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The median house price in Thurgoona is $739k, with units at $592k. House values have moved 7.5% a year compounded over five years.
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Thurgoona has an estimated 14,001 residents, up from 11,028 at the 2021 Census — a change of 2,973 people, or 27.0%. Growth has averaged 4.7% a year over five years, faster than 94% of areas nationally. 1,034 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Interstate and internal migration accounts for 68.0% of that increase. That puts 393 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 evaluations combining ABS demographic revisions for the surrounding region with 1,034 validated new addresses added following the Census, the suburb of Thurgoona has reached an estimated population of approximately 14,001 people by Aug 2026. This represents an addition of 2,973 people, or a 27.0% expansion, above the 11,028 people counted in the 2021 Census. These figures align with the June 2025 ABS ERP release showing 13,322 residents before incorporating post-Census address validation. The current population density stands at 393 persons per square kilometer, leaving substantial space per resident alongside capacity for additional construction.
Outpacing both the broader SA4 region and Rest of NSW (5.1%), the suburb of Thurgoona registered 27.0% growth to emerge as a key regional expansion centre. Net interstate migration served as the core growth engine by generating roughly 68.0% of recent population additions, complemented by positive contributions from natural increase and overseas arrivals. Population projections for the suburb of Thurgoona incorporate 2024 ABS and Geoscience Australia SA2 modeling (utilising 2022 as baseline) as well as 2022 NSW State Government SA2 datasets (with 2021 as baseline) where applicable, extending cohort-specific rates across 2032 to 2041. These aggregated SA2 metrics position the suburb of Thurgoona within the top 10 percent of regional Australian markets for forward demographic expansion, with the local populace projected to climb by 7,109 persons to 2041, reflecting an overall surge of 45.9% over the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
740 new dwellings have been approved in Thurgoona over the past five years, an average of 148 a year. That places the area in the 96th percentile for residential development activity nationally, about 11 approvals per 1,000 residents a year. Of the 154 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 94% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Approvals are currently running at an annualised 154, 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 by AreaSearch of ABS residential building approvals shows that Thurgoona maintains an average pace of roughly 148 dwellings gaining approval per annum. This equates to an estimated 740 residential approvals across the 5 financial years (between FY-21 and FY-25), with 154 approvals recorded to date in FY-25. In the 5 financial years (between FY-21 and FY-25), net population inflows averaged 3.5 people per year for every dwelling constructed, demonstrating that housing supply continues to lag incoming demand and generating heightened competition that elevates local property values, while newly approved residential properties reflect an average construction cost of $461,000.
Commercial planning approvals have totalled $57.1 million during this financial year, underscoring substantial local non-residential development momentum. On a per-capita basis, building activity in Thurgoona is 94.0% higher than in Rest of NSW, affording property purchasers a broader selection of stock even as the rate of development has eased in recent intervals. This level of activity tracks well above the national benchmark, demonstrating heightened builder and developer interest. The development pipeline is heavily weighted toward standalone houses at 94.0%, with attached dwellings accounting for 6.0%, preserving the low-density neighborhood fabric while delivering spacious properties suited to families. Concurrently, the area registers approximately 98 people per dwelling approval, evidencing an expanding local residential base. According to the latest quarterly calculations from AreaSearch, forward forecasts anticipate Thurgoona gaining an additional 6,430 residents by 2041. If residential building activity stays at its current rate, new supply could fail to match population intake, thereby intensifying competitive market forces and reinforcing upward pressure on prices.
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 10 current infrastructure and development projects inside Thurgoona, worth an estimated $377 million. A further 65 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $6.27 billion. 19 are already under construction and 34 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, communities, precincts & urban renewal 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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Infrastructure investments, master plans, and capital works exert a profound effect on local community outcomes. Across the district, AreaSearch has cataloged 23 projects expected to shape future development. Prominent examples comprise the Brooklyn Fields Estate, Murray Park Estate, The Oaks Residential Subdivision, and the NEXUS Industrial Precinct Master Plan (Albury Regional Job Precinct), with core initiatives outlined below.
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Murray Park Estate
Masterplanned residential estate in Thurgoona comprising multiple staged land releases with premium house and land opportunities. Stages 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 are currently being marketed, with civil works continuing across the development. The community includes parks, walking trails, NBN-ready lots and convenient access to schools, shopping, Albury Airport and the Albury CBD.
The Oaks Residential Subdivision
A major residential subdivision providing 198 housing lots in the rapidly growing Thurgoona area. The project was approved by Albury Council in June 2022 and is strategically positioned to benefit from the new Thurgoona Link Road infrastructure. Development was previously delayed pending completion of critical road infrastructure, but with environmental approvals for the link road granted in November 2024, the project is positioned to proceed. The development will contribute to the planned 16,000 additional dwellings in the Thurgoona-Wirlinga growth corridor over the coming decades.
Hilltops by Birchmore
Hilltops by Birchmore is a $70 million masterplanned residential community on 17.7 hectares at 710 Riverina Highway, Thurgoona, developed by Birchmore Group and marketed by Core Projects. The estate comprises 320 lots across multiple stages, with Stage 1 (177 lots) approved by Albury City Council and the first homes now under construction. Lot sizes range from 450 to 865 sqm, with some larger lots up to 1400 sqm. The community plan includes over 4.5 hectares of open space, walking trails, a central park and playground, and connections to a proposed future retail precinct and neighbourhood centre, positioned close to Lake Hume and Albury CBD.
Brooklyn Fields Estate
Master-planned residential estate on over 120 hectares in Thurgoona, delivering more than 1,000 residential lots across multiple stages. Features include extensive parks, walking and cycling trails, a central community park, display village, and 6 hectares of engineered wetlands providing habitat for the threatened Sloane's Froglet. Located close to schools, Charles Sturt University, shopping and recreational facilities.
Thurgoona Link Road Project
Critical transport infrastructure connecting Hume Freeway at Davey Road to Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Kerr Road, Table Top Road, and Ettamogah Road. Five-stage project to support 50,000 new residents in Thurgoona-Wirlinga growth precinct. Development of new transport infrastructure to meet the rapid growth of Thurgoona-Wirlinga, providing essential road connections and reducing traffic pressure on existing routes. Environmental approvals progressing.
Thurgoona Village
A new $17.5 million retail development featuring a Coles supermarket with open-front bakery and dessert bar, Liquorland bottle shop, and specialty stores including Burger Urge restaurant. The development includes 173 car parks with 76 undercover spaces and a six-bay undercover drive-through click and collect service. Features a custom sugar glider mural celebrating the local environmental context.
Albury Regional Job Precinct (NEXUS Industrial Precinct Master Plan)
Long-term vision to create highly skilled jobs and boost the Riverina economy, outlining a prosperous future for the NEXUS Industrial Precinct. Land now zoned to support future expansion and generate around 13,900 new jobs to 2036 and beyond.
Alatalo Bros Residential Development (Woolshed Estate)
New residential estate in Thurgoona offering a variety of block sizes and house and land packages.
7,475 residents of Thurgoona are employed, from a labour force of 7,668. Unemployment sits at 2.5%, with participation at 75.4%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.5% 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 11,811, about 84% 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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Thurgoona possesses an accomplished local workforce featuring a notable footprint in essential service industries, paired with an unemployment rate of only 2.5% per AreaSearch aggregations. As of March 2026, employed residents total 7,475, keeping local unemployment 1.6% lower than the 4.1% recorded in Regional NSW. Simultaneously, local labor force participation reaches 75.4%, significantly exceeding the Regional NSW benchmark of 60.6%. In the Census, a modest 10.2% of working locals reported working from home, a figure influenced by Covid-19 restrictions active at the time. Local resident employment is largely anchored by health care & social assistance, education & training, along with retail trade.
Education & training represents a standout industry, where local employment concentration is 1.3 times the wider regional baseline. In contrast, agriculture, forestry & fishing accounts for only 1.2% of employment locally versus 5.3% regionally. When balancing resident worker tallies against local Census employment counts, the area exhibits a limited volume of internal jobs within its own boundaries. Reviewing ABS and SALM series for broader catchment areas via AreaSearch, the 12 months to March 2026 recorded a 3.7% decrease in the local labour force alongside a 4.4% drop in employed residents, pushing the jobless rate up by 0.7 percentage points. Across Regional NSW over the same period, employment fell by 0.9%, the workforce diminished by 0.4%, and unemployment increased by 0.5 percentage points. Broad-scale baseline outlooks from Jobs and Skills Australia as of Mar-26 project employment to grow by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years nationally, with specific sectors expanding at divergent rates. Applying these structural industry projections across Thurgoona's existing sector distribution implies potential job expansions of 6.5% over five years and 13.6% over ten years (representing an indicative weighted model that does not incorporate specific local demographic projections).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Thurgoona is $1,953 a week (about $102,000 a year), with median personal income at $906 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $53,776 a year against an average of $67,988. Household income is from the 2021 Census; taxable income is from ATO Taxation Statistics for the latest financial year available, indexed forward using the ABS Wage Price Index.
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ATO taxation statistics from financial year 2023 at the postcode level indicate that personal earnings in the suburb of Thurgoona track broader Australian averages, registering a median income of $53,776 and an average income of $67,988. In comparison, Regional NSW recorded a median income of $52,390 alongside an average income of $65,215. Incorporating cumulative Wage Price Index growth of 10.32% since financial year 2023 adjusts estimated figures to roughly $59,326 (median) and $75,004 (average) as of March 2026. Data from Census 2021 places personal, family, and household earnings within the 65th percentile across the country.
Breaking down earnings brackets, 40.4% of residents (5,656 people) fall into the $1,500 - 2,999 band, comparable to the metropolitan proportion of 29.9%. Once housing commitments are fulfilled, households retain 86.1% of their gross earnings for regular living costs, contributing to an overall SEIFA income status in the 6th decile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Thurgoona had 3,772 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 97% detached houses and 1% apartments. 48% are owned with a mortgage, 26% rented and 26% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month. Rent absorbs 18.4% of household income here and mortgage repayments 19.2%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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Based on the most recent Census, the local housing mix in Thurgoona is heavily skewed toward standalone homes at 97.1%, while apartments, semi-detached properties, and 'other' dwellings comprise 2.9%, contrasting with Regional NSW where houses make up 82.6% and other structural formats account for 17.4%. Outright home ownership stands at 26.4%, falling behind the wider Regional NSW rate, while properties held under a mortgage represent 48.1% and rental accommodations comprise 25.6%. Monthly mortgage payments in the locality sit at a median of $1,625, below the Regional NSW marker of $1,733 and well under the Australian median of $1,863.
Similarly, median weekly rents of $360 are below the national figure of $375, though higher than the Regional NSW median of $330.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Thurgoona counted 3,772 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 4,789 today, averaging 2.8 people each. 40% are couples with children, more than in 79% of areas nationally, against 28% 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 the vast majority of local households at 79.3%, made up of couples with children (39.8%), couples without children (28.4%), and single parent families (10.5%). The remaining 20.7% of dwellings are non-family residences, split between single-occupant homes at 17.2% and shared group households at 3.3%. Average household occupancy sits at a median of 2.8 people, exceeding the 2.4 recorded across Regional NSW.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
24.3% of adults in Thurgoona hold a university qualification, including 17.2% with a bachelor degree and 3.8% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 28.8% hold a vocational qualification. 3 schools serve the area, with 2,208 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,047 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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Higher education qualifications in Thurgoona track below the broader state average, as 24.3% of individuals aged 15+ hold a tertiary degree, relative to 32.2% across NSW. Among university graduates, bachelor degrees account for 17.2%, with postgraduate qualifications at 3.8% and graduate diplomas at 3.3%. Vocational and technical accreditations are widespread, held by 39.5% of residents aged 15+, consisting of certificates (28.8%) and advanced diplomas (10.7%). Current student enrollment in Thurgoona is strong, with 32.7% of all inhabitants engaged in structured studies. Looking across specific stages, primary school students represent 12.4%, secondary pupils account for 7.5%, and 4.9% are attending tertiary institutions.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Thurgoona reaches 209 stops on 50 routes, timetabled for about 920 services a week. The typical home sits about 170 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 1.7 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 transit infrastructure throughout the suburb of Thurgoona includes 209 operational bus stops connected across 50 dedicated routes, combining to deliver 924 weekly passenger trips. Overall public transport access is strong, with typical walking distances to the closest boarding point measuring 168 meters. The suburb functions primarily as a dormitory locality where 97% of daily travel occurs by private motor vehicle. Private vehicle density stands at 1.7 per dwelling, exceeding regional averages, while 10.2% of residents worked remotely during the 2021 Census amid pandemic conditions. Across all transit routes, scheduled operations deliver an average of 132 trips per day, translating to roughly 4 weekly trips for each specific transit stop.
The accompanying mapping illustrates the 100 nearest stops positioned relative to the suburb's central coordinate.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
Transport Stops Detail
68.5% of residents in Thurgoona report no long-term health condition. 5.4% need daily assistance with core activities, and 53.8% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 5.2 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 chronic illnesses and mortality indicate that Thurgoona experiences slightly elevated health vulnerabilities across multiple cohorts, while private hospital cover is held by roughly 54% of the population (~7,535 people), positioned marginally above the typical SA2 baseline. Asthma and mental health issues represent the primary chronic ailments in Thurgoona, each affecting 9.2% of the population, whereas 68.5% of locals stated having no chronic conditions, outperforming the Regional NSW share of 63.3%. Overall health measures for prime working-age demographics sit near nationwide norms. Older residents aged 65 and over constitute 14.7% of the area (2,058 people), well below the 23.3% level recorded across Regional NSW, with senior medical profiles exhibiting standard national trends alongside select care requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
Thurgoona is largely Australian-born, at 88.8% of residents, with 7.6% speaking a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are Australian (30.5%) and English (29.2%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural homogeneity is pronounced in Thurgoona, where 88.8% of the community was born in Australia, 93.1% possess citizenship, and 92.4% communicate exclusively in English at home. Christianity forms the principal religious affiliation, observed by 52.9% of residents. In relative terms, Judaism demonstrates a noticeable presence at 0.1% of the local populace, matching the 0.1% observed across Regional NSW. Regarding parental lineage and ancestral heritage, the three most common backgrounds among Thurgoona residents are Australian (30.5%), English (29.2%), and Irish (9.5%). Certain other origins also show elevated representation compared to Regional NSW, including German heritage at 5.3% (vs 3.1%), Hungarian at 0.3% (vs 0.2%), and Serbian at 0.3% (vs 0.2%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Thurgoona is 34, younger than 82% of areas nationally. 27.0% 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 Thurgoona is oriented around family-age demographics. August 2026 updates show that 30.2% of the population comprises younger to middle-aged adults (25 - 44), compared to 23.5% across Regional NSW, while senior cohorts aged 65+ make up only 14.7% against 23.3% regionally. The median age remains steady at 34 as at August 2026, identical to the 2021 Census figure and 9 years younger than the Regional NSW median of 43 at that Census. Since the Census, the 25 - 44 cohort has expanded from 28.3% to 30.2% of all locals, and forward forecasts through 2041 indicate this group will generate the bulk of future growth by adding 2,416 residents (57%) to total 6,644.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Thurgoona
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 | Aug 2026 2 months ago all 10 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 Aug 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 — 1,034 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (11,028 at the 2021 Census → 14,001 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 (SAL13873). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.