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Doncaster East - North has an estimated 16,647 residents, up from 15,672 at the 2021 Census — a change of 975 people, or 6.2%. Growth has averaged 0.6% a year over five years. 121 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Overseas migration accounts for 100.0% of that increase. That puts 2,601 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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Demographic assessments by AreaSearch estimate that Doncaster East - North houses roughly 16,647 people as of Aug 2026. This represents an addition of 975 people (6.2%) compared to the 15,672 people recorded in the 2021 Census. Such movement is derived from the ABS estimated resident population figure of 16,642 in June 2025 alongside 121 validated new addresses confirmed post-Census. With 2,601 persons per square kilometer, the locality's population density sits within the top quarter of territories benchmarked nationwide by AreaSearch. Over the preceding ten years, Doncaster East - North posted a solid 0.9% compound annual growth rate, exceeding the broader SA4 region, with overseas migration acting as virtually the exclusive catalyst for recent local expansion.
SA2 geographic projections used by AreaSearch draw on ABS/Geoscience Australia models published in 2024 with a 2022 baseline. For areas not covered by these datasets, 2023 VIC State Government Regional/LGA projections are incorporated via a population growth weighted aggregation method translating LGA trends down to SA2 zones. Aggregated age-bracket growth trajectories are likewise applied across all territories for the 2032 to 2041 timeframe. Projections point to an above median population growth relative to national statistical areas, with Doncaster East - North modeled to gain 2,334 persons by 2041 according to current annual ERP figures, culminating in a 14.0% cumulative rise across the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
357 new dwellings have been approved in Doncaster East - North over the past five years, an average of 71 a year. That places the area in the 53rd percentile for residential development activity nationally, about 4 approvals per 1,000 residents a year. Of the 71 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 27% were detached houses and the rest townhouses or apartments. Figures come from ABS building approvals aggregated to this SA2 boundary and are updated monthly as the ABS releases them.
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Residential building approvals across Doncaster East - North have run at roughly 71 new homes each year, accumulating to 357 homes over the previous 5 financial years. With an influx averaging 1.4 new residents annually per approved dwelling across the last 5 financial years (between FY-22 and FY-26), market supply has aligned smoothly with local demand; however, this ratio increased to 4.3 people per dwelling across the most recent 2 financial years, pointing toward heightening demand and reduced available stock. Construction costs for new residential buildings average $643,000, signaling a clear development emphasis on upscale properties.
Meanwhile, commercial approvals reached $6.0 million during this financial year, underscoring the suburb's predominantly residential character. Per-capita residential building activity in Doncaster East - North reaches roughly 75% of the Greater Melbourne average, placing the district at the 48th percentile across the country and restricting buyer options while reinforcing support for established properties. Recent approvals divide into 27.0% standalone homes alongside 73.0% attached dwellings. This emphasis on medium-density housing introduces more accessible price points suited to first-time buyers, downsizers, and property investors. It reflects a substantial pivot away from current neighborhood stock (presently 78.0% houses), driven by limited land availability, evolving living preferences, and housing affordability pressures. Approvals running at about 375 people per approval highlight an established, mature marketplace. According to the latest quarterly figures from AreaSearch, forward demographic projections indicate Doncaster East - North will add 2,329 residents by 2041. While current building volume generally tracks anticipated growth, prospective buyers may face increased competition as the local population base expands.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Doncaster East - North
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 5 current infrastructure and development projects inside Doncaster East - North, worth an estimated $640 million. A further 127 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $86.1 billion. 30 are already under construction and 41 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, transport & logistics and sports & recreation. 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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Regional performance and capital appreciation are heavily shaped by planning frameworks, public infrastructure delivery, and major private development. AreaSearch has identified 14 key projects anticipated to influence the local area, most notably the 1-15 Andersons Creek Road Mixed Use Development, The Pines Retirement Living, Arden Residences Doncaster East, and Donvale Residences.
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The Pines Retirement Living
Proposed multi-storey retirement living development situated at The Pines Shopping Centre. The project includes 283 independent living apartments, associated amenities, and integration with the existing shopping precinct. The site is co-owned and managed by JY Group and Haben Property Fund.
1-15 Andersons Creek Road Mixed Use Development
Mixed-use development site with town planning approval for 21 apartments, 21 townhouses, and 1 restaurant with 100 car spaces across a 5,328 sqm landholding with 124m street frontage in a Mixed Use Zone. The approved scheme by 2BSCENE DESIGN includes basement parking, communal recreational spaces, and landscaped buffers. The site is currently marketed for sale as a development opportunity with planning permit in place.
Serpell Residence Templestowe
Residential development comprising 10 townhouses on a 2,176 sqm corner site in Templestowe. Includes eight 4-bedroom townhouses and two 2-bedroom townhouses with varying bathroom and garage configurations. Features contemporary design in an established area.
Anderson Creek Townhomes
Comprising 58 luxury three, four, and five-bedroom townhomes designed by Rothelowman and developed by Wonder Property Group. Features spacious living areas, stone benchtops, timber floors, and private outdoor spaces directly connecting to Schafter Reserve.
Devon Plaza Redevelopment
Mixed-use redevelopment project within the Devon Plaza retail precinct. Following the 16.35 million AUD acquisition of the Woolworths site by Woolworths Group, the project envisions a new full-line supermarket integrated with shop-top apartments. This aligns with the Doncaster East Village Structure Plan to enhance the activity centre, improve connectivity, and create vibrant community spaces with medium-density housing.
Eastern Freeway Upgrades - Tram Road to Springvale Road
The third and easternmost package of the Eastern Freeway Upgrades, covering about 4.5 kilometres of the Eastern Freeway (M3) between Tram Road in Doncaster and Springvale Road in Nunawading. Delivered by VIDA Roads (formerly Major Road Projects Victoria) as part of the North East Link Program, the works add new express, local and through lanes with reconfigured entry and exit ramps between Tram Road and Middleborough Road to remove the merging and weaving that causes congestion today, three new freeway lanes from Middleborough Road to Springvale Road, and upgraded entry ramps at Springvale, Surrey and Wetherby roads.A new Intelligent Transport System and managed motorway technology will be installed across the section. Community outcomes include 1.6 kilometres of improved walking and cycling connections along the Koonung Creek Trail, new bridges to Eram Park at Eram Road and Koonung Creek, upgrades to the Cabena Street and Koonung Road bridges, upgraded underpasses at Station Street and Wetherby, Blackburn and Springvale roads, and reinstated open space at Eram Park and Junction Road Reserve. Quieter road surfaces and new and retained noise walls will meet Victoria's toughest traffic noise standard of 63 decibels by day and 58 decibels at night. The Urban Design and Landscape Plan was exhibited in September 2025, attracting 125 submissions, and was approved on 30 April 2026 with additional Koonung Creek Trail surface upgrades, improved bridge rails and screens, a larger grassed area at Eram Park, extra screen planting at Junction Road and Frank Sedgman reserves, creek-inspired colours for acrylic noise wall panels, and new drinking fountains and bicycle repair stations. Site establishment, traffic barrier installation, service relocations and gantry removals were completed through 2025 and early 2026, and major construction is now underway. The section is scheduled to open in 2028 alongside the North East Link tunnels and the M80 Ring Road Completion. The Synergy consortium of CPB Contractors, BMD Constructions and Arup is the delivery contractor.
The Pines Shopping Centre Ambience Uplift
Ambience uplift project for triple supermarket anchored centre (Coles, ALDI, Woolworths) with Kmart and over 100 specialty stores. Enhanced lighting, flooring, wayfinding, and customer experience improvements.
1026-1030 Doncaster Road Luxury Apartments
A landmark development featuring 107 luxury apartments on a 4,200 sqm site. The amended planning permit removed one basement level and increased building height to improve internal layouts and amenity. Located at a corner site surrounded by shopping centres with easy access to the Eastern Freeway.
8,319 residents of Doncaster East - North are employed, from a labour force of 8,677. Unemployment sits at 4.1%, with participation at 62.7%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 7.0% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 13,823, about 83% 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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Doncaster East - North possesses an accomplished, educated labor market characterized by a significant professional services cohort, an unemployment rate of 4.1%, and an estimated 1.4% annual employment rise over the past year. Employed locals numbered 8,319 as of March 2026, while the jobless rate sat 0.6% beneath the 4.8% recorded across Greater Melbourne, though local labor participation (62.7%) trails the broader metropolitan level of 70.1%. At the time of the Census, a notable 36.0% of workers indicated working from home, a figure influenced by Covid-19 restrictions. Local workers are concentrated primarily in health care & social assistance, professional & technical, and retail trade.
The area displays a strong specialization in professional & technical fields, recording an employment representation 1.2 times above regional levels. Conversely, the construction sector is less prevalent, engaging 7.2% of the local workforce compared to 9.7% across Greater Melbourne. Given the discrepancy between local resident counts and Census workplace counts, the neighborhood serves primarily as a residential dormitory offering limited on-site employment. According to AreaSearch evaluations of ABS and SALM records, the year leading to March 2026 experienced a 1.4% lift in employment against a 2.6% expansion in the total labor pool, pushing the unemployment rate up by 1.1 percentage points. Across Greater Melbourne over the identical timeframe, employment expanded by 2.1%, labor force numbers grew by 2.3%, and the unemployment rate edged up 0.2 percentage points. Forward-looking guidance from Jobs and Skills Australia national forecasts from Mar-26 provides context on medium- and long-term labor demand. While nationwide projections anticipate employment growth of 6.6% across five years and 13.7% across ten years, performance varies widely by sector. When applying these industry projections to the local workforce structure, Doncaster East - North employment is estimated to rise by 7.0% across five years and 14.2% across ten years (serving as an illustrative weighted extrapolation that excludes localized demographic projections).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Doncaster East - North is $1,934 a week (about $101,000 a year), with median personal income at $704 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $48,813 a year against an average of $67,021. 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 personal earnings in the Doncaster East - North SA2 near nationwide benchmarks, recording a median income of $48,813 and an average income of $67,021. These levels sit lower than Greater Melbourne, where median earnings were $57,688 and average earnings were $75,164. Accounting for a 9.62% Wage Price Index rise since financial year 2023, updated estimates reach roughly $53,509 (median) and $73,468 (average) by March 2026. Based on 2021 Census records, household earnings sit in the 61st percentile ($1,934 weekly), whereas individual earnings place in the 29th percentile.
The dominant income bracket covers 30.9% of workers taking home $1,500 - 2,999 weekly (5,143 residents), closely matching the regional proportion of 32.8%. Residents retain 85.3% of earnings after housing costs, placing the area in the 8th decile on the SEIFA income index.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Doncaster East - North had 5,352 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 78% detached houses and 11% apartments. 36% are owned with a mortgage, 18% rented and 47% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $497 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,400 a month. Rent absorbs 25.7% of household income here and mortgage repayments 28.6%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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Residential property in Doncaster East - North at the time of the latest Census was composed of 78.0% houses and 22.0% other dwellings (incorporating semi-detached homes, units, and alternative dwellings), differing from the Melbourne metro distribution of 67.9% houses and 32.1% other dwellings. Outright home ownership in Doncaster East - North reached 47.0%, substantially exceeding metropolitan rates, while 35.5% of homes were mortgaged and 17.5% were rented. Median monthly home loan repayments were $2,400, well above Melbourne metro's $2,000 benchmark, while median weekly rent stood at $497 compared to the metropolitan median of $390.
Across Australia, typical repayments sit at $1,863 per month and rents average $375 weekly, placing Doncaster East - North well above national costs.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Doncaster East - North counted 5,352 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 5,685 today, averaging 2.8 people each. 44% are couples with children, more than in 88% of areas nationally, against 28% couples without children. 16% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.6 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Families make up the overwhelming majority of local households at 82.8%, split between couples with children at 44.4%, couples without children at 27.5%, and single parent families at 10.0%. The balance of 17.2% consists of non-family living arrangements, which include lone person households at 15.8% and group households at 1.3%. Typical household size stands at 2.8 people, higher than the Greater Melbourne average of 2.6.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
43.6% of adults in Doncaster East - North hold a university qualification, including 28.0% with a bachelor degree and 12.4% with postgraduate qualifications, higher than 89% of areas nationally. A further 11.6% hold a vocational qualification. 1 school serves the area, with 794 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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Local academic qualifications in Doncaster East - North exceed broader standards, with 43.6% of residents aged 15+ possessing a tertiary degree, well above the 30.4% national and 33.4% VIC benchmarks. This high concentration of tertiary-educated individuals positions the area well for professional and knowledge-intensive industries. Bachelor degrees account for the largest share at 28.0%, alongside postgraduate qualifications at 12.4% and graduate diplomas at 3.2%. Technical and vocational credentials represent 22.5% of qualifications among residents aged 15+, divided between advanced diplomas (10.9%) and certificates (11.6%). Engagement with the education sector is substantial, with 28.6% of the local population actively enrolled in formal study.
This cohort comprises 9.4% attending primary school, 7.5% in secondary education, and 6.6% enrolled in tertiary institutions.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Doncaster East - North reaches 75 stops on 20 routes, timetabled for about 12,700 services a week. The typical home sits about 190 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 1.6 vehicles. Stop and service counts are built from operators' published GTFS timetables and refresh with each timetable release; vehicle ownership is from the 2021 Census.
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Commuter connectivity across Doncaster East - North is supported by 75 active bus stops across 20 routes, delivering 12,716 weekly passenger trips. Public transit access is strong, with local dwellings situated an average of 191 meters from the nearest stop. The suburb functions primarily as an outward-commuting residential area where private vehicles dominate travel at 87%, followed by bus transit at 7%. Household vehicle ownership averages 1.6 per dwelling, higher than the regional average, while 36.0% of workers indicated working from home during the 2021 Census under prevailing COVID-19 circumstances.
Public transport operations generate an average of 1,816 trips per day across the network, representing approximately 169 weekly trips for each transit stop.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
Transport Stops Detail
75.4% of residents in Doncaster East - North report no long-term health condition, a healthier profile than 97% of areas nationally. 5.5% need daily assistance with core activities, and 52.1% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 3.7 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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AreaSearch evaluations of mortality statistics and chronic health patterns indicate exceptional health outcomes throughout Doncaster East - North, marked by very low rates of common illnesses across every age tier. Private health insurance uptake sits slightly behind the typical SA2 at roughly 52% of all residents (~8,673 people), compared to 56.7% across Greater Melbourne. Arthritis (6.7%) and asthma (5.3%) represent the most commonly reported medical conditions in the community, while 75.4% of residents reported having no chronic medical ailments, outpacing the 72.6% recorded across Greater Melbourne. Senior residents aged 65 and over constitute 23.8% of the local population (3,966 people), well above the 15.1% metropolitan benchmark, with elderly cohorts displaying strong health profiles consistent with nationwide standards.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
52.0% of Doncaster East - North residents were born overseas and 57.4% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 93% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are Chinese (31.2%) and English (13.1%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural diversity in Doncaster East - North is among the highest across the nation, with 57.4% of residents using a language other than English at home and 52.0% born overseas. Christianity represents the most widespread religious affiliation, accounting for 46.0% of the population. Buddhism demonstrates the most pronounced relative concentration, making up 5.1% of the community compared to 4.2% across Greater Melbourne. Looking at parental country of birth, Chinese ancestry forms the largest demographic cohort at 31.2%, significantly above the 6.5% regional proportion. English ancestry follows at 13.1%, below the broader 20.1% regional mark, while Other ancestry represents 12.4%.
Notable variations also appear across other cultural backgrounds, with Greek ancestry comprising 6.4% locally (vs 2.7% regionally), Italian at 6.7% (vs 5.2%), and Macedonian at 0.7% (vs 0.7%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Doncaster East - North is 43. 21.5% 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 age distribution of Doncaster East - North is skewed toward older demographics relative to the broader region. Based on estimates updated to August 2026, retiree and elderly cohorts (65+) make up 23.8% of the populace compared to 15.1% across Greater Melbourne, while young to middle aged adults (25 - 44) comprise 23.2% compared to 32.1% regionally. Median age is estimated at 43, unchanged from the 2021 Census and exceeding Greater Melbourne's median of 37 and the national median of 38 recorded at that Census. The most noticeable demographic shift since the Census occurred in the 45 - 64 age bracket, which declined from 26.5% to an estimated 24.3%.
Long-term growth to 2041 will be heavily driven by senior cohorts, with those aged 65+ projected to increase by 1,413 residents (36%) to reach 5,380.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Doncaster East - North
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 last month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Re-based to the ABS Estimated Resident Population (June 2025 release) and updated with new dwellings from GNAF address data. Current to Aug 2026, with the 2021 Census supplying the small-area baseline. | ||
| Age profile | ABS, Geoscience Australia, State governments Annual | Aug 2026 last month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Age cohorts are re-based to the latest ABS population estimates and state projections, current to Aug 2026. Each cohort is held as a Census baseline and a current estimate. | ||
| Development & approvals | ABS, GNAF Monthly (ABS approvals) | Aug 2026 last month headline measures · Jun 2026 baseline |
| Property sales & rents | Valuer General, Rental Board, ABS Weekly sales, quarterly rents | Sep 2026 this month all 21 measures |
| Sales from the state Valuer General register, refreshed weekly, and rents from quarterly rental bond lodgements. Both are read live each time this page loads, current to Sep 2026. | ||
| Infrastructure projects | Infrastructure Australia, State agencies, Local governments Daily | Jun 2026 3 months ago all 5 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 Jun 2026. | ||
| Employment | ABS, DEWR, JSA Quarterly (ABS SALM) | Mar 2026 6 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Unemployment and labour force from ABS Small Area Labour Markets, current to Mar 2026. The growth outlook applies Department of Employment (now Jobs and Skills Australia) forecasts for all 19 industry divisions to the local industry mix, so it measures sector composition rather than local expansion and makes no allowance for population growth. Job demand comes from the same agency via its Internet Vacancy Index; industry and occupation structure from the 2021 Census. | ||
| Education | ABS, ACARA Annual (ACARA) | Aug 2026 last month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Transport | ABS, State Transport Departments Each timetable release | Jul 2026 2 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Services & amenities | Provider directories, ACECQA Continuous | Jul 2026 2 months ago all 14 measures |
| Annual and financial-year sources 2 sections | ||
| Income | ABS, ATO Annual (ATO) | FY 2023 3 years ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| ATO taxable income statistics for FY 2023, indexed forward using the Wage Price Index. Census household income provides the distribution detail. | ||
| Health | ABS, ATO Annual | 2024 2 years ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Census-measured — next update: 2026 Census 3 sections No more current small-area source exists for these, so they are labelled as Census-measured rather than implied to be current. | ||
| Housing | ABS 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 30 measures |
| Households | ABS 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 18 measures |
| Cultural diversity | ABS, Geoscience Australia 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 44 measures |
"Currency" is the most recent release feeding that section. Where the Census supplies the structural baseline underneath a current headline figure, the row says so.
How the numbers are built
Population
The Census provides the small-area baseline, aggregated from mesh blocks to this boundary. It is then re-based to the ABS Estimated Resident Population (June 2025 release), and new dwellings built since Census night are counted from address data — 121 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (15,672 at the 2021 Census → 16,647 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 (207021424). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.