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Campbellfield - Coolaroo has an estimated 16,396 residents, up from 16,057 at the 2021 Census — a change of 339 people, or 2.1%. 343 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. That puts 901 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 the analysis by AreaSearch, the resident count of Campbellfield - Coolaroo stands at approximately 16,396 as of May 2026. This represents an addition of 339 individuals (2.1%) from the 16,057 residents recorded during the 2021 Census. This population shift is calculated utilizing the ABS estimated resident population of 16,387 for June 2025 alongside 343 validated new addresses registered since the Census. With these figures, the population density reaches 901 persons per square kilometer, a level that matches typical averages across the regions analyzed by AreaSearch. The primary driver of this population growth was overseas migration, which accounted for roughly 78.0% of the overall population increases in recent times.
Projections from ABS/Geoscience Australia released in 2024, using 2022 as the baseline, are applied by AreaSearch for each SA2 region. In cases where this data is unavailable, AreaSearch uses the 2023 Regional/LGA projections from the VIC State Government, adjusting them through a weighted aggregation of growth from LGA to SA2 levels. The age group growth rates derived from these aggregates are also projected for the period spanning 2032 to 2041. Based on these anticipated demographic transformations, a major population expansion is expected, positioning the region in the top quartile of Australian statistical areas, with a projected increase of 5,644 persons by 2041 relative to the latest annual ERP statistics, representing a total rise of 34.4% over the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
179 new dwellings have been approved in Campbellfield - Coolaroo over the past five years, an average of 35 a year. That is 2.2 approvals per 1,000 residents. Of the 27 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 52% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Approvals are currently running at an annualised 36, broadly in line with that longer-run average. Figures come from ABS building approvals aggregated to this SA2 boundary and are updated monthly as the ABS releases them.
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Building approvals in Campbellfield - Coolaroo have averaged roughly 35 new homes annually, with a total of 179 homes approved over the preceding 5 financial years. Thus far in FY-26, there have been 33 approvals registered. Since the population declined in the prior period, this rate of residential development has been relatively sufficient, which is favorable for purchasers, especially with new properties carrying an average building cost of $248,000—a figure below the regional standard that indicates more budget-friendly options. Furthermore, commercial development approvals have reached $89.1 million this financial year, demonstrating robust momentum in the commercial sector.
In comparison to Greater Melbourne, development pace in Campbellfield - Coolaroo is highly subdued, sitting at 82.0% below the regional average per capita. A limited supply of new housing typically supports demand and valuations for the existing housing stock. This rate also falls below the national benchmark, reflecting a mature market and highlighting potential planning or geographic limits. Current projects comprise 52.0% detached dwellings and 48.0% attached dwellings, offering a broader selection of townhouses and apartments to suit different budgets, from family residences to economical compact options. This represents a marked departure from the prevailing housing landscape, where houses make up 86.0% of properties, reflecting fewer available development sites and responding to changing lifestyle preferences and budget constraints. The metric of 685 people in the area per dwelling approval highlights a quiet development environment with limited building activity. Looking forward, the population of Campbellfield - Coolaroo is projected to rise by 5,634 residents by 2041, according to the latest quarterly estimates from AreaSearch. If development remains at current levels, housing construction may not keep pace with population growth, which could increase competition among buyers and support upward price pressure.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Campbellfield - Coolaroo
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 9 current infrastructure and development projects inside Campbellfield - Coolaroo, worth an estimated $2.2 billion. A further 78 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $174.5 billion. 19 are already under construction and 20 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, sports & recreation 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 infrastructure updates, major regional projects, and planning changes have a significant impact on local performance. AreaSearch has identified 43 projects poised to affect this locality. Key developments include the Time & Place Campbellfield Industrial Development, the Upfield Line Duplication and Extension to Roxburgh Park, Assembly Broadmeadows, and the North Melbourne Logistics Hub, with the main details of the most relevant projects provided below.
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Assembly Broadmeadows
A 60-hectare master-planned redevelopment of the historic former Ford Australia manufacturing site into a next-generation employment hub. The precinct is designed for high-tech manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing, and includes a significant data centre component. Planned amenities feature a retail convenience hub, childcare centre, and a 100-room hotel. The site also incorporates a 14-megawatt renewable energy system. Construction officially commenced in March 2026 with the first stage comprising a 44-hectare industrial subdivision.
Assembly Broadmeadows
Assembly Broadmeadows is a 60-hectare masterplanned commercial and industrial estate on the former Ford manufacturing site in Campbellfield. The precinct is being delivered as a next-generation business park for manufacturing, logistics, technology, transport, warehousing and large-format retail, with strong Sydney Road and Barry Road frontage, direct freight-network access and proximity to Upfield Station. Construction has commenced and the development is planned as a staged employment precinct supporting thousands of jobs.
Upfield Line Duplication and Extension to Roxburgh Park
A staged proposal to duplicate, extend and electrify the Upfield rail line in Melbourne's northern suburbs. Stage one duplicates the single-track section between Gowrie and Upfield stations to lift service frequency and reliability. Stage two reopens, duplicates and electrifies the existing freight corridor from Upfield through to Roxburgh Park, including a grade-separated junction beneath the standard gauge interstate line and the Craigieburn line near Somerton Road. Future stages would extend electrified suburban services through to Craigieburn and Wallan, with new stations proposed at Beveridge and Cloverton to serve the rapidly growing Northern Growth Corridor.In February 2025 the Federal Government committed 7.05 million dollars towards a business case for upgrades on the Craigieburn, Upfield and Northern Growth Corridor lines, with the Federal Coalition separately pledging 2 million dollars for a scoping study. The 2025-26 Victorian State Budget did not allocate funding to the project. Advocacy is led by the Northern Councils Alliance, comprising Mitchell Shire, Banyule, Darebin, Hume, Merri-bek, Nillumbik and Whittlesea councils.
Time & Place Campbellfield Industrial Development
Redevelopment of a 15.9-hectare historic Ford distribution centre at 1777-1787 Sydney Road, Campbellfield, into a modern industrial precinct. Time & Place acquired the site from Ford Motor Company of Australia for approximately $80 million in early 2025 and lodged a planning application in Q1 2025. The project will target industrial, logistics, and warehousing tenants, with three existing warehouses (56,819 square metres) to be reworked or replaced. Ford retains a tenancy in one building for service engineering operations under a multi-year lease.Estimated end value of $250 million on completion by 2028, supporting Melbourne's tightly held northern industrial corridor.
Hume City Council Council Plan 2025-2029 and Budget 2025/26 Infrastructure Program
Hume City Council's adopted Council Plan 2025-2029 and Budget 2025/26 funds a city-wide program of services, infrastructure and capital works for the rapidly growing municipality. The 2025/26 budget commits $218.19 million across services and infrastructure, including a $149.04 million capital works program. Current funded works include construction of the Jacksons Hill Arts and Culture Precinct, Willowbrook Recreation Reserve pavilion expansion, Vic Foster Reserve pavilion upgrade, the Hume Hockey Centre second pitch, road resurfacing, footpaths, open space and play space upgrades, libraries, waste services, maternal and child health and other community facilities.
M80 Connect Industrial Development
A modern logistics facility comprising five tenancies across approximately 45,375sqm of lettable area on a 7.92ha site. The development incorporates sustainability initiatives, targeting a 5-star Green Star rating, and features high-clearance warehouses, flexible docks, and heavy-duty hardstands.
North Melbourne Logistics Hub
A prime grade industrial estate built over nine hectares on Somerton Road. The hub offers modern business spaces with direct access to major arterial routes including the Hume Highway, Hume Freeway, Metropolitan Ring Road and the Somerton Inland Freight Terminal. It comprises 3-5 tenancies across a total of 55,837m2.
Assembly Broadmeadows
A $500 million mixed-use industrial precinct on the former Ford Broadmeadows Assembly Plant site, offering 305,000 sqm of manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing space across 60 hectares.
5,295 residents of Campbellfield - Coolaroo are employed, from a labour force of 6,137. Unemployment sits at 13.7%, with participation at 47.4%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 5.8% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 26,797, about 163% 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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Residents of Campbellfield - Coolaroo form a skilled workforce, with notable representation in the construction sector, an unemployment rate of 13.7%, and an estimated job growth of 4.2% over the previous year. By March 2026, employed residents numbered 5,295, while the unemployment rate was 9.0% higher than the Greater Melbourne rate of 4.8%, highlighting areas for progress. Labor force participation is also notably low at 47.4%, compared to 70.2% in Greater Melbourne. Census details show that only 12.3% of workers operated from home, though this figure was likely influenced by Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
The primary employment sectors for local residents are construction, health care & social assistance, and retail trade. The region exhibits a distinct employment concentration in transport, postal & warehousing, where the proportion of jobs is 2.0 times the regional standard. Conversely, professional & technical roles account for only 3.8% of the local workforce, compared to 10.1% across Greater Melbourne. Recording 1.6 workers for each local resident at the time of the Census, the locality serves as a major job hub, containing more positions than working residents and drawing commuters from neighboring suburbs. According to AreaSearch's evaluation of SALM and ABS statistics, the 12 months ending March 2026 saw employment rise by 4.2% while the total labour force shrank by 0.8%, resulting in a 4.1 percentage point reduction in the unemployment rate. This trend diverged from Greater Melbourne, where employment grew by 2.1%, the labour force expanded by 2.3%, and unemployment increased by 0.2 percentage points. National employment projections from May-25 by Jobs and Skills Australia provide further context regarding future demand in Campbellfield - Coolaroo. These five and ten-year forecasts have been aligned with the local employment structure to project growth trends. Although total national employment is projected to grow by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, the expansion rates vary widely across different industries. Applying these sector-specific forecasts to the employment profile of Campbellfield - Coolaroo suggests local employment could grow by 5.8% over five years and 12.3% over ten years, though this is a basic weighted projection for illustration and does not incorporate localized population growth estimates.
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Campbellfield - Coolaroo is $1,104 a week (about $57,000 a year), with median personal income at $437 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $43,143 a year against an average of $50,341. 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 AreaSearch's consolidation of the most recent postcode level ATO data for the financial year 2023, taxpayers in the Campbellfield - Coolaroo SA2 recorded a median income of $43,143 and an average income of $50,341. These figures sit below national benchmarks and compare to median and average levels of $57,688 and $75,164 across Greater Melbourne. Factoring in Wage Price Index growth of 9.62% since the financial year 2023, updated estimates suggest figures of approximately $47,293 for the median and $55,184 for the average as of March 2026. Census records place household, family, and individual incomes in Campbellfield - Coolaroo between the 1st and 7th percentiles nationally.
Income distribution statistics show the largest segment is 30.1% of residents (4,935 people) within the $800 - 1,499 bracket, contrasting with the broader metropolitan area where 32.8% of the population falls into the $1,500 - 2,999 range. Financial strain from housing costs is pronounced, leaving only 80.4% of income remaining after housing expenses, which ranks in the 6th percentile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Campbellfield - Coolaroo had 4,892 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 86% detached houses and 7% apartments. 33% are owned with a mortgage, 31% rented and 36% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $330 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,500 a month. Rent absorbs 29.9% of household income here and mortgage repayments 31.4%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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The distribution of housing types in Campbellfield - Coolaroo at the time of the latest Census consisted of 85.7% detached houses and 14.4% alternative dwellings like semi-detached properties, apartments, and other housing formats, compared to the Melbourne metropolitan split of 67.9% houses and 32.1% alternative dwellings. Outright home ownership in Campbellfield - Coolaroo was recorded at 36.0%, which is well ahead of the Melbourne metropolitan rate, while the remaining homes were divided between mortgaged properties (33.0%) and rentals (31.0%). The median monthly mortgage payment of residents stood at $1,500, which is considerably lower than the Melbourne metropolitan average of $2,000, while the median weekly rental cost was $330, compared to $390 across metropolitan Melbourne.
On a national scale, Campbellfield - Coolaroo's mortgage repayments are notably below the Australian average of $1,863, and rent prices are significantly lower than the national figure of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Campbellfield - Coolaroo counted 4,892 households at the 2021 Census, averaging 3.0 people each. 38% are couples with children, against 16% couples without children. 23% of households are people living alone, and families average 2.1 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Family units represent the majority of households at 73.6%, which consists of 38.1% couples with children, 16.4% couples without children, and 17.3% single parent households. Non-family households account for the remaining 26.4%, with single person dwellings making up 23.3% and group houses comprising 3.0%. The median household occupancy of 3.0 persons is higher than the Greater Melbourne average of 2.6.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
17.3% of adults in Campbellfield - Coolaroo hold a university qualification, including 11.6% with a bachelor degree and 4.4% with postgraduate qualifications, lower than 79% of areas nationally. A further 16.5% hold a vocational qualification. 10 schools serve the area, with 5,128 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 943 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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The local area experiences educational hurdles, with university graduation rates (17.3%) falling far below the Greater Melbourne average of 37.0%. This situation presents both an obstacle and a chance for focused educational programs. Bachelor degrees represent the largest share of qualifications at 11.6%, followed by postgraduate degrees (4.4%) and graduate diplomas (1.3%). Practical and vocational skills are common, with 26.0% of residents aged 15+ holding trade credentials, consisting of advanced diplomas (9.5%) and certificates (16.5%). A high rate of educational enrollment is observed locally, with 35.1% of the population actively engaged in formal study.
This student population includes 12.1% attending primary schools, 9.5% enrolled in secondary schools, and 5.3% undertaking tertiary education.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Campbellfield - Coolaroo reaches 106 stops on 14 routes, timetabled for about 6,700 services a week. The typical home sits about 260 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 1.3 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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An analysis of public transport reveals 106 active transit stops operating within Campbellfield - Coolaroo, which consist of bus services. These stops are served by 14 separate routes that together handle 6,729 passenger trips weekly. Accessibility is classified as good, with residents living an average of 258 meters from their nearest transit stop. Given the suburb's residential nature, the majority of workers travel outside the area to work, with private vehicles remaining the primary mode of travel at 84%, followed by trains at 9%. Dwellings have an average of 1.3 vehicles.
A relatively small proportion of residents, 12.3%, work from home, according to the 2021 Census, which may reflect pandemic-era conditions. Service frequency averages 961 daily trips across all routes, which corresponds to roughly 63 weekly trips for each individual stop. The associated map highlights the 100 closest transit stops to the central coordinates of the location.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
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70.9% of residents in Campbellfield - Coolaroo report no long-term health condition. 11.2% need daily assistance with core activities, and 45.9% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 5.5 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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Campbellfield - Coolaroo presents notable health hurdles, according to AreaSearch's evaluation of mortality patterns and the frequency of chronic illnesses. General health issues are somewhat common overall, though they are considerably more pronounced among older demographics. Additionally, the rate of private health insurance is exceptionally low, covering only about 46% of the population (~7,525 people), which compares to 56.7% in Greater Melbourne and a national average of 55.7%. Arthritis and diabetes represent the most prevalent medical diagnoses in the region, affecting 7.8% and 7.1% of residents respectively. Conversely, 70.9% of the population reported no chronic medical conditions, compared to 72.6% in Greater Melbourne.
Health profiles within the working-age cohort are generally standard. The proportion of residents aged 65 and over is 16.4% (2,697 people), exceeding the Greater Melbourne average of 15.0%. Seniors face some health challenges, though these rank lower nationally than the statistics for the general population.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
49.7% of Campbellfield - Coolaroo residents were born overseas and 72.5% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 94% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are Australian (12.7%) and Lebanese (11.5%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Campbellfield - Coolaroo ranks as one of the most multicultural localities nationally, with 49.7% of residents born outside Australia and 72.5% using a non-English language at home. Islam is the predominant religious affiliation, accounting for 49.7% of the population in Campbellfield - Coolaroo, which contrasts with 5.6% across Greater Melbourne. Regarding parental country of birth, the top three ancestries in Campbellfield - Coolaroo are Other at 43.8% of the population, which is far higher than the regional average of 14.6%, Australian at 12.7%, which is notably below the regional average of 18.4%, and Lebanese at 11.5%, which is significantly higher than the regional average of 0.8%.
Other ethnic groups display notable differences in representation: Samoan background is overrepresented at 1.0% of Campbellfield - Coolaroo (compared to 0.3% regionally), Vietnamese is at 1.9% (matching 1.9% regionally), and Maltese is at 1.3% (compared to 1.1% regionally).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Campbellfield - Coolaroo is 34, younger than 84% of areas nationally. 28.3% 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 median age in Campbellfield - Coolaroo is 34 years, which is lower than the Greater Melbourne average of 37 and younger than the national average of 38 years. Relative to Greater Melbourne, the area has a larger proportion of children aged 5 - 14 (14.5%) but a smaller share of young adults aged 25 - 34 (13.4%). Since the 2021 Census, the 15 to 24 age bracket grew from 13.6% to 14.9% of the total, whereas the 25 to 34 age bracket decreased from 14.8% to 13.4%. Demographic projections for 2041 point to significant changes, with the 45 to 54 cohort expected to grow the fastest at 49%, adding 885 residents to reach 2,696.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Campbellfield - Coolaroo
9 of 14 data sections on this page were updated within the last 12 months — the newest current to Aug 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) | May 2026 3 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 May 2026, with the 2021 Census supplying the small-area baseline. | ||
| Age profile | ABS, Geoscience Australia, State governments Annual | May 2026 3 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Age cohorts are re-based to the latest ABS population estimates and state projections, current to May 2026. Each cohort is held as a Census baseline and a current estimate. | ||
| Development & approvals | ABS, GNAF Monthly (ABS approvals) | Jun 2026 2 months ago headline measures · May 2026 baseline |
| Property sales & rents | Valuer General, Rental Board, ABS Weekly sales, quarterly rents | Aug 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 Aug 2026. | ||
| Infrastructure projects | Infrastructure Australia, State agencies, Local governments Daily | May 2026 3 months ago all 9 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 5 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 this month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Transport | ABS, State Transport Departments Each timetable release | Jul 2026 last month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Services & amenities | Provider directories, ACECQA Continuous | Jul 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 — 343 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for May 2026, not a 2021 count (16,057 at the 2021 Census → 16,396 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 May 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 (210051243). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.