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Woodville Gardens has an estimated 2,472 residents, up from 2,412 at the 2021 Census — a change of 60 people, or 2.5%. That puts 2,874 residents on each square kilometre. Population is estimated from ABS Estimated Resident Population releases and GNAF address data, re-based from the 2021 Census and updated annually.
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According to AreaSearch's evaluation of broader ABS population revisions and post-Census validated addresses, the suburb of Woodville Gardens has an estimated tally of 2,472 residents as of Aug 2026. This represents an addition of 60 people (2.5%) relative to the 2021 Census tally of 2,412 people. That shift builds upon an estimated resident population of 2,464 determined by AreaSearch following the ABS's recent ERP release (June 2025), alongside 62 validated new addresses recorded since the Census. With this population base, the suburb of Woodville Gardens records a density of 2,874 persons per square kilometer, placing it within the upper quartile of nationwide locations evaluated by AreaSearch.
Inward overseas migration served as the dominant driver of local expansion, accounting for roughly 89.0% of all population additions across recent periods. Projections utilised by AreaSearch incorporate the 2024 ABS/Geoscience Australia SA2-level series using 2022 as its base year. For unlisted SA2s and intervals extending past post-2032, figures rely upon the 2023 SA State Government Regional/LGA projections by age cohort (anchored to 2021 data), adjusted via weighted growth aggregation from LGA to SA2 tiers. In light of these anticipated demographic developments, the suburb of Woodville Gardens is projected to achieve above median population growth relative to statistical areas nationwide, expanding by 462 persons to 2041 under aggregated SA2 projections and generating an overall rise of 18.4% across the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
255 new dwellings have been approved in Woodville Gardens over the past five years, an average of 51 a year. That is 14.8 approvals per 1,000 residents. Of the 36 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 64% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Approvals are currently running at an annualised 8, well below 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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Examining statistical area building approval data from the ABS, AreaSearch notes that Woodville Gardens has recorded annual development consents for roughly 51 dwellings, totaling an estimated 255 homes approved throughout the preceding 5 financial years (between FY-21 and FY-25), with 8 approvals logged to date in FY-25. Amid prior local population contraction, ongoing residential construction has sustained adequate supply relative to demand, ensuring healthy options for purchasers while new residences record an average construction cost of $388,000. Additionally, commercial approvals registered at $8.8 million during this financial year, underscoring modest non-residential development.
Per capita residential construction in Woodville Gardens exceeds Greater Adelaide by 79.0%, maintaining ample choice for purchasers despite a recent moderation in building approvals. This rate stands considerably above the Australian benchmark, demonstrating strong builder and developer interest in the suburb. Approved dwellings consist of 64.0% detached dwellings alongside 36.0% medium and high-density housing, delivering a diversifying spread of medium-density formats that span various price brackets from standard detached homes to cost-effective compact stock. Overall density is reflected by an average of around 247 people per dwelling approval, denoting a low density market. Based on the latest AreaSearch quarterly estimate, future demographic projections indicate that Woodville Gardens will add 454 residents by 2041. Ongoing residential building activity appears well placed to fulfill demand comfortably, maintaining positive market conditions for buyers and potentially facilitating expansion exceeding current population projections.
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 6 current infrastructure and development projects close to Woodville Gardens, worth an estimated $1.39 billion. 3 are already under construction and 2 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans communities, precincts & urban renewal, residential development and transport & logistics. 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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Community performance is strongly driven by public infrastructure investment, planning strategies, and major projects. While AreaSearch has identified no active major projects directly impacting the immediate area, prominent surrounding works include the Regency Park Industrial Precinct Renewal, The Parks Recreation and Sports Centre Redevelopment, Babcock Facility Expansion, and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Redevelopment Stage Three, with principal initiatives outlined below.
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St. James, Kidman Park
An 11 hectare masterplanned residential community by Fairland on the former Metcash distribution centre site. The project will deliver more than 430 homes including detached houses, terraces and apartments, together with 1.6 hectares of open space connected to the River Torrens Linear Park. Construction of homes is well underway, new housing releases continue through 2026, and a separate 8000 sqm mixed-use lifestyle precinct with retail, childcare, apartments and commercial space is also under construction.
St Clair Village Stage 6 & 7
Mixed-use redevelopment and final expansion stages of the St Clair masterplanned community. ISPT is progressing a Planning and Design Code Amendment to rezone the vacant land north of St Clair Village Shopping Centre into the Suburban Activity Centre Zone and increase the maximum building height from four to seven storeys. The proposal is intended to enable future residential apartments, expanded retail, commercial uses, hospitality, childcare and associated public realm improvements adjacent to St Clair Railway Station.No development application for specific buildings has yet been lodged.
Woodville Place
A 5.2-hectare master-planned urban renewal project in Woodville Gardens. The development will create 154 new homes in total, including 37 affordable house and land packages and 30 homes for public housing. The staged redevelopment began in 2023 with an estimated completion in 2026. The community is located close to the city, schools, shops, and public transport.
Babcock Facility Expansion
An expansion of Babcock Australasia's facility in Woodville North, involving the construction of a new warehouse assembly hall to support the upgrade of Australia's Defence High Frequency Communications System (JP9101) and future defence projects.
Traffic Safety Improvements - Russell Terrace, Woodville
Project to install new traffic control devices along Russell Terrace to slow traffic and improve safety, coinciding with upcoming road rehabilitation works.
St Clair
A master-planned community being developed on the site of the former Cheltenham Racecourse. The development includes a variety of housing types, parks, wetlands, and a retail precinct, creating a new residential hub in Adelaide's west.
1,112 residents of Woodville Gardens are employed, from a labour force of 1,226. Unemployment sits at 9.3%, with participation at 59.4%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.0% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 1,975, about 80% 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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Workforce analysis by AreaSearch across aggregated statistical area metrics shows Woodville Gardens possessing a skilled labor base spanning multiple sectors, alongside an unemployment rate of 9.3% and 9.2% estimated employment growth over the preceding year. As of March 2026, employed locals stand at 1,112 residents, whereas the local jobless rate sits 5.5% above the Greater Adelaide figure of 3.8%, pointing to capacity for labor market gains, while labor participation of 59.4% trails Greater Adelaide's 66.4%. Census figures indicate that just 4.6% of workers worked from home, though broader Covid-19 restrictions during that period should be acknowledged.
Resident employment centers primarily around health care & social assistance, manufacturing, and retail trade. Transport, postal & warehousing exhibits strong local concentration, capturing a workforce share 2.3 times the wider regional baseline. Conversely, education & training shows lower representation, engaging 4.1% of local workers in Woodville Gardens against 9.3% in Greater Adelaide. The heavily residential layout generates limited local jobs within the suburb itself, as evidenced by comparing the Census workplace tally against the resident worker count. AreaSearch assessment of broader SALM and ABS statistical records indicates that across the 12-month period, local employment expanded by 9.2% while the labor pool grew by 4.3%, yielding an unemployment decline of 4.1 percentage points. Across Greater Adelaide over the same span, employment increased by 4.2%, the labor force grew by 4.0%, and unemployment decreased by 0.2 percentage points. Future labor requirements are informed by Jobs and Skills Australia's Mar-26 national employment outlooks, mapped across five and ten-year intervals against the local industry baseline. Nationally, employment is projected to expand by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, though trajectories vary by industry. Weighting these sectoral forecasts against the Woodville Gardens employment distribution suggests local job numbers could rise by 6.0% over five years and 13.0% over ten years (representing a baseline weighting extrapolation for illustration without incorporating local population projections).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Woodville Gardens is $1,129 a week (about $59,000 a year), with median personal income at $517 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $43,644 a year against an average of $48,977. 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 postcode records for financial year 2023 compiled by AreaSearch indicate that taxpayers in the suburb of Woodville Gardens registered a median income of $43,644 and an average income of $48,977, lagging the nationwide average alongside Greater Adelaide's median of $54,808 and average of $66,852. Factoring in Wage Price Index growth of 10.17% since financial year 2023, updated figures reach approximately $48,083 (median) and $53,958 (average) as of March 2026. Across Census assessments, personal, family, and household earnings within Woodville Gardens place between the 4th and 8th percentiles nationally. Looking at income distributions, 27.3% of the resident base (674 individuals) earn within the $1,500 - 2,999 bracket, aligning closely with the 31.8% recorded across metropolitan Adelaide.
Substantial housing affordability strain is apparent, with retained income after housing costs sitting at 80.7%, ranking at the 8th percentile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Woodville Gardens had 869 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 52% detached houses and 15% apartments. 24% are owned with a mortgage, 56% rented and 20% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,417 a month. Rent absorbs 22.1% of household income here and mortgage repayments 29.0%. 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 latest Census, housing stock in Woodville Gardens consisted of 52.2% houses alongside 47.8% other dwellings (including semi-detached units, apartments, and other residential formats), compared with 75.2% houses and 24.9% other dwellings across metropolitan Adelaide. Outright home ownership in Woodville Gardens trailed metropolitan Adelaide at 20.2%, with the balance of properties held under a mortgage (24.2%) or rented (55.6%). Typical monthly mortgage repayments settled below the metropolitan benchmark at $1,417 compared to Adelaide metro's $1,562, while median weekly rent stood at $250 against $320 across greater Adelaide. On a national scale, mortgage commitments in Woodville Gardens track well below the Australian average of $1,863, with rental costs also sitting substantially under the national level of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Woodville Gardens counted 869 households at the 2021 Census, averaging 2.6 people each. 30% are couples with children, against 15% couples without children. 31% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.6 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Family arrangements constitute 64.6% of all households, consisting of 30.4% couples with children, 16.3% single parent families, and 15.3% couples without children. Non-family households represent the remaining 35.4%, including lone person households at 30.5% and group households at 5.4%. Across the community, the median household size of 2.6 people exceeds the Greater Adelaide benchmark of 2.5.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
24.1% of adults in Woodville Gardens hold a university qualification, including 16.5% with a bachelor degree and 6.1% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 17.1% hold a vocational qualification. 1 school serves the area, with 464 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 982 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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Educational attainment levels among Woodville Gardens residents sit below broader benchmarks, with 24.1% of those aged 15+ possessing a higher education degree compared to 30.4% in Australia, highlighting opportunities for further academic and vocational development. Bachelor qualifications represent 16.5% of residents, while postgraduate qualifications account for 6.1% and graduate diplomas comprise 1.5%. Technical and vocational credentials remain prominent, with 25.7% of residents aged 15+ holding vocational certificates or diplomas, split between certificates (17.1%) and advanced diplomas (8.6%). Current learning engagement is strong throughout the community, with 31.5% of the local population engaged in formal study.
This group comprises 9.4% enrolled in primary schooling, 7.5% undertaking tertiary education, and 6.2% attending secondary institutions.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Woodville Gardens reaches 13 stops on 11 routes, timetabled for about 1,000 services a week. The typical home sits about 150 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 1.1 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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Public transport within Woodville Gardens includes 13 operational transit stops served entirely by bus routes. These stops are linked to 11 individual routes that together run 1,002 weekly passenger trips. Transport connectivity is strong, with residents residing an average distance of 147 meters from the closest boarding point. Commuters predominantly travel outward, with private vehicle transport serving as the primary choice at 83%, followed by 10% utilizing buses. Private vehicle ownership sits below regional standards at 1.1 per dwelling, while 4.6% of residents worked from home during the 2021 Census (which may reflect prevailing COVID-19 settings).
Transit services provide an average of 143 trips per day across the network, translating to roughly 77 weekly trips at each local stop.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
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74.5% of residents in Woodville Gardens report no long-term health condition. 8.5% need daily assistance with core activities, and 46.4% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 6.2 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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Health metrics compiled by AreaSearch regarding mortality and chronic conditions highlight notable community health hurdles in Woodville Gardens, where widespread conditions appear across both younger and older cohorts, alongside very low private health insurance coverage of approximately 46% of the population (~1,147 people). This compares against 52.7% across Greater Adelaide and an Australian benchmark of 55.7%. Arthritis and mental health issues represent the most prevalent diagnosed conditions locally, each affecting 6.8 and 6.8% of the populace, while 74.5% of residents reported having no long-term medical conditions compared to 67.9% across Greater Adelaide.
Health indicators among working-age individuals align closely with standard patterns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 13.7% of the community (338 people), sitting below Greater Adelaide's 19.1%, with older cohorts experiencing health outcomes broadly consistent with broader national trends.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
56.8% of Woodville Gardens residents were born overseas and 66.6% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 96% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are Vietnamese (18.9%) and English (12.4%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Woodville Gardens displays remarkable cultural diversity, with 56.8% of residents born overseas and 66.6% using a language other than English at home. Christianity stands as the primary reported religion at 32.0% of the population. Notably, Buddhism exhibits strong local representation, encompassing 16.2% of residents compared to the Greater Adelaide average of 2.4%. Regarding parental country of birth, the three most common ancestries in Woodville Gardens are Other at 22.2% (exceeding the regional benchmark of 9.7%), Vietnamese at 18.9% (substantially above the 1.2% regional rate), and English at 12.4% (below the regional level of 27.8%).
Divergences are also evident among other backgrounds, with Serbian ancestry at 1.4% (vs 0.4% regionally), Indian ancestry at 6.9% (vs 2.3%), and Polish ancestry at 1.0% (vs 1.0%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Woodville Gardens is 33, younger than 82% of areas nationally. That is 1 year younger than at the 2021 Census. 35.0% 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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Demographic records show a comparatively youthful age distribution in Woodville Gardens compared to Greater Adelaide. Young to middle aged adults (25 - 44) represent 34.4% of the population as at August 2026, against 28.9% across Greater Adelaide, while retiree and elderly cohorts (65+) make up 13.7% compared to the regional figure of 19.1%. AreaSearch assesses the median age at 33 as at August 2026, dropping from 34 at the 2021 Census and sitting 6 years younger than the Greater Adelaide median of 39 recorded at the same Census, with the Australian median at 38 at the same Census.
Since the Census, the young to middle aged cohort expanded from 31.6% to an estimated 34.4% of residents and is forecast to add the largest volume of residents by 2041, increasing by 134 (16%) to 984. Proportionally, retiree and elderly cohorts are projected to expand most rapidly, rising 33% to 451 residents.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Woodville Gardens
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, Local governments Daily | May 2026 5 months ago all 2 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 — 62 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (2,412 at the 2021 Census → 2,472 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 (SAL41644). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.