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Essendon - East has an estimated 13,451 residents, up from 12,191 at the 2021 Census — a change of 1,260 people, or 10.3%. Growth has averaged 0.7% a year over five years. 313 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Overseas migration accounts for 90.1% of that increase. That puts 3,789 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 by AreaSearch, the resident count in Essendon - East stands at approximately 13,451 as of Aug 2026. Compared to the 12,191 people registered in the 2021 Census, this demonstrates an expansion of 1,260 people (10.3%). This net change combines the June 2025 ABS estimated resident population of 13,196 with 313 validated new addresses recorded following the Census date. With 3,789 persons per square kilometer, the locality's population density places it within the top quartile of Australian areas evaluated by AreaSearch. Furthermore, the 10.3% expansion rate recorded since the 2021 census surpassed both the broader SA3 area (9.0%) and the state benchmark, establishing it as a regional growth outperformer.
Recent demographic expansion has been driven predominantly by overseas arrivals, who accounted for nearly 90.1% of overall net additions. Projections compiled by AreaSearch incorporate 2024 ABS/Geoscience Australia data benchmarked against 2022 across individual SA2 regions. Wherever specific SA2 figures are missing, 2023 VIC State Government Regional/LGA projections are integrated using a weighted aggregation model from LGA down to SA2 zones. Age cohort growth rates derived from these models are similarly applied through 2032 to 2041 across all sectors. Looking ahead, future population growth is projected to track slightly below the national median across statistical areas, expanding by 1,006 persons by 2041 relative to the newest annual ERP figures, representing aggregate growth of 5.6% across the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
242 new dwellings have been approved in Essendon - East over the past five years, an average of 48 a year. That places the area in the 51st percentile for residential development activity nationally, about 4 approvals per 1,000 residents a year. Of the 48 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 in Essendon - East have averaged roughly 48 homes annually, amounting to 242 homes over the past 5 financial years. Balanced market conditions and steady supply dynamics were sustained across the past 5 financial years (between FY-22 and FY-26), during which an average of 1.8 people arrived annually for each completed dwelling; however, this ratio surged to 6.1 people per dwelling over the past 2 financial years, pointing toward heightened demand and emerging supply constraints. Construction costs average $832,000 per project, underscoring an emphasis by developers on high-end, premium residential construction.
In addition, registered commercial approvals stand at $1.7 million this financial year, reflecting subdued commercial development volume. Per capita residential construction in Essendon - East remains subdued when measured against Greater Melbourne, sitting 51.0% below regional average per person. This controlled flow of new inventory generally underpins steady demand and asset values for established dwellings. The mix of upcoming supply comprises 27.0% detached houses alongside 73.0% townhouses or apartments. Emphasizing medium-to-high density housing introduces accessible price tiers that cater to first-home purchasers, downsizers, and property investors. Measuring approximately 329 people per dwelling approval, Essendon - East demonstrates the profile of an established urban market. Based on the most recent AreaSearch quarterly figures, demographic modeling projects Essendon - East will add 751 residents through to 2041. Under current building volumes, incoming residential supply appears positioned to satisfy anticipated demand, supporting stable purchasing conditions while creating capacity for growth to outperform existing projections.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Essendon - East
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 6 current infrastructure and development projects inside Essendon - East, worth an estimated $159 million. A further 74 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $16.5 billion. 12 are already under construction and 18 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, communities, precincts & urban renewal and transport & logistics. Records are compiled from Infrastructure Australia, state agencies, council planning portals and public announcements, reviewed and updated daily, then ranked by proximity, construction stage, completion horizon and project scale.
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Civic projects, capital works, and town planning frameworks play a central role in guiding local growth and performance. AreaSearch has pinpointed 15 infrastructure and development initiatives within the surrounding catchment. Prominent works include the Moonee Valley Racing Club Grandstand & Clubhouse Redevelopment, Moonee Valley Park, LUMA Sunshine North, and the development at 881 Mt Alexander Road, Essendon, with the key projects outlined below.
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299 Pascoe Vale Road Mixed-Use Precinct
Approved mixed-use precinct at 299-311 Pascoe Vale Road, Essendon. The scheme is planned around the 20-minute neighbourhood concept and includes a six-storey mixed-use first stage with about 25000 sqm of retail, supermarkets, food and beverage premises, cinema and entertainment uses, gym, medical, veterinary, childcare, office and major basement car parking. A later residential stage is planned as two buildings ranging from about seven storeys on Pascoe Vale Road to about eleven storeys near the rail corridor.The design includes a green plaza, pedestrian-friendly streetscape, solar PV, rainwater harvesting and EV charging.
Moonee Valley Racing Club Grandstand & Clubhouse Redevelopment
A $200 million redevelopment of the Moonee Valley Racecourse. Construction commenced in late 2025. The project features a new grandstand Event Centre, re-oriented racetrack, an 83-room boutique residential hotel, rooftop bar, wellness centre, and infield activation. Demolition and civil works are currently underway, with completion anticipated for the 2027 Cox Plate.
Mt Alexander Road Intersection Upgrades
Transport Victoria (Big Build Roads) has completed planning for safety upgrades to two major intersections in Essendon: Mt Alexander Road with Napier, Fletcher, and Russell streets, and Mt Alexander Road with Bulla, Keilor, and Lincoln roads. Planning work including traffic modelling, community engagement, and environmental investigations confirmed safety improvements as the priority. Community consultation in early 2025 drew 2044 survey responses, with the top requests being replacing roundabouts with traffic lights, upgrading existing roundabouts, and improving pedestrian and cyclist safety.The 2025/26 Victorian State Budget allocated 6.55 million AUD for interim safety upgrades at the Napier/Fletcher/Russell intersection, including safer pedestrian crossings and clearer line marking, with further details to be released throughout 2026. At the Bulla/Keilor/Lincoln intersection, works will fully signalise tram movements ahead of new G Class tram services, add a dedicated right-turn lane from Bulla Road into Keilor Road, and remove Stop 46 to improve tram reliability. Around 63,000 vehicles pass through the two intersections daily.
881 Mt Alexander Road, Essendon
Permit approved for a 15-level mixed-use development comprising 77 premium apartments, retail, and office space in Essendon's activity centre.
Napier Park Masterplan and Community Hub
Program of works to protect and enhance Napier Park's heritage Plains Grassy Woodland and improve local community facilities in the Loeman Street precinct. Recent stages have focused on stormwater harvesting and a new vegetated swale to support the river red gums and improve water quality before flows reach Five Mile Creek and Moonee Ponds Creek. Future stages are expected to deliver further landscape upgrades, paths and open space improvements that support a future community hub and early years facilities for nearby families.
Chain of Ponds Collaboration Moonee Ponds Creek Improvement
Improving the missing link linear corridor along the Moonee Ponds Creek between Albion Street and Moreland Road. The revitalization initiative transforms the degraded creek corridor into a naturalized waterway with enhanced shared paths, biodiversity habitats, open community space, and improved active transport connectivity. Delivered via the Chain of Ponds Collaboration led by Merri-bek City Council and Melbourne Water.
Moonee Valley Park
A $2 billion urban renewal project transforming 40 hectares of the Moonee Valley Racecourse into a botanical-led neighborhood. The masterplan includes approximately 2,000 dwellings, a new grandstand, an integrated hotel, and a retail village. Significant milestones include the 2025 approval of the Cox Place Mixed Use Precinct and the planned 2026 demolition of the existing grandstand to make way for 'The Eveline' residential stage, which features 394 apartments across two towers.
Property Collectives - 488-490 Victoria Street
Intentional community development by Property Collectives featuring 10 apartments with high environmental performance. Designed by Zen Architects with landscape by Simone Bliss Landscape Architecture. Part of the Westwyck One Planet Living eco-village. Average NatHERS rating of 8.7 with highest achieving 9.2 stars. Includes shared community spaces, rooftop garden, bike storage, and sustainable living features using their innovative building group joint venture model.
8,370 residents of Essendon - East are employed, from a labour force of 8,712. Unemployment sits at 3.9%, with participation at 75.1%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.9% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 11,312, about 84% 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 labour market in Essendon - East is characterized by an educated talent pool and notable professional services representation, accompanied by an unemployment rate of only 3.9% and a 3.6% gain in annual employment growth over the past year. In March 2026, 8,370 residents were actively employed. The local jobless rate sits 0.8% below the Greater Melbourne benchmark of 4.8%, while the labour force participation rate reached 75.1% compared to Greater Melbourne's 70.1%. In addition, Census data showed a substantial 40.8% of local workers operating from home, though this figure was influenced by Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
Local employment is predominantly clustered within health care & social assistance, professional & technical, as well as education & training. Public administration & safety exhibits particular local concentration, registering a resident employment share 1.4 times the regional level. Conversely, manufacturing accounts for only 4.7% of the workforce, trailing the Greater Melbourne level of 7.2%. A comparison between the Census working population and resident counts highlights the predominantly residential character of the suburb, with limited employment opportunities located within its borders. AreaSearch assessment of ABS and SALM metrics indicates that across the 12-month period, local employment expanded by 3.6% while the labour force grew by 3.8%, lifting the overall unemployment rate by 0.1 percentage points. Across Greater Melbourne over the same timeframe, employment climbed 2.1%, the workforce rose 2.3%, and unemployment ticked up 0.2 percentage points. Further context regarding long-term local demand is provided by Jobs and Skills Australia national employment projections from Mar-26. These five and ten-year industry models have been matched with the local workforce breakdown to gauge prospective trajectories. Nationally, employment is projected to expand 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, with performance varying widely across sectors. Applying these sectoral trajectories to the local occupational mix points to potential employment gains in Essendon - East of 6.9% over five years and 14.1% over ten years (note that this reflects a baseline weighting extrapolation for indicative purposes and excludes local population forecasts).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Essendon - East is $2,055 a week (about $107,000 a year), with median personal income at $1,111 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $67,311 a year against an average of $96,507. The average runs 43% above the median, a wider spread than most areas and a sign of a concentrated group of high earners. Household income is from the 2021 Census; taxable income is from ATO Taxation Statistics for the latest financial year available, indexed forward using the ABS Wage Price Index.
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ATO postcode records analysed by AreaSearch for financial year 2023 place personal earnings in the Essendon - East SA2 within the highest percentile across the country, showing a median income of $67,311 and an average income of $96,507. In comparison, Greater Melbourne recorded a median income of $57,688 and an average income of $75,164. Adjusting for a Wage Price Index increase of 9.62% since financial year 2023 yields updated estimates of roughly $73,786 (median) and $105,791 (average) as of March 2026. Individual weekly earnings in Census 2021 stood at $1,111 weekly, ranking in the 86th percentile nationally.
A breakdown of wage brackets shows 32.3% of residents (4,344 people) earning within the $1,500 - 2,999 band, matching the broader regional proportion of 32.8%. High-income earners earning above $3,000 weekly make up 32.0% of the community, signaling substantial purchasing capacity. Housing costs consume 14.8% of income, while overall earnings place the locality in the 71st percentile for disposable income and the 8th decile on the SEIFA income scale.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Essendon - East had 5,198 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 40% detached houses and 39% apartments. 29% are owned with a mortgage, 43% rented and 28% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $371 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month. Rent absorbs 18.1% of household income here and mortgage repayments 24.3%. 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 stock in Essendon - East at the latest Census was divided between 39.9% houses and 60.1% other dwellings (incorporating apartments, semi-detached residences, and 'other' dwellings), contrasting with the wider Melbourne metro breakdown of 67.9% houses and 32.1% other dwellings. Outright home ownership stood at 28.2%, slightly below the Melbourne metro rate, while remaining properties were either held with a mortgage (29.3%) or rented (42.5%). Median monthly mortgage costs in the area were $2,167, exceeding the Melbourne metro benchmark of $2,000, while median weekly rent was $371 compared to $390 across Melbourne metro.
In a nationwide context, mortgage repayments in Essendon - East sit well above the Australian median of $1,863, whereas local rent levels remain below the national figure of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Essendon - East counted 5,198 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 5,735 today, averaging 2.2 people each. 26% are couples with children, against 24% couples without children. 36% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.2 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Family units constitute the majority of dwellings at 59.1%, comprising couples with children at 26.3%, couples without children at 24.0%, and single parent families at 7.4%. Non-family arrangements account for the remaining 40.9%, split between lone person households at 36.0% and group households at 4.9%. Average household occupancy sits at a median of 2.2 people, lower than the Greater Melbourne figure of 2.6.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
47.8% of adults in Essendon - East hold a university qualification, including 30.8% with a bachelor degree and 12.1% with postgraduate qualifications, higher than 94% of areas nationally. A further 12.1% hold a vocational qualification. 5 schools serve the area, with 2,845 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,130 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 across Essendon - East tracks well above state and national standards, with 47.8% of individuals aged 15+ holding tertiary degrees, compared to 30.4% in Australia and 33.4% in VIC. This high concentration of tertiary qualifications provides strong foundations for knowledge-intensive sectors. Bachelor degrees represent the primary qualification at 30.8%, followed by postgraduate qualifications (12.1%) and graduate diplomas (4.9%). Vocational credentials account for 23.2% of qualifications among residents aged 15+, divided between advanced diplomas (11.1%) and certificates (12.1%). Academic engagement is significant across the locality, with 28.1% of the population enrolled in an educational course.
This cohort encompasses 8.3% attending tertiary institutions, 7.6% in primary schooling, and 6.5% undertaking secondary studies.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Essendon - East reaches 86 stops on 23 routes, timetabled for about 10,900 services a week. The typical home sits about 140 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 1.0 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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The public transit network serving Essendon - East features 86 active transit stops spanning bus, lightrail, and train modes. These points are connected by 23 individual routes that deliver 10,915 scheduled weekly passenger services. Commuter access is well catered for, with the typical resident residing 143 meters from the closest boarding point. Because the locality is primarily residential, commuting is oriented outwards; private vehicles represent the main transit mode at 72%, followed by train travel at 14%. Vehicle ownership averages 1.0 per dwelling, trailing the regional standard. Census findings from 2021 also showed 40.8% of workers operating from home, reflecting pandemic-related settings.
Scheduled passenger trips average 1,559 services daily across the transit grid, representing approximately 126 departures each week per boarding point.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
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71.8% of residents in Essendon - East report no long-term health condition. 4.4% need daily assistance with core activities, and 69.7% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 4.9 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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Community wellness metrics evaluated by AreaSearch indicate positive outcomes across Essendon - East, characterized by favorable mortality trends and a low incidence of chronic illnesses across both younger and older cohorts. Private health insurance coverage is prominent, held by approximately 70% of the population (9,375 people). This exceeds the Greater Melbourne level of 56.7% and the Australian benchmark of 55.7%. Asthma and mental health conditions are the most prevalent health concerns in the suburb, reported by 8.1% and 8.4% of residents, respectively. Meanwhile, 71.8% of residents reported having no long-term medical conditions, compared to 72.6% throughout Greater Melbourne.
Working-age cohorts exhibit solid health profiles with minimal chronic illness. Seniors aged 65 and over represent 17.3% of the community (2,333 people), exceeding the Greater Melbourne proportion of 15.1%, with health benchmarks among older residents aligning closely with nationwide performance standards.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
26.8% of Essendon - East residents were born overseas and 24.5% speak a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are English (20.6%) and Australian (17.3%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Essendon - East exhibits notable cultural breadth, with 26.8% of residents born abroad and 24.5% utilizing a non-English language at home. Christianity forms the largest religious affiliation, representing 53.4% of the local population. A distinct concentration is evident in Hinduism, which accounts for 4.6% of residents compared with 4.4% across Greater Melbourne. Evaluating parental country of birth, the primary ancestries identified across Essendon - East are English (20.6%), Australian (17.3%), and Other (10.9%). Several other ethnic backgrounds display distinct representation relative to regional patterns: Irish heritage comprises 10.8% locally (compared to 6.5% regionally), Italian represents 10.2% (against 5.2% across the region), and Maltese stands at 1.7% (compared to 1.1%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Essendon - East is 37. 32.3% of residents are aged 15 to 34. Age cohorts are not raw Census counts: the Census split is re-based to the latest ABS population estimates and state projections.
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The age distribution in Essendon - East closely mirrors Greater Melbourne, displaying a maximum divergence of only 5.6 percentage points across segments. As of August 2026, AreaSearch estimates the median age at 37, matching the 2021 Census baseline as well as the Greater Melbourne median of 37 recorded during the same Census. The most noticeable demographic shift since the Census occurred in the 65+ cohort, which expanded from 15.0% to an estimated 17.4% of total residents. Looking ahead to 2041, senior and retiree demographics are projected to drive the bulk of local population gains, adding 755 residents (32%) to reach 3,089 persons, while young to middle aged adults, children, and young adults are forecast to contract.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Essendon - East
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 · Jul 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 | Jul 2026 2 months ago all 6 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 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 — 313 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (12,191 at the 2021 Census → 13,451 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 (206031502). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.