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Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay has an estimated 11,381 residents, up from 11,051 at the 2021 Census — a change of 330 people, or 3.0%. 107 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. That puts 511 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 research conducted by AreaSearch, the resident count in Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay stands at approximately 11,381 as of Aug 2026. This represents an addition of 330 people (3.0%) compared to the 2021 Census, when 11,051 people were recorded. This demographic movement incorporates the ABS estimated resident population benchmark of 11,344 as of June 2025 alongside 107 validated new addresses identified following the Census count. With 511 persons per square kilometer, the locality maintains a generous spatial profile that leaves scope for future expansion. The area's 3.0% expansion post-census trails the broader SA4 region (4.2%) by only 1.2 percentage points, highlighting sound growth dynamics.
Inbound overseas migration served as the primary growth catalyst, generating roughly 84.7% of all net resident additions over recent timeframes. SA2 geographic projections published in 2024 (using 2022 as their base year) by ABS/Geoscience Australia form the baseline of AreaSearch's modeling. Where specific SA2 projections are missing, or when calculating post-2032 age distribution, figures from the Tasmania State Government's Regional/LGA dataset (issued in 2022 with a 2021 base year) are integrated via a weighted aggregation method spanning LGA to SA2 boundaries. Long-term demographic modeling points to an expansion rate sitting slightly beneath the national statistical area median, with the community projected to add 522 persons to 2041 based on recent annual ERP statistics, translating to an overall growth rate of 4.3% across the 16 years.
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138 new dwellings have been approved in Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay over the past five years, an average of 27 a year. That is 2.5 approvals per 1,000 residents. Of the 28 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 100% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Figures come from ABS building approvals aggregated to this SA2 boundary and are updated monthly as the ABS releases them.
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Residential building approvals across Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay have tracked at roughly 27 new dwelling consents per year, accumulating to 138 homes over the past 5 financial years. The local property market demonstrates balanced demand and supply dynamics, adding an average of 1.1 people per year for every completed residence across the past 5 financial years (between FY-22 and FY-26). Furthermore, building applications indicate an emphasis on high-quality construction, with new residences carrying an expected building cost of $474,000—a figure noticeably above broader regional benchmarks. Non-residential activity remains very quiet, with commercial building approvals totalling $1.2 million this financial year.
Per capita residential building consents in Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay run at roughly three-quarters of the pace observed across Greater Hobart, ranking the locality in the 27th percentile across the country and restricting fresh stock for purchasers while reinforcing demand for established dwellings. This subdued volume also sits below the broader Australian norm, underlining the established nature of the suburb and hinting at planning constraints. In addition, recent construction permits consist exclusively of detached houses, preserving the neighbourhood's traditional low-density urban form tailored to families desiring spacious living. Indicating a restrained construction climate, there are currently an estimated 542 people in the area per dwelling approval. Demographic projections from the latest AreaSearch quarterly estimate indicate that Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay is on track to welcome 485 residents through to 2041. Ongoing building trajectories indicate that residential construction will easily satisfy demand, fostering supportive market conditions for buyers and potentially facilitating expansion above baseline demographic 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 4 current infrastructure and development projects inside Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay, worth an estimated $438 million. A further 58 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $7.28 billion. 19 are already under construction and 18 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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Local economic and urban outcomes are fundamentally shaped by capital works, planning policies, and public investments. AreaSearch has pinpointed 15 projects with the potential to influence Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay. High-profile developments include the Blackmans Bay Primary School Redevelopment and Expansion, Illawarra Rise Estate, Blackmans Bay Central Masterplan Redevelopment, and Kings Quarter (Kingston Park Masterplan), with significant initiatives outlined below.
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Blackmans Bay Primary School Redevelopment and Expansion
Proposed redevelopment and expansion of Blackmans Bay Primary School to provide additional contemporary learning environments, upgraded administration facilities and shared school infrastructure to support future enrolment growth. As of the latest DECYP infrastructure program, the project is not listed among active funded capital works, indicating it remains a planning priority rather than an announced construction project.
Kings Quarter (Kingston Park Masterplan)
Kings Quarter is a multi-stage masterplanned community by Traders In Purple on the former Kingston High School site. Stages 1 and 2, including 142 homes and the residents Clubhouse, have been completed. The approved next residential stage comprises a six-storey park-front apartment building with around 50 apartments. Future stages will deliver additional housing together with retail, commercial, health and community facilities across the wider precinct.
Illawarra Rise Estate
A residential subdivision referenced in the hills above Blackmans Bay, near Roslyn Avenue and Illawarra Road, an already well-established coastal suburb of Kingborough south of Hobart. An extensive search of developer, council, and property-market sources could not locate a live, publicly documented masterplanned project of this name, scale, or dwelling count in Tasmania; Illawarra Road and Roslyn Avenue in Blackmans Bay are fully built-out established streets rather than a new land release. The urls and developer originally supplied for this record belong to an unrelated Wollongong, NSW real estate agency and have been removed.This record should be treated as unverified pending a primary source.
Blackmans Bay Bluff Specific Area Plan Review
Kingborough Council is progressing planning scheme work affecting Blackmans Bay, including the Blackmans Bay Bluff Specific Area Plan and related Landscape Conservation Zone review under the draft Local Provisions Schedule. The current focus is statutory planning controls, community engagement, resident surveys and Tasmanian Planning Commission hearings rather than a confirmed capital works redevelopment. The review seeks to guide use and development while balancing residential certainty, scenic coastal character, bushland and landscape values.
Tasmania Devils AFL High Performance Centre
A 115 million dollar high-performance training and administration facility for the Tasmania Devils AFL and AFLW teams at the Kingborough Sports Precinct. The state-of-the-art hub features a full gymnasium, recovery pools, infrared saunas, and an indoor training field. It includes a 80-seat lecture theatre, medical suites, and administrative space for 80 staff, alongside community-accessible spaces including a cafe and club merchandise store.
Kings Quarter
Kings Quarter is a major mixed-use urban renewal project at Kingston Park on the former Kingston High School site, delivered by Traders in Purple with Kingborough Council's public open space program. Stage 1 Birch Row homes have sold and construction is complete, Hutchinson Builders completed a later 62-house and townhouse stage with the residents' clubhouse in 2024, and future precinct phases are planned to add retail, entertainment, commercial, health and community facilities.
Huntingfield Land Release
Government-led subdivision delivering about 460 lots in Kingborough. As of June 2026, construction has begun on the first new homes, with stage 2 lots released for sale as house and land packages. Approximately 15 percent of lots will be kept for social and affordable rental housing, alongside a planned commercial zone and 37.5 ha of open space.
Spring Farm Village
A $50 million next-generation retail precinct in Kingston, Tasmania, developed by Tipalea Partners. It features the largest Coles supermarket in Kingston at 4,200 sqm with drive-through click and collect, Chemist Warehouse's first regional superstore, a medical centre, outdoor dining, and over 15 specialty retailers. The centre includes sustainable features such as a full solar array, electric vehicle charging stations, free Wi-Fi, and cloud-based CCTV. Construction began in early 2025 and is expected to be completed by mid-2026, creating over 1,100 jobs during construction and operation.
5,938 residents of Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay are employed, from a labour force of 6,101. Unemployment sits at 2.7%, with participation at 64.0%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.7% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 9,048, 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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With an unemployment rate sitting at merely 2.7%, solid job stability over the past twelve months, and heavy participation across essential community services, Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay features a highly qualified resident labour force. Across the locality, 5,938 residents are in work as of March 2026, while the jobless rate sits 1.7% under the 4.4% recorded for Greater Hobart, and the local labour participation rate aligns with Greater Hobart's 63.7%. Although influenced by historical Covid-19 restrictions, Census figures recorded that a modest 12.6% of residents were working from home.
The primary employment fields for the local workforce are health care & social assistance, education & training, and public administration & safety. Education & training represents a major local specialization, engaging workers at 1.3 times the regional average. Conversely, retail trade accounts for a smaller share of employment, comprising 7.7% of Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay's workforce in contrast to 9.6% across Greater Hobart. A comparison between Census working numbers and the resident headcount underscores that this predominantly residential district provides few direct local workplace destinations. According to AreaSearch's evaluation of ABS and SALM metrics over the 12 months to March 2026, total labour force size expanded by 0.1% alongside an employment contraction of 0.1%, which pushed the local unemployment rate up by 0.2 percentage points. Across Greater Hobart, employment slipped by 0.1% while the workforce rose by 0.2%, generating a 0.3 percentage point rise. Broader sector-level trends from Jobs and Skills Australia's Mar-26 projections provide context for prospective employment trends across Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay over five- and ten-year horizons. Across Australia, workforce size is projected to grow by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, with distinct variations by industry. When weighted against Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay's existing sectoral composition, these projections indicate potential local employment gains of 6.7% over five years and 13.9% over ten years (note that this illustrative weighting exercise excludes localized population forecasts).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay is $1,778 a week (about $92,000 a year), with median personal income at $882 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $55,212 a year against an average of $67,898. Household income is from the 2021 Census; taxable income is from ATO Taxation Statistics for the latest financial year available, indexed forward using the ABS Wage Price Index.
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Based on ATO individual tax return figures aggregated by AreaSearch for financial year 2023, taxpayers in the Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay SA2 recorded a median earnings level of $55,212 and an average of $67,898. These outcomes mirror national medians and compare against $54,577 (median) and $65,190 (average) across Greater Hobart. Applying a 10.95% Wage Price Index lift since financial year 2023 elevates estimated earnings to around $61,258 (median) and $75,333 (average) as of March 2026. Across personal, family, and household measures at the Census, area earnings sit around the 57th percentile nationwide.
Roughly 32.5% of the population (3,698 individuals) falls into the $1,500 - 2,999 income bracket, aligning closely with the 32.2% metropolitan benchmark. Residents retain 87.7% of income following housing costs, demonstrating substantial spending capacity, while the locality achieves an income SEIFA placement in the 7th decile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay had 4,224 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 91% detached houses and 4% apartments. 35% are owned with a mortgage, 21% rented and 44% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,685 a month. Rent absorbs 22.5% of household income here and mortgage repayments 21.9%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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According to the most recent Census, the local housing stock in Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay consisted of 91.1% houses and 9.0% other dwellings (incorporating apartments, semi-detached, and 'other' dwellings), contrasting with 85.3% houses and 14.7% other dwellings across Hobart metro. Outright property ownership reached 44.2%, well above Hobart metro figures, while the remainder of homes were mortgaged (34.9%) or rented (20.9%). Local housing expenditure shows a median monthly mortgage repayment of $1,685 and a median weekly rent of $400, higher than Hobart metro's $1,517 and $350 respectively. Relative to broader Australian benchmarks, local mortgage obligations fall below the national average of $1,863, whereas rental costs exceed the countrywide figure of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay counted 4,224 households at the 2021 Census, averaging 2.5 people each. 31% are couples with children, against 31% couples without children. 23% 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 households make up the bulk of local living arrangements at 73.8%, consisting of 31.4% couples without children, 31.2% couples with children, and 10.6% single parent families. The remaining 26.2% comprises non-family households, including lone person households at 23.3% and group households at 2.9%. The area records a median household size of 2.5 people, exceeding the Greater Hobart average of 2.4.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
38.6% of adults in Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay hold a university qualification, including 23.5% with a bachelor degree and 10.6% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 19.4% hold a vocational qualification. 3 schools serve the area, with 673 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,052 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 profiles across Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay track substantially above broader state and countrywide benchmarks, with 38.6% of residents aged 15+ holding tertiary degrees, compared to 25.5% in TAS and 30.4% in Australia. This strong academic footing underpins high engagement in knowledge-intensive sectors. Bachelor degrees represent the largest cohort at 23.5%, alongside postgraduate qualifications (10.6%) and graduate diplomas (4.5%). Applied and vocational credentials are also widespread, with 30.1% of residents aged 15+ holding qualifications across certificates (19.4%) and advanced diplomas (10.7%). Formal study engagement is substantial throughout the community, with 27.7% of residents currently attending educational institutions.
This comprises 9.5% in primary education, 7.8% in secondary education, and 5.0% enrolled in tertiary courses.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay reaches 56 stops on 121 routes, timetabled for about 10,000 services a week. The typical home sits about 340 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 1.6 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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Local public transit infrastructure comprises 56 active transport stops across Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay, served by bus networks. A collective network of 121 individual routes provides 10,018 weekly passenger trips. Public transit access is solid, with residents situated an average of 343 meters from their closest transit point. Given the predominantly residential environment, external commuting is standard, with private vehicles serving as the primary travel choice at 88%, alongside 8% by bus. Private vehicle ownership sits above regional benchmarks at an average of 1.6 per dwelling. A comparatively modest 12.6% of residents worked from home during the 2021 Census, a metric that may reflect pandemic conditions.
Across all transit lines, scheduling delivers an average of 1,431 trips per day, translating to roughly 178 weekly trips per individual stop.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
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66.0% of residents in Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay report no long-term health condition. 4.9% need daily assistance with core activities, and 52.6% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 4.4 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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Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay demonstrates favourable community health indicators across both younger and older age brackets based on AreaSearch's analysis of chronic illness rates and mortality metrics. Furthermore, private medical insurance coverage reaches roughly 53% of the total population (~5,986 people), marginally outperforming the standard SA2 benchmark. Arthritis and mental health conditions form the most commonly reported health concerns locally, affecting 10.0 and 9.1% of residents respectively, while 66.0% reported no chronic medical conditions, compared to 65.5% across Greater Hobart. Health indicators among working-age individuals align closely with regional patterns.
Seniors aged 65 and over account for 25.1% of residents (2,855 people), which is above the 20.1% recorded in Greater Hobart. Within this older cohort, wellness and vitality outcomes remain positive, with nationwide rankings tracking in line with the broader population.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay is largely Australian-born, at 78.0% of residents, with 10.1% speaking a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are English (32.7%) and Australian (24.9%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural diversity measures across Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay are broadly comparable to regional standards, with 78.0% of the population born in Australia, 89.4% holding Australian citizenship, and 89.9% speaking only English in domestic settings. Christianity represents the primary religious affiliation, accounting for 43.9% of residents. The most noticeable deviation from broader averages appears in Judaism, representing 0.2% of the local population against 0.1% across Greater Hobart. Regarding ancestral background (based on parental place of birth), English ancestry forms the largest cohort in Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay at 32.7%, followed by Australian at 24.9% and Irish at 8.9%.
Distinct variations are also evident across several other backgrounds, with Dutch ancestry overrepresented at 3.2% (against 1.5% across the region), Scottish at 8.6% (compared to 7.0%), and South Australian at 0.8% (versus 0.2%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay is 43. 20.9% 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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The demographic profile of Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay skews older than Greater Hobart. Updated August 2026 figures show that retiree and elderly cohorts (65+) constitute 25.1% of the community compared to 20.1% regionally, while young to middle aged adults (25 - 44) make up 22.0% against 29.5% across Greater Hobart. The median age remains steady at an estimated 43 as at August 2026, identical to the 2021 Census and 4 years older than the Greater Hobart median of 39 recorded at that Census, which compared to a national median of 38.
Since that Census, the proportion of retiree and elderly cohorts has risen from 21.8% to an estimated 25.1%. Looking ahead to 2041, middle aged and young retiree cohorts (45 - 64) will drive numerical growth, increasing by 787 (27%) to 3,709, while young to middle aged adults and younger cohorts are projected to contract.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay
9 of 14 data sections on this page were updated within the last 12 months — the newest current to Sep 2026.
Everything is aggregated to the SA2 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 last month 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 last month 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 last month headline measures · Jul 2026 baseline |
| Property sales & rents | Valuer General, Rental Board, ABS Weekly sales, quarterly rents | Sep 2026 this month all 21 measures |
| 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 Sep 2026. | ||
| Infrastructure projects | Infrastructure Australia, State agencies, Local governments Daily | Aug 2026 last month all 4 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 6 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) | Aug 2026 last month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Transport | ABS, State Transport Departments Each timetable release | Jul 2026 2 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Services & amenities | Provider directories, ACECQA Continuous | Jul 2026 2 months ago 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 — 107 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (11,051 at the 2021 Census → 11,381 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 (601041023). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.