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Albert Park has an estimated 17,641 residents, up from 15,825 at the 2021 Census — a change of 1,816 people, or 11.5%. 240 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Overseas migration accounts for 91.3% of that increase. That puts 3,778 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 findings from AreaSearch, the resident count in Albert Park stands at approximately 17,641 as of Aug 2026. This represents an expansion of 1,816 people (11.5%) compared to the 2021 Census tally of 15,825 people. This updated count incorporates the ABS estimated resident population figure of 17,253 recorded as of June 2025 alongside 240 validated new addresses identified following the Census. With a population concentration of 3,777 persons per square kilometer, the locality ranks within the highest national quartile analyzed by AreaSearch. Outperforming both the statewide benchmark (9.5%) and broader countrywide figures, Albert Park's 11.5% post-2021 census surge highlights its position as a regional growth hotspot.
Net overseas arrivals served as the primary catalyst, generating roughly 91.3% of total population expansion over recent timeframes. Projections published in 2024 (anchored to 2022) by ABS/Geoscience Australia serve as the basis for AreaSearch's SA2 figures. Where such coverage is absent, AreaSearch draws upon 2023 VIC State Government Regional/LGA forecasts, converting LGA data to SA2 levels via weighted population growth aggregations. These aggregations also provide age-group growth distributions applied across every region from 2032 to 2041. In line with anticipated demographic trends, the area is slated for top-quartile national expansion, adding 4,825 persons to 2041 according to the most recent annual ERP statistics, which translates to a cumulative 25.1% rise across the 16 years.
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1,845 new dwellings have been approved in Albert Park over the past five years, an average of 369 a year. That places the area in the 82nd percentile for residential development activity nationally, about 21 approvals per 1,000 residents a year. Of the 369 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 1% 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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Annual residential approvals in Albert Park have averaged roughly 369, adding up to 1,845 homes across the preceding 5 financial years. Given that incoming residents averaged only 0.2 people per year for every home constructed throughout the last 5 financial years (between FY-22 and FY-26), local housing output is matching or outpacing demand, expanding purchaser options and building headroom for influxes above current projections, with new homes reflecting an average construction cost of $529,000. Furthermore, commercial building approvals have reached $44.2 million this financial year, underscoring substantial commercial development momentum.
Per-capita development in Albert Park outstrips Greater Melbourne by 97.0%, expanding buyer availability. Considerably eclipsing countrywide benchmarks, this pace demonstrates strong developer commitment to the suburb. Recent residential construction comprises 1.0% detached dwellings against 99.0% townhouses or apartments. High-density dwelling construction facilitates accessible entry points while drawing downsizers, property investors, and first-home buyers. Averaging roughly 45 people per approval, Albert Park displays characteristics typical of an active growth market. Demographic projections show Albert Park gaining an extra 4,437 residents through to 2041, based on AreaSearch's newest quarterly calculations. At existing construction velocities, residential additions are positioned to satisfy demand with ease, fostering favorable conditions for purchasers and potentially enabling expansion beyond present population forecasts.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Albert Park
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 11 current infrastructure and development projects inside Albert Park, worth an estimated $4.27 billion. A further 189 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $130 billion. 71 are already under construction and 85 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, communities, precincts & urban renewal 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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Urban development, planning policies, and capital works exert a profound effect on regional market dynamics. AreaSearch has pinpointed a total of 57 projects positioned to influence the area. Prominent schemes include The Carter Building, Park Quarter, Queens Road Build-to-Rent Development, and Home Albert Park, with further key developments summarized below.
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The Carter Building
The Carter Building is a $300 million luxury mixed-use development at 448 St Kilda Road, Melbourne. The 17-storey landmark, designed by Kerry Hill Architects (KHA), features a saw-cut bluestone facade inspired by the city's heritage buildings. It comprises 54 premium private residences across the upper floors and a 107-room five-star COMO Hotels and Resorts property on the lower levels - marking COMO's first appearance in Melbourne and second in Australia. Residents and guests enjoy world-class amenities including the COMO Shambhala wellness centre, a 20-metre indoor lap pool, gym, sauna, golf simulator, and concierge services.The ground level features a fine-dining restaurant, cafe, and bar curated by COMO. Construction commenced in August 2025, with the hotel and residences slated to open in early 2028.
Yani Barripbarripuyt (Shrine to Sea Boulevard)
The Victorian Government's $13 million Yani Barripbarripuyt project (formerly Shrine to Sea) creates an improved green boulevard connecting the Anzac Station Precinct to Port Phillip Bay along Albert and Kerferd Roads in Albert Park and South Melbourne. Works include landscape and civil upgrades to the Kerferd Road median, pier forecourt, intersection improvements, 350 new trees, over 9,000m2 of native woody meadows, water-sensitive urban design, and new pedestrian and cycling connections. Delivered in partnership with the City of Port Phillip, Parks Victoria, and the Department of Transport and Planning.
Queens Road Build-to-Rent Development
A major build-to-rent apartment development at 50-52 Queens Road, Melbourne, delivered by Barings for Aware Super. The project is under construction and has topped out, with completion expected in 2026. It will provide about 433 apartments with resident amenities including a wellness centre, pool, resident lounge and bar, screening room, rooftop terrace, and more than 2500 sqm of landscaped gardens. The development is close to Albert Park, St Kilda Road, Alfred Hospital and public transport.
Park Quarter
A 400 million dollar mixed-use precinct at 474 St Kilda Road featuring 244 luxury residential apartments across Garden Homes, Sky Manor residences, and penthouses. The development integrates Australia's first Marriott Executive Apartments (216 keys) on the lower levels. Amenities include a 24/7 concierge, pool, gym, cinema, golf simulator, and co-working spaces. The design is a collaboration between Cox Architecture, DKO, and Carr, with landscaping by Paul Bangay.
Home Albert Park
Home Albert Park is a build-to-rent mixed-use development by HOME, part of GFM Group, being delivered by Hacer. The project includes 571 apartments, one retail tenancy, two basement levels, four podium levels, 14 tower levels, resident amenities, landscaped public areas, a pedestrian connection between Queens Road and Queens Lane, and restoration and integration of the heritage Netherby Mansion. The project is under construction and is due for completion in mid 2027.
Illoura House
A 19-storey luxury mixed-use development featuring approximately 200 wellness-led residences comprising two, three and four-bedroom apartments and double-storey penthouses, with ground floor retail and dining. Designed by Chicago-based architecture firm SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill), the project revives the historic Illoura House site on a prominent triple-fronted corner of St Kilda Road, Toorak Road and Queens Lane in Melbourne's Domain precinct. MGAC has been appointed as Project Manager and Superintendent overseeing delivery from early works through to completion.
Novus on Bowen
18-storey Build-to-Rent residential tower delivering 215 purpose-designed apartments spanning studios to 4-bedroom homes in Melbourne's inner south. Designed by Rothelowman Architects and approved by the City of Port Phillip, the all-electric building targets a 7-star NatHERS rating and net zero operational emissions. Premium amenities include a full gym, indoor pool, wellness area, sauna, steam room, ice plunge, and rooftop terrace with views to Albert Park and the Domain. Ground floor retail component included. Located adjacent to Melbourne Metro Anzac Station.Construction commenced mid-2024 with practical completion expected mid-2026.
Anzac Station
A major underground rail station and multimodal transport hub located beneath St Kilda Road. It features a signature 85-metre-long timber canopy and provides the first direct platform-to-platform interchange between trains and trams in Melbourne. The station serves the Sunbury, Cranbourne, and Pakenham lines and includes a pedestrian underpass to improve safety for those accessing the Shrine of Remembrance and surrounding parklands.
10,781 residents of Albert Park are employed, from a labour force of 11,088. Unemployment sits at 2.8%, with participation at 72.8%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 7.3% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 21,058, about 119% of the resident population, so the area draws in more workers than it sends out. Unemployment and labour force come from ABS Small Area Labour Markets, updated quarterly; the industry and occupation profile is from the 2021 Census.
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A highly qualified labor force characterizes Albert Park, marked by significant professional services employment, a low unemployment rate of 2.8%, and year-on-year employment growth estimated at 3.8%. As of March 2026, 10,781 local residents are employed, the jobless rate sits 2.0% beneath the Greater Melbourne figure of 4.8%, and labor participation remains standard at 72.8% (against 70.1% across Greater Melbourne). Census records revealed that 50.7% of working residents performed their roles from home, although pandemic movement restrictions may have influenced these figures. Key industries employing residents consist of professional & technical, health care & social assistance, along with finance & insurance.
Local concentration is especially pronounced in professional & technical, where employment share reaches 1.9 times the broader regional benchmark. In contrast, construction accounts for a smaller footprint of 6.2%, trailing the regional norm of 9.7%. Registering 1.0 workers for every resident during the Census, the locality functions as an employment destination, containing more jobs than local residents and drawing commuters from neighboring suburbs. AreaSearch's evaluation of ABS and SALM metrics indicates that across the 12 months to March 2026, the local workforce and job numbers each rose by 3.8%, leaving jobless levels virtually unchanged. Across Greater Melbourne over the same timeframe, jobs increased by 2.1% and the labor pool expanded by 2.3%, accompanied by a 0.2 percentage point uptick in unemployment. National forecasts released by Jobs and Skills Australia in Mar-26 provide additional context on prospective employment shifts for Albert Park over five- and ten-year horizons when aligned with local industry profiles. Although overall Australian jobs are projected to rise by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, trajectories vary across specific sectors. Applying these sectoral trajectories to the resident industry profile indicates Albert Park employment could expand by 7.3% over five years and 14.6% over ten years (note that this represents a simple weighted projection for illustration and excludes localized demographic changes).
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Median household income in Albert Park is $2,303 a week (about $120,000 a year), with median personal income at $1,352 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $74,286 a year against an average of $138,471. The average runs 86% above the median, a wider spread than most areas and a sign of a concentrated group of high earners. 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 statistics compiled by AreaSearch for financial year 2023 place the median taxpayer income in the Albert Park SA2 at $74,286, alongside a mean of $138,471. These figures place the suburb well ahead of national standards and compare to Greater Melbourne benchmarks of $57,688 (median) and $75,164 (average). Accounting for a 9.62% rise in the Wage Price Index since financial year 2023, updated estimates reach approximately $81,432 (median) and $151,792 (average) as of March 2026. Census findings place individual, family, and household earnings between the 83rd and 95th percentiles across the country.
The dominant earning bracket contains 29.4% receiving $4000+ weekly (5,186 residents), contrasting with the wider metropolitan pattern where the $1,500 - 2,999 category leads at 32.8%. Affluence is prominent, with 40.4% taking home more than $3,000 weekly, highlighting substantial spending capacity. Residential outgoings absorb 15.6% of earnings, yet strong wages maintain net disposable funds at the 82nd percentile, placing the district in the 9th decile on the SEIFA income index.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Albert Park had 7,153 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 10% detached houses and 55% apartments. 23% are owned with a mortgage, 45% rented and 32% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $493 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,600 a month, a total housing cost higher than 84% of areas nationally. Rent absorbs 21.4% of household income here and mortgage repayments 26.1%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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Census records indicate that Albert Park's housing stock consisted of 10.1% houses and 90.0% other dwellings (comprising townhouses, flats, and alternative units), diverging from Melbourne metro proportions of 67.9% houses and 32.1% other dwellings. Outright home ownership matched metropolitan levels at 32.2%, while remaining residences were either being purchased with a mortgage (23.2%) or leased (44.6%). Typical monthly mortgage installments reached $2,600, outstripping the Melbourne metro benchmark of $2,000, while median weekly rent was $493, higher than the metropolitan figure of $390. Compared nationally, Albert Park payments sit substantially higher than the Australian median mortgage of $1,863 and median rental rate of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Albert Park counted 7,153 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 7,974 today, averaging 2.1 people each. 21% are couples with children, fewer than in 83% of areas nationally, against 29% couples without children. 37% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.1 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Families constitute the majority of dwellings at 58.2%, made up of 29.2% couples without children, 21.3% couples with children, and 6.6% single parent families. The other 41.8% consists of non-family arrangements, dominated by lone person households at 37.1% alongside group households at 4.6%. The typical household size of 2.1 people sits below the Greater Melbourne benchmark of 2.6.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
57.8% of adults in Albert Park hold a university qualification, including 34.5% with a bachelor degree and 18.5% with postgraduate qualifications, higher than 93% of areas nationally. A further 8.5% hold a vocational qualification. 8 schools serve the area, with 4,116 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,148 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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Attainment levels among Albert Park residents exceed wider educational averages, with 57.8% of individuals aged 15+ possessing university credentials, compared with 33.4% in VIC and 30.4% across Australia. This educational background provides a robust foundation for white-collar and knowledge-sector roles. Bachelor degrees represent the single largest qualification category at 34.5%, followed by postgraduate degrees at 18.5% and graduate diplomas at 4.8%. Vocational education accounts for 18.4% of qualifications for those aged 15+, consisting of advanced diplomas (9.9%) and certificates (8.5%). Formal study engagement is substantial, with 26.6% of residents currently undertaking education.
Within this cohort, 7.7% are enrolled in tertiary programs, 7.1% attend primary school, and 6.2% participate in secondary schooling.
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Public transport in Albert Park reaches 62 stops on 15 routes, timetabled for about 9,200 services a week. The typical home sits about 130 m from its nearest stop. Trams carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 0.7 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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Transit infrastructure across Albert Park features 62 active transport stops accommodating both buses and lightrail. Across 15 separate transit routes, the network delivers 9,234 weekly passenger trips. Stop proximity is rated as excellent, with typical resident distance to the nearest boarding point measuring 129 meters. As an outward-commuting residential population, private vehicle use dominates at 59%, followed by 13% walking and 5% cycling. Dwelling vehicle ownership stands at 0.7 per dwelling, below regional averages, while 50.7% of workers reported working from home during the 2021 Census, which may reflect COVID-19 pandemic settings.
Transit service frequency across the network totals an average of 1,319 trips per day across all routes, translating to roughly 148 weekly trips per individual stop.
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74.4% of residents in Albert Park report no long-term health condition, a healthier profile than 94% of areas nationally. 3.4% need daily assistance with core activities, and 82.5% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 3.5 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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Albert Park demonstrates exceptional health benchmarks across mortality and chronic illness measures assessed by AreaSearch, showing minimal incidence of common medical conditions across all age brackets. Moreover, private medical insurance coverage is remarkably high, held by roughly 82% of all residents (14,553 people), which compares favorably to 56.7% across Greater Melbourne and 55.7% nationally. Asthma and mental health conditions were identified as the leading health concerns, reported by 6.8 and 6.6% of the population respectively. Overall, 74.4% of residents reported no medical ailments, outperforming the Greater Melbourne proportion of 72.6%.
Individuals aged 65 and over comprise 19.8% of the local population (3,494 people), higher than the 15.1% seen across Greater Melbourne. Senior residents experience positive health results, ranking similarly to broader national averages.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
35.6% of Albert Park residents were born overseas and 25.3% speak a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are English (24.2%) and Australian (16.9%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural diversity in Albert Park exceeds that of most comparable areas, with 35.6% of residents born abroad and 25.3% speaking a non-English language at home. Christianity represents the most common religious affiliation, encompassing 43.1% of residents. Notably, Judaism demonstrates a higher local share at 1.2% than the Greater Melbourne proportion of 1.0%. Regarding parental lineage, the primary reported ancestries in Albert Park are English (24.2%), Australian (16.9%), and Irish (10.7%). Other cultural heritages show elevated local representation relative to regional benchmarks, including Greek at 5.0% (vs 2.7%), Polish at 1.1% (vs 0.8%), and French at 1.1% (vs 0.5%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Albert Park is 41. 27.8% 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 Albert Park skews older than that of Greater Melbourne overall. AreaSearch estimates from August 2026 show retiree and elderly cohorts (65+) making up 19.8% of residents compared to 15.1% across Greater Melbourne, while children and young adults (0 - 24) represent 22.5% locally versus 30.5% regionally. The estimated median age stands at 41, matching the 2021 Census mark and sitting 4 years above the Greater Melbourne median of 37 recorded during the same Census. By age cohort, middle aged and young retiree cohorts (45 - 64) fell from 27.0% at the Census to an estimated 25.4%.
By 2041, middle aged and young retiree cohorts are projected to register the largest numerical gain, rising by 1,991 residents (44%) to 6,479, while retiree and elderly cohorts are expected to experience the fastest proportional expansion, increasing 50% to 5,239 residents.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Albert Park
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Sep 2026 last 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 2 months ago all 11 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 — 240 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (15,825 at the 2021 Census → 17,641 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 (206051128). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.