (vs 0.2% across the wider region).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Sandstone Point is 63, older than 99% of areas nationally. That is 1 year older than at the 2021 Census. 10.9% 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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Sandstone Point features an older demographic profile relative to its surrounding region. Updates to August 2026 indicate that 52.2% of locals belong to retiree and elderly cohorts (65+), contrasting with 15.0% across Greater Brisbane, whereas young to middle aged adults (25 - 44) account for only 9.7% locally against 30.6% regionally. The estimated median age is 63, rising from 62 at the 2021 Census and sitting 27 years above Greater Brisbane's median of 36 recorded at that Census, while the national Census median was 38. Since that Census, the proportion of retiree and elderly cohorts has increased from 46.8% to an estimated 52.2%.
Long-term projections to 2041 indicate these senior age groups will capture the bulk of population gains, expanding by 960 residents (40%) to reach 3,370, while child, young adult, and young to middle aged adult segments are expected to contract.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Sandstone Point
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 | 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 — 202 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (4,094 at the 2021 Census → 4,617 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 (SAL32511). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.