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Epping - South has an estimated 8,329 residents, up from 8,204 at the 2021 Census — a change of 125 people, or 1.5%. 350 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. That puts 525 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 from AreaSearch, the population of Epping - South stands at approximately 8,329 as of Aug 2026. This represents an addition of 125 people (1.5%) compared to the 2021 Census tally of 8,204 people. Such population shifts are derived from the ABS estimated resident population figure of 8,322 recorded as of June 2025 alongside 350 validated new addresses identified following the Census date. With a population density of 524 persons per square kilometer, the locality offers ample space per resident and room for future expansion. Recent demographic expansion has been driven almost entirely by overseas migration, serving as virtually the lone contributor to net population additions.
Projections published by ABS/Geoscience Australia in 2024 utilizing 2022 as a base year are incorporated by AreaSearch across SA2 regions. Where SA2 data is unavailable, Victorian State Government Regional/LGA projections issued in 2023 are applied via a weighted aggregation methodology translating LGA gains to SA2 geographies, with age cohort trajectories from these aggregations adopted for 2032 to 2041. Over this timeframe, Epping - South is projected to experience exceptional expansion ranking within the top 10 percent of Australian statistical areas, adding 3,742 persons to 2041 according to recent annual ERP data, which equates to an overall increase of 44.8% across the 16 years.
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44 new dwellings have been approved in Epping - South over the past five years, an average of 8 a year. That is 1.1 approvals per 1,000 residents. 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 in Epping - South have averaged around 8 per annum, totaling 44 homes over the last 5 financial years (between FY-22 and FY-26). Because the locality has recorded population decline, current residential building volumes have kept pace with requirements, maintaining a balanced market and healthy purchasing choices. Furthermore, newly approved homes reflect an average construction cost of $333,000, sitting below the broader regional benchmark and pointing to relatively affordable construction profiles. Meanwhile, commercial activity has demonstrated solid momentum, registering $119.4 million in commercial building approvals this financial year.
Per capita construction activity in Epping - South sits 92.0% below regional average levels relative to Greater Melbourne. This restrained pace of new additions typically underpins buyer interest and valuations across established properties. Building rates similarly track below national benchmarks, underscoring the established profile of the neighborhood and indicating possible planning constraints. Among recent building approvals, detached houses represent 56.0% while medium and high-density housing accounts for 44.0%, delivering an expanding assortment of apartments and townhouses that cater to varying budgets from entry-level compact dwellings to family properties. This composition represents a marked shift from the existing dwelling base of 78.0% houses, reflecting constrained development land alongside changing buyer lifestyles and affordability requirements. With roughly 2935 people per residential approval, the area is characterized by subdued, low-scale development conditions. According to the latest quarterly estimate from AreaSearch, Epping - South is projected to add 3,735 residents through to 2041. Given prevailing development activity, residential construction volumes could encounter challenges matching future demographic expansion, potentially intensifying buyer competition and placing upward pressure on home prices.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Epping - South
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 12 current infrastructure and development projects inside Epping - South, worth an estimated $8.64 billion. A further 88 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $24.2 billion. 28 are already under construction and 39 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, communities, precincts & urban renewal and education & training. 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 investment, major development initiatives, and planning schemes play a crucial role in shaping community outcomes. AreaSearch has tracked 50 projects poised to influence the district, including major works such as New Epping Health Hub, Melbourne Food Innovation and Export Hub (MFIX), Northern Hospital Redevelopment, and New Epping, with priority initiatives summarized below.
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Northern Hospital Redevelopment
The $813 million Northern Hospital Redevelopment is a two-stage expansion of the Epping campus to meet the rising healthcare needs of Melbourne's fast-growing northern growth corridor. Stage 1 is delivering a four-storey Ambulatory Care Centre, which reached structural completion in October 2025 and is on track for opening in mid-2026. The new building will house outpatient, clinical and administration services with a ground link to the existing hospital. Stage 2, with John Holland appointed as Managing Contractor in October 2025, will deliver a new seven-level emergency department and inpatient unit tower fronting Cooper Street.The expanded ED will include a dedicated paediatric zone, a specialised mental health and alcohol and other drugs hub, an emergency observation unit, additional inpatient beds and more car parking. Early Works packages were advertised in late 2025, with Main Works packages being released progressively through early 2026. Once fully operational in late 2029, the redevelopment will provide nearly 200 emergency treatment spaces and support an additional 30,000 emergency patients each year. Both stages are expected to support up to 2,200 jobs during construction.
New Epping Health Hub
The New Epping Health Hub is a $1 billion state-of-the-art health and innovation precinct forming a significant public-private health cluster. Anchored by the now-operational Northern Private Hospital and the adjacent Northern Hospital, the 7-hectare hub features 80,000sqm of medical floorspace. Construction is currently underway on the $100 million New Epping Medical building, a six-storey facility providing 8,200sqm of specialist suites. Simultaneously, the $813 million Northern Hospital expansion is progressing, with the four-storey Ambulatory Care Centre structurally complete as of late 2025 and an emergency department tower under development.The precinct integrates specialist medical, research, and wellness facilities within a masterplan featuring a 2.7km nature loop.
Melbourne Food Innovation and Export Hub (MFIX)
The Melbourne Food Innovation and Export Hub (MFIX) is a planned 50-hectare precinct designed to co-locate food production, R&D, and export logistics. Situated next to the Melbourne Wholesale Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Market, it aims to create a world-class cluster for advanced food manufacturing and high-value exports. The project is a core component of the City of Whittlesea Agri-Food Plan 2023-2026, targeting the creation of over 6,000 jobs and positioning Northern Melbourne as a premier global food-tech destination.
New Epping
A 2 billion dollar urban renewal project by Riverlee transforming a 51-hectare former quarry into a carbon-neutral mixed-use precinct. The masterplan includes 2,500 dwellings across townhouses and apartments, alongside 110,000sqm of commercial space. Significant milestones reached in 2024-2025 include the opening of the Northern Private Hospital and progress on the Punthill Apartment Hotel, scheduled for 2026. The site features an 11-hectare central green spine with wetlands and a 2.7km walking trail.
Cooper Street Employment Precinct
The Cooper Street Employment Precinct is a state-significant industrial and commercial hub in Epping. It supports over 25,000 jobs across advanced manufacturing, logistics, and technology sectors. Key sub-precincts include Cooper Street West, East, and Macquarie, with major estates like 4Ten Epping and the Epping Logistics Estate under active development. The precinct is a primary gateway for Melbourne's north, featuring high-quality landscaped business parks, unique transparent cantilevered facade designs on modern warehouses, and strategic proximity to the Hume Freeway and the Melbourne Wholesale Fruit, Vegetable, and Flower Market.
Empire Epping
A bold new residential and commercial development set to redefine urban living in Epping. Features 94 apartments with one, two, and three-bedroom layouts, commercial spaces including shops, offices, a childcare centre, and a supermarket. Includes on-site amenities such as a gym, rooftop terrace, and residents garden. Offers high-end fixtures, spacious interiors, and secure parking.
Epping Activity Centre Plan
The Epping Activity Centre Plan is a long-term strategic framework that builds on the City of Whittlesea's Epping Central Structure Plan (June 2023) and forms part of the Victorian Government's Activity Centres Program under the Housing Statement. It identifies Epping as one of 10 priority Melbourne activity centres targeted to deliver more housing close to public transport, jobs and services. The plan supports between 9,800 and 13,900 new homes across the activity centre core and an 800 metre walkable catchment around Epping train station.Key features include simplified built form and design controls in the core, a deemed-to-comply pathway to streamline assessment, increased building heights graduating down toward sensitive interfaces, improved public realm and open space, and continued focus on Northern Hospital, Pacific Epping shopping centre and Melbourne Polytechnic as anchor uses. New planning controls including the Housing Choice and Transformation Zone, Built Form Overlay and Activity Centre Zone Schedule 1 were applied through planning scheme amendment GC252, approved on 11 April 2025.
Alto Epping
A 6-storey apartment development featuring 29 modern residences at 790 High Street, Epping. Designed by C&K Architecture to offer luxury and convenience with contemporary facade featuring concrete and timber-like cladding. The mid-rise development includes spacious open-plan layouts with city skyline views, superior-quality fixtures and fittings, and generously sized balconies. This boutique residential development focuses on community amenities and sustainable living in Epping's growing urban centre.
4,070 residents of Epping - South are employed, from a labour force of 4,465. Unemployment sits at 8.8%, with participation at 63.6%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.2% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 13,790, about 166% 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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The local labor market in Epping - South features a skilled workforce with notable strength in manufacturing and industrial activities, an unemployment rate of 8.8%, and estimated employment growth of 1.4% across the prior year. As of March 2026, working residents count at 4,070, though the local jobless rate sits 4.1% above the Greater Melbourne benchmark of 4.8%, and labor participation remains lower at 63.6% compared to 70.1% across Greater Melbourne. Census records indicated that 17.0% of local workers performed their duties from home, though pandemic lockdown circumstances during that period must be noted.
The primary employment fields for local residents are health care & social assistance, retail trade, and construction. In addition, Epping - South displays a pronounced concentration in transport, postal & warehousing, where the local employment proportion reaches 1.7 times the regional level. Conversely, professional & technical roles account for a modest 5.1% of local employment against 10.1% across the wider region. Recording 1.8 workers for every resident at the Census, the locality serves as an employment hub that provides more jobs than resident workers and draws commuter inflows from adjacent districts. AreaSearch assessment of ABS and SALM figures indicates that over the 12 months to March 2026, employment grew by 1.4% alongside a 2.8% expansion in the labor force, resulting in a 1.2 percentage points increase in the unemployment rate. In comparison, Greater Melbourne registered a 2.1% rise in employment, a 2.3% gain in the labor force, and a 0.2 percentage points uptick in unemployment. Further insight into prospective workforce demand in Epping - South is provided by Jobs and Skills Australia national forecasts from Mar-26 across five and ten-year horizons. Across Australia, workforce numbers are projected to expand by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, with performance varying widely across industry categories. When weighted against the industry profile of Epping - South, local employment is modeled to rise by 6.2% over five years and 13.0% over ten years, representing an illustrative weighting extrapolation that does not incorporate localized population forecasts.
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Median household income in Epping - South is $1,443 a week (about $75,000 a year), with median personal income at $635 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $47,134 a year against an average of $52,889. 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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Data from the ATO compiled by AreaSearch for financial year 2023 indicates that earnings in the Epping - South SA2 sit beneath nationwide averages. Taxpayer median income stands at $47,134 while the average income is $52,889, trailing Greater Melbourne benchmarks of $57,688 and $75,164 respectively. Factoring in Wage Price Index expansion of 9.62% since financial year 2023, updated estimates as of March 2026 reach approximately $51,668 for median income and $57,977 for average income. Based on the 2021 Census, household income sits at the 32nd percentile ($1,443 weekly) and individual earnings rank at the 16th percentile.
The primary income bracket encompasses 34.7% of residents (2,890 people) earning between $1,500 - 2,999, mirroring the regional proportion of 32.8%. With only 84.2% of income remaining after housing costs, local affordability pressures remain substantial, positioning the area at the 32nd percentile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Epping - South had 2,853 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 78% detached houses and 1% apartments. 30% are owned with a mortgage, 35% rented and 35% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,500 a month. Rent absorbs 24.3% of household income here and mortgage repayments 24.0%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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According to the latest Census, the housing landscape in Epping - South consisted of 77.8% separate houses and 22.1% other dwellings such as apartments, semi-detached properties, and alternative formats, compared to 67.9% houses and 32.1% other dwellings across metropolitan Melbourne. The rate of outright home ownership stood at 34.5%, well above metropolitan levels, with 30.3% of homes mortgaged and 35.1% tenanted. Typical housing costs were comparatively lower, with median monthly mortgage payments of $1,500 and median weekly rent of $350, compared to $2,000 and $390 across Melbourne metro. Nationally, local repayments remain lower than the Australian mortgage median of $1,863 and the national rental median of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Epping - South counted 2,853 households at the 2021 Census, averaging 2.7 people each. 32% are couples with children, against 24% couples without children. 23% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.6 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Families make up the majority of households in the area at 73.9%, consisting of couples with children at 32.0%, couples without children at 23.8%, and single parent families at 16.6%. The remaining 26.1% comprises non-family living arrangements, where lone person households represent 22.8% and group households constitute 3.2%. The median household size is 2.7 people, which is slightly above the Greater Melbourne figure of 2.6.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
22.2% of adults in Epping - South hold a university qualification, including 14.0% with a bachelor degree and 6.6% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 19.9% hold a vocational qualification. 7 schools serve the area, with 3,234 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,009 against a national benchmark of 1,000. Qualifications come from the 2021 Census; school enrolments, ICSEA and results come from ACARA's current release.
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Educational attainment in the area reflects lower levels of tertiary completion, with 22.2% of residents possessing a university qualification compared to 37.0% across Greater Melbourne. Among higher education credentials, bachelor degrees account for 14.0%, postgraduate qualifications comprise 6.6%, and graduate diplomas represent 1.6%. Technical and trade qualifications are well represented, with 30.9% of individuals aged 15+ holding vocational certifications, specifically 11.0% with advanced diplomas and 19.9% holding certificates. Engagement in formal study is considerable across the community, with 29.1% of residents enrolled in an educational program. This student cohort comprises 8.8% in primary education, 7.2% attending secondary school, and 5.2% pursuing tertiary studies.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Epping - South reaches 76 stops on 11 routes, timetabled for about 10,200 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 1.3 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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Public transport networks within Epping - South include 76 active transport stops offering bus services across 11 distinct routes, delivering 10,240 weekly passenger trips. Access to public transport is rated as excellent, with typical walking distances of 190 meters to the closest stop. Outward commuting characterizes the residential locality, with private cars serving as the primary travel mode at 81%, alongside 11% using train travel. Vehicle ownership averages 1.3 per dwelling, while 17.0% of residents reported working from home in the 2021 Census during COVID-19 conditions. Across all operating routes, transport services average 1,462 trips per day, which translates to approximately 134 weekly trips for each individual stop.
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69.8% of residents in Epping - South report no long-term health condition, a less healthy profile than 85% of areas nationally. 9.4% need daily assistance with core activities, and 46.3% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 11.3 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 indicators compiled by AreaSearch regarding chronic illness prevalence and mortality rates highlight notable challenges in Epping - South across both younger and older cohorts, accompanied by an exceptionally low private health insurance coverage rate of approximately 46% (~3,856 people). In comparison, private coverage rates stand at 56.7% throughout Greater Melbourne and 55.7% nationwide. Arthritis and mental health issues represent the most prevalent diagnosed conditions, affecting 7.6 and 7.5% of residents respectively, while 69.8% of the population reported no medical conditions compared to 72.6% across Greater Melbourne. Health metrics for working-age residents are generally typical.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 17.8% of the local population (1,485 people), surpassing the Greater Melbourne proportion of 15.1%, with health metrics among older residents presenting challenges that rank above the broader community nationally.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
44.3% of Epping - South residents were born overseas and 51.5% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 88% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are English (15.0%) and Australian (14.3%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural diversity is pronounced across Epping - South, where 44.3% of the community was born overseas and 51.5% speak a non-English language at home. Christianity is the primary religion, representing 49.4% of local residents. The most noticeable variation is found in Other religious affiliations, which encompass 5.3% of residents compared to 2.3% across Greater Melbourne. Regarding ancestral background based on parental birthplace, the leading cohorts in Epping - South are Other at 17.7%, English at 15.0% (trailing the regional level of 20.1%), and Australian at 14.3%. Pronounced demographic variations are evident across specific backgrounds, with Macedonian ancestry overrepresented at 5.9% compared to 0.7% regionally, Italian at 9.6% against 5.2%, and Serbian at 0.9% versus 0.4%.
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Epping - South is 37. That is 1 year younger than at the 2021 Census. 30.1% 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 in Epping - South closely aligns with Greater Melbourne benchmarks, showing a maximum divergence of 2.8 percentage points. AreaSearch estimates the median age at 37 as at August 2026, down from 38 recorded in the 2021 Census and matching the Greater Melbourne median of 37 from that Census. The most noticeable change across broad age bands is among individuals aged 25 - 44, increasing from 30.0% to an estimated 32.5%. Looking ahead to 2041, older cohorts aged 65+ are projected to drive the majority of demographic expansion, gaining 1,202 residents (81%) to total 2,687.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Epping - South
9 of 14 data sections on this page were updated within the last 12 months — the newest current to Sep 2026.
Everything is aggregated to the SA2 boundary shown above, on a 2021 Census baseline. Only 3 sections — housing, households and cultural diversity — still wait on the 2026 Census.
The ledger — source, cycle and currency by section
| Section | Source & update cycle | Currency |
|---|---|---|
| Updated within the last 12 months 9 sections | ||
| Population | ABS, GNAF, Geoscience Australia Annual (ABS ERP) | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Re-based to the ABS Estimated Resident Population (June 2025 release) and updated with new dwellings from GNAF address data. Current to Aug 2026, with the 2021 Census supplying the small-area baseline. | ||
| Age profile | ABS, Geoscience Australia, State governments Annual | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Age cohorts are re-based to the latest ABS population estimates and state projections, current to Aug 2026. Each cohort is held as a Census baseline and a current estimate. | ||
| Development & approvals | ABS, GNAF Monthly (ABS approvals) | Aug 2026 2 months ago headline measures · Jul 2026 baseline |
| Property sales & rents | Valuer General, Rental Board, ABS Weekly sales, quarterly rents | Sep 2026 last month all 21 measures |
| Sales from the state Valuer General register, refreshed weekly, and rents from quarterly rental bond lodgements. Both are read live each time this page loads, current to Sep 2026. | ||
| Infrastructure projects | Infrastructure Australia, State agencies, Local governments Daily | Jul 2026 3 months ago all 12 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 Jul 2026. | ||
| Employment | ABS, DEWR, JSA Quarterly (ABS SALM) | Mar 2026 7 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Unemployment and labour force from ABS Small Area Labour Markets, current to Mar 2026. The growth outlook applies Department of Employment (now Jobs and Skills Australia) forecasts for all 19 industry divisions to the local industry mix, so it measures sector composition rather than local expansion and makes no allowance for population growth. Job demand comes from the same agency via its Internet Vacancy Index; industry and occupation structure from the 2021 Census. | ||
| Education | ABS, ACARA Annual (ACARA) | Sep 2026 last month headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Transport | ABS, State Transport Departments Each timetable release | Jul 2026 3 months ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Services & amenities | Provider directories, ACECQA Continuous | Sep 2026 last month all 14 measures |
| Annual and financial-year sources 2 sections | ||
| Income | ABS, ATO Annual (ATO) | FY 2023 3 years ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| ATO taxable income statistics for FY 2023, indexed forward using the Wage Price Index. Census household income provides the distribution detail. | ||
| Health | ABS, ATO Annual | 2024 2 years ago headline measures · 2021 Census baseline |
| Census-measured — next update: 2026 Census 3 sections No more current small-area source exists for these, so they are labelled as Census-measured rather than implied to be current. | ||
| Housing | ABS 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 30 measures |
| Households | ABS 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 18 measures |
| Cultural diversity | ABS, Geoscience Australia 5-yearly (Census) | 2021 Census next update 2026 all 44 measures |
"Currency" is the most recent release feeding that section. Where the Census supplies the structural baseline underneath a current headline figure, the row says so.
How the numbers are built
Population
The Census provides the small-area baseline, aggregated from mesh blocks to this boundary. It is then re-based to the ABS Estimated Resident Population (June 2025 release), and new dwellings built since Census night are counted from address data — 350 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (8,204 at the 2021 Census → 8,329 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 (209041432). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.