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Clifton Hill - Alphington has an estimated 11,424 residents, up from 9,855 at the 2021 Census — a change of 1,569 people, or 15.9%. Growth has averaged 2.4% a year over five years, faster than 86% of areas nationally. 694 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Overseas migration accounts for 59.6% of that increase. That puts 2,193 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 population of Clifton Hill - Alphington is estimated to be approximately 11,424 in May 2026. This represents a growth of 1,569 individuals (15.9%) from the 9,855 residents recorded in the 2021 Census. The calculation is based on the June 2025 ABS estimated resident population of 11,420 and 694 validated new addresses registered after the Census. The local population density stands at 2,192 persons per square kilometer, a figure that exceeds the standard across analyzed national locations. The 15.9% expansion rate since the 2021 Census outpaced the state level of 9.3% and the countrywide average, positioning the locality as a regional leader in growth.
While all factors including natural increase and interstate migration were positive, the primary driver was overseas migration, which accounted for roughly 59.6% of the overall population rise in recent times. Projections for each SA2 region published by the ABS and Geoscience Australia in 2024, using 2022 as a baseline, are implemented by AreaSearch. For SA2 territories lacking this data, projections are derived from the 2023 VIC State Government Regional/LGA releases, adjusted using a weighted aggregation method of population growth from LGA to SA2 tiers. Age cohort growth rates calculated through this aggregation are applied to all locations for the years 2032 to 2041. Future projections suggest that the locality will experience exceptional expansion, ranking in the top 10 percent of areas nationwide, with the population expected to increase by 6,090 individuals to 2041 relative to the latest annual ERP statistics, representing a 53.3% total rise over the 16 years.
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1,241 new dwellings have been approved in Clifton Hill - Alphington over the past five years, an average of 248 a year. That places the area in the 87th percentile for residential development activity nationally, about 22 approvals per 1,000 residents a year. Of the 165 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 2% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Approvals are currently running at an annualised 271, 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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Approximately 248 residential building approvals have been granted annually in Clifton Hill - Alphington, summing up to 1,241 dwellings over the preceding 5 financial years. Thus far in FY-26, there have been 249 approvals registered. With an average of 1 new resident per year arriving per approved dwelling during the 5 financial years from FY-21 to FY-25, construction levels align well with demand to maintain stable market conditions, with new homes built at an average cost of $322,000. Furthermore, commercial approvals worth $38.1 million have been logged this financial year, reflecting a strong trend in commercial real estate development.
Per capita construction activity in Clifton Hill - Alphington is 232.0% higher than the Greater Melbourne average, offering a wider selection of properties to purchasers. This building rate is significantly above the national benchmark, demonstrating high developer confidence in the local market. The composition of new builds is 2.0% freestanding houses and 98.0% attached dwellings like townhouses and apartments. High-density residential construction provides more accessible entry-level options and caters to downsizers, investors, and first-time buyers. This represents a significant shift from the current housing stock, which comprises 27.0% houses, showing a reduction in available land and reflecting evolving lifestyle trends and a demand for varied, affordable housing. The area records approximately 48 people for every home approval, suggesting a growing market. Projections indicate that Clifton Hill - Alphington will welcome an additional 6,085 residents by 2041, based on the most recent quarterly estimate from AreaSearch. The current volume of construction suggests that housing supply will sufficiently accommodate this demand, creating positive conditions for buyers and potentially supporting population growth that surpasses current expectations.
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Development applications around Clifton Hill - Alphington
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 15 current infrastructure and development projects inside Clifton Hill - Alphington, worth an estimated $10.4 billion. A further 152 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $21.9 billion. 53 are already under construction and 72 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, communities, precincts & urban renewal and communities. 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 projects, major developments, and planning schemes have a significant impact on local performance. AreaSearch has identified 90 projects that are expected to affect the suburb. Principal developments include the Thomas Embling Hospital Expansion, the Fitzroy Gasworks Precinct, the Heidelberg Road Corridor Local Area Plan and Built Form Framework, and YarraBend, with key details provided below for the most relevant initiatives.
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Thomas Embling Hospital Expansion
The Victorian Government is investing 515.7 million AUD to expand the Thomas Embling Hospital forensic mental health facility. The project delivers 82 additional beds, including a 34-bed women's precinct and a 48-bed medium security men's facility. It also features a new entry complex, clinical administration facilities, and a multi-deck carpark. This expansion implements key recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System.
Alphington Village
A major mixed-use precinct on the former Amcor Paper Mill site, featuring 632 build-to-rent apartments, 150 affordable housing units, and 25,000sqm of retail and commercial space. The development includes six towers ranging from 5 to 14 levels, a Coles supermarket, ALDI, childcare centre, and community facilities centered around a village square.
YarraBend - The Mills Alphington
YarraBend is Glenvill Developments' $1.2 billion masterplanned community on the 16.5-hectare former Amcor paper mill site in Alphington, 6.5km from Melbourne CBD. The Mills is a completed sub-precinct within YarraBend featuring 137 DKO-designed townhouses and loft-style residences that draw on the site's industrial heritage. The broader YarraBend precinct comprises approximately 1,500 dwellings across multiple precincts including apartments, townhouses, heritage warehouse conversions, and riverfront homes. Active construction continues on later precincts including Seren Row and Tambour Townhouses.Amenities include a world-class subterranean wellness centre with pools and spa, The Bend dining and retail precinct, 300 metres of Yarra River frontage, and multiple parks.
Fitzroy Gasworks Precinct
Major urban renewal of the 3.9 ha former Fitzroy Gasworks site into a sustainable mixed-use precinct. As of April 2026, construction of residential Parcel B (part of 1,050 homes by Inner North Collective JV) has commenced. Development Victoria recently appointed Local: Residential to deliver the final component, Parcel A (360 homes), with planning permits expected in late 2026. The precinct already features the operational Wurun Senior Campus and the newly completed Bundha Sports Centre. The project will deliver approximately 1,400 homes with a minimum of 20 percent dedicated to affordable housing.
Heidelberg Road Corridor Local Area Plan and Built Form Framework
Joint Yarra City Council and Darebin City Council planning initiative for both sides of the Heidelberg Road corridor between Merri Creek and Darebin Creek. The plan guides future land use, built form, public realm, open space access and transport outcomes. Yarra has progressed permanent built form controls through Amendment C273yara, while Darebin indicates further strategic work, including updated economic analysis, is needed before broader rezoning or planning controls proceed.
YarraBend
YarraBend is a major mixed-use urban renewal precinct on the former Alphington Paper Mill site, about 6.5 km from Melbourne CBD. The masterplan includes around 2,500 townhouses and apartments, retail and commercial space, community facilities, parkland, a Yarra River frontage and resort-style wellness amenities. The precinct is partly delivered and remains in staged construction, with Yarra City Council issuing a 2025 Riverbank Precinct permit for remediation, riverbank works, paths, trails and replacement landscaping.
Queens Parade Service Lane Upgrade
An infrastructure upgrade to the Queens Parade service lane to improve safety and connectivity for cyclists, pedestrians, and public transport users. The project includes a new separated bike lane, additional accessible car spaces, and a level-access bus stop platform, alongside water main upgrades managed with Greater Western Water. It forms part of the broader Fitzroy Gasworks precinct urban renewal.
YarraBend
YarraBend is a 16.5 hectare masterplanned mixed-use riverside community on the former Alphington Paper Mill site in inner Melbourne, approximately 6.5km from the CBD. The project delivers around 2,500 dwellings across six precincts - Mills, Parkview, Artisan, Heritage, River Quarter and Outer Circle - including heritage conversions, townhouses, apartments, houses and riverfront homes. Amenity includes a Health and Wellness Centre with indoor and outdoor pools, onsen spa, gym, yoga rooms and sauna, The Hub co-working and residents facility, and The Bend artisanal food and dining precinct.Several precincts and buildings are complete or nearing completion: Seren Row Penthouses are move-in ready, Sheahan Townhouses are complete, and Parkview Townhouses are under construction. The northern tip of the site (640 Heidelberg Road, approx. 2.1 hectares) was sold in 2022 to Time and Place and Corsair Capital for a separate build-to-rent, retail (including Coles), childcare and co-working development of approximately 600 dwellings. In March 2025 Yarra City Council issued a planning permit for riverbank remediation and landscaping works in the Riverbank Precinct. Full build-out of the broader precinct is expected by the late 2020s.
7,285 residents of Clifton Hill - Alphington are employed, from a labour force of 7,559. Unemployment sits at 3.6%, with participation at 77.3%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 7.5% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth, so in an area growing as fast as this one it understates the likely rise in local jobs. The working-day population is estimated at 10,058, about 88% 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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The local workforce is characterized by high levels of education, with particularly strong representation in the technology sector, a low unemployment rate of 3.6%, and estimated annual job growth of 4.0%. As of March 2026, 7,285 residents are employed, and the unemployment rate is 1.1% lower than the 4.8% recorded across Greater Melbourne, while labor force participation is exceptionally high at 77.3% compared to Greater Melbourne's 70.2%. Census figures indicate that 53.3% of the working population worked from home, although this should be interpreted in light of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.
The primary sectors employing local residents are professional & technical, health care & social assistance, and education & training. The concentration of workers in professional & technical services is highly pronounced, reaching 1.8 times the regional average. Conversely, construction workers are underrepresented, making up 5.6% of the workforce in Clifton Hill - Alphington compared to 9.7% in Greater Melbourne. Comparisons between the census working population and the local resident population suggest that while local jobs are available, a significant portion of residents travel outside the suburb for work. An analysis by AreaSearch using SALM and ABS statistics shows that for the 12 months ending March 2026, the number of employed residents rose by 4.0% and the labor force grew by 3.7%, leading to a 0.3 percentage point decrease in the unemployment rate. In comparison, Greater Melbourne experienced a 2.1% increase in employment, a 2.3% expansion of the labor force, and a 0.2 percentage point rise in unemployment. National employment projections from Jobs and Skills Australia as of May-25 offer additional context on future demand trends in Clifton Hill - Alphington. These five-year and ten-year forecasts have been combined with the local industry breakdown to project growth patterns. Nationally, employment is predicted to rise by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, with substantial variation across industries. Applying these national trends to the local employment mix yields an estimated local job growth of 7.5% over five years and 15.1% over ten years, representing a basic weighted extrapolation for illustrative purposes that excludes local population growth forecasts.
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Median household income in Clifton Hill - Alphington is $2,529 a week (about $132,000 a year), with median personal income at $1,340 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $72,354 a year against an average of $104,808. The average runs 45% 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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According to financial year 2023 ATO statistics compiled by AreaSearch, the income profile of Clifton Hill - Alphington SA2 ranks in the highest national percentile. Taxpayers in Clifton Hill - Alphington SA2 earn a median income of $72,354 and an average income of $104,808, compared to $57,688 and $75,164 respectively in Greater Melbourne. Factoring in a Wage Price Index increase of 9.62% since financial year 2023, estimated figures as of March 2026 would be roughly $79,314 for the median and $114,891 for the average. Census data places household, family, and individual incomes in the 91st to 95th national percentiles.
Income distribution figures show that the top weekly earnings bracket of $4000+ contains 31.8% of the population (3,632 residents), whereas the regional leader is the $1,500 - 2,999 bracket at 32.8%. High-income earners are highly visible, with 44.5% receiving more than $3,000 per week, pointing to substantial spending capacity. Residential expenses account for 15.2% of household income, but strong wages ensure disposable income levels remain in the 90th percentile, with the area positioned in the 10th decile of the SEIFA index.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Clifton Hill - Alphington had 3,957 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 27% detached houses and 29% apartments. 31% are owned with a mortgage, 40% rented and 29% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $500 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,600 a month, a total housing cost higher than 89% of areas nationally. Rent absorbs 19.8% of household income here and mortgage repayments 23.7%. 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 local housing profile at the most recent Census consisted of 27.4% houses and 72.6% alternative housing types, such as apartments, townhouses, and other dwellings, compared to the metropolitan Melbourne average of 67.9% houses and 32.1% alternative types. The home ownership rate in Clifton Hill - Alphington stood at 29.4%, which matches the Melbourne metro benchmark, with the remaining dwellings split between mortgaged properties (30.8%) and rental properties (39.8%). The median mortgage payment of $2,600 per month was substantially higher than the Melbourne metro average of $2,000, while the median weekly rent of $500 also exceeded the metropolitan figure of $390.
On a national level, mortgage repayments in Clifton Hill - Alphington are much higher than the Australian median of $1,863, and rents are similarly well above the countrywide figure of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Clifton Hill - Alphington counted 3,957 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 4,587 today, averaging 2.3 people each. 26% are couples with children, against 28% couples without children. 30% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.0 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Families make up 62.0% of the local households, consisting of couples with children at 26.0%, couples without children at 28.4%, and single parents at 6.5%. Single-person households comprise 30.2% of the community and group households make up 7.9%, with non-family households accounting for the remaining 38.0%. The median household occupancy is 2.3 people, which is below the Greater Melbourne average of 2.6.
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64.3% of adults in Clifton Hill - Alphington hold a university qualification, including 36.4% with a bachelor degree and 21.1% with postgraduate qualifications, higher than 92% of areas nationally. A further 7.6% hold a vocational qualification. 5 schools serve the area, with 1,962 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,172 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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Residents of Clifton Hill - Alphington demonstrate higher levels of educational qualification than the broader population, with 64.3% of those aged 15+ holding a university degree, compared to 30.4% nationally and 33.4% in VIC. This educational pattern prepares the local population for knowledge-driven sectors. Bachelor degrees are the most common qualification at 36.4%, followed by postgraduate degrees at 21.1% and graduate diplomas at 6.8%. Vocational education accounts for 15.2% of qualifications among residents aged 15 and over, split evenly between advanced diplomas (7.6%) and certificates (7.6%). Participation in education is high, with 27.8% of the population enrolled in an educational institution.
This figure includes 8.8% in tertiary studies, 8.0% in primary schools, and 5.4% in secondary schools.
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Public transport in Clifton Hill - Alphington reaches 35 stops on 11 routes, timetabled for about 6,200 services a week. The typical home sits about 270 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 0.9 vehicles. Stop and service counts are built from operators' published GTFS timetables and refresh with each timetable release; vehicle ownership is from the 2021 Census.
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Public transport infrastructure in Clifton Hill - Alphington features 35 active stops, including a combination of lightrail and buses. These facilities are served by 11 separate routes, which support a total of 6,238 weekly passenger journeys. Accessibility is good, with residents living an average of 269 meters from their nearest transit stop. Given the residential nature of the suburb, most workers commute out of the area. Private vehicles remain the primary mode of travel at 64%, while 11% travel by train and 11% ride bicycles. The average rate of vehicle ownership is 0.9 per household, which is below the metropolitan average.
A high proportion of residents, 53.3%, work from home, according to the 2021 Census, which may be influenced by pandemic conditions. Service frequency across all local routes averages 891 trips daily, which represents approximately 178 weekly services for each individual transit stop.
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68.8% of residents in Clifton Hill - Alphington report no long-term health condition. 4.2% need daily assistance with core activities, and 73.1% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 5.4 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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Health outcomes for residents of Clifton Hill - Alphington are generally positive, with analysis of mortality rates and medical conditions by AreaSearch revealing trends that are consistent with national averages, showing typical rates of common illnesses across youth and older cohorts. Private health insurance membership is exceptionally high, covering approximately 73% of the population (8,350 people), compared to 56.7% in Greater Melbourne and a national average of 55.7%. Mental health conditions and asthma are the most common medical diagnoses in the locality, affecting 11.8% and 8.8% of residents. Meanwhile, 68.8% of the population reported no chronic health issues, compared to 72.6% in Greater Melbourne.
Health statistics for the working-age population are standard, while residents aged 65 and over make up 14.3% of the community (1,627 people). Health measures for this senior cohort are above average, with national rankings exceeding those of the general population.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
Clifton Hill - Alphington is largely Australian-born, at 77.7% of residents, with 14.2% speaking a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are English (25.9%) and Australian (20.1%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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The suburb displays higher cultural diversity than average, with 22.3% of residents born overseas and 14.2% speaking a language other than English in their homes. Christianity is the most common religious affiliation, representing 28.2% of the local population. However, the most significant deviation from regional trends is in Judaism, which is practiced by 1.0% of residents, compared to 1.0% across Greater Melbourne. Regarding parental ancestry, the three largest ethnic groups in Clifton Hill - Alphington are English at 25.9%, which is higher than the regional average of 20.1%, Australian at 20.1%, and Irish at 12.2%, which is higher than the regional average of 6.5%.
Other demographic differences include Scottish ancestry, which is overrepresented at 9.5% compared to 5.6% across the region, Greek ancestry at 2.7% compared to 2.7% regionally, and Macedonian ancestry at 0.5% compared to 0.7% regionally.
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Clifton Hill - Alphington is 36. That is 1 year younger than at the 2021 Census. 30.4% 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 of 36 years in Clifton Hill - Alphington is close to the Greater Melbourne average of 37 and slightly below the national median of 38. Compared to Greater Melbourne, the suburb has a larger share of residents aged 25 - 34 (20.3%) but a smaller share of those aged 15 - 24 (10.1%). The concentration of residents aged 25 - 34 is also above the national rate of 14.6%. Since the 2021 Census, the proportion of residents aged 15 to 24 grew from 8.5% to 10.1%, and the 35 to 44 cohort increased from 17.0% to 18.5%, while the 55 to 64 group decreased from 11.3% to 10.1%.
Demographic projections suggest the local age profile will change by 2041, with the 45 to 54 age group expected to show the greatest growth, increasing by 99% or 1,413 individuals to reach a total of 2,836.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Clifton Hill - Alphington
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 16 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 — 694 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for May 2026, not a 2021 count (9,855 at the 2021 Census → 11,424 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 (206071145). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.