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Mickleham - Yuroke has an estimated 40,868 residents, up from 23,374 at the 2021 Census — a change of 17,494 people, or 74.8%. Growth has averaged 16.1% a year over five years, faster than 99% of areas nationally. 6,217 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. Interstate and internal migration accounts for 70.8% of that increase. That puts 577 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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As of Aug 2026, AreaSearch estimates that Mickleham - Yuroke is home to approximately 40,868 residents. This represents a gain of 17,494 people (74.8%) compared with the 23,374 people counted in the 2021 Census. Such demographic expansion is calculated using the June 2025 ABS estimated resident population figure of 39,418, alongside 6,217 validated new addresses identified following the Census. The resulting population density stands at 576 persons per square kilometer, leaving substantial open land per resident and ample capacity for upcoming building projects. Surpassing both the Victoria state benchmark (9.5%) and nationwide figures, the locality's 74.8% post-2021 Census surge establishes it as an outstanding regional growth hotspot.
Inflows from interstate migration served as the primary catalyst by generating around 70.8% of these recent gains, while overseas arrivals and natural increase likewise supplied positive additions. Projections published in 2024 by the ABS and Geoscience Australia (using 2022 as their starting baseline) are applied across SA2 territories by AreaSearch. Wherever an SA2 lacks coverage within that dataset, the VIC State Government's 2023 Regional/LGA projections are incorporated via a population growth weighted aggregation method stepping down from LGA to SA2 geographic boundaries. Age-bracket expansion trajectories derived from these aggregations are additionally utilized for every territory across the 2032 to 2041 period. Based on these projected demographic patterns and the most recent annual ERP figures, Mickleham - Yuroke is positioned among the top 10 percent of districts nationwide, with expectations to expand by 47,835 persons by 2041—a cumulative jump of 113.4% across the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
7,025 new dwellings have been approved in Mickleham - Yuroke over the past five years, an average of 1,405 a year. That places the area in the 99th percentile for residential development activity nationally, about 34 approvals per 1,000 residents a year. Of the 1,405 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 86% 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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Over the past 5 financial years (between FY-22 and FY-26), Mickleham - Yuroke registered 7,025 approved residences, translating to an annual mean of roughly 1,405 new dwelling approvals. An average influx of 3 people per year per newly constructed residence across those same past 5 financial years (between FY-22 and FY-26) demonstrates healthy buyer interest that underpins residential values. Furthermore, with an average construction cost of $359,000—below regional norms—new residential builds provide relatively accessible price points for purchasers. Momentum in the non-residential sector is similarly evident, evidenced by $181.1 million in commercial approvals logged during this financial year.
Per-capita building volume in Mickleham - Yuroke exceeds Greater Melbourne by 317.0%, expanding inventory and selection for prospective purchasers. This pace also substantially outstrips nationwide levels, highlighting deep builder and developer commitment to the suburb. Low-density neighborhood character remains well preserved, as detached houses account for 86.0% of upcoming stock while townhouses or apartments make up 14.0%, targeting families in search of spacious living environments. An indicator of its active expansion phase, the district records around 23 people per dwelling approval. According to the most recent quarterly projections from AreaSearch, Mickleham - Yuroke is slated to add 46,356 residents by 2041. Ongoing residential construction output appears well calibrated to satisfy this inbound demand, ensuring balanced purchasing conditions and potentially paving the way for expansion beyond baseline predictions.
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Development applications around Mickleham - Yuroke
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 38 current infrastructure and development projects inside Mickleham - Yuroke, worth an estimated $14.6 billion. A further 162 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $85.5 billion. 74 are already under construction and 81 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans communities, precincts & urban renewal, transport & logistics 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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Urban development, major capital investments, and local infrastructure projects play a pivotal role in shaping an area's trajectory. AreaSearch has pinpointed 75 key projects anticipated to influence the district. Prominent developments include Botanical Estate, Botanical Village Town Centre, the New Schools Construction Program - Northern Suburbs (2026 openings), and Kinbrook Estate, with key details provided in the following overview.
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Merrifield City Shopping Centre
Merrifield City is the primary retail and lifestyle core of the 900-hectare Merrifield masterplanned community. A joint venture between MAB Corporation, QIC Real Estate, and Gibson Property Corporation, the centre is expanding into a major regional hub. Following the completion of early stages featuring Coles and specialty retail, current works focus on significant expansion including a major supermarket, mini-majors, and outdoor dining precincts. The masterplan integrates 80,000 sqm of retail space with commercial offices, a residential hotel, and civic facilities to serve Melbourne's northern growth corridor.
Botanical Estate
A masterplanned residential community in Mickleham featuring approximately 2,400 dwellings across multiple neighbourhoods with over 30 hectares of planned open space, including a 22-hectare Botanical Park with wetlands and botanical-themed gardens. The Botanical Village Town Centre opened in early 2026 anchored by a full-line Coles supermarket and Liquorland, with around 25 specialty stores including dining, health services, gym, pharmacy and a medical centre opening progressively. An Aspire Early Learning and Kindergarten centre has also been added to the precinct.The estate offers land lots from under 300 square metres to over 2,800 square metres, house and land packages, and townhomes, with easy access to Melbourne CBD via Mickleham Road and the Tullamarine Freeway.
Merrifield City Centre
Merrifield City Centre is the mixed-use town centre within the Merrifield masterplanned community at Mickleham. The first Merrifield City retail stage, anchored by Coles and specialty stores, is complete, and 21 Cityside Drive is now complete with childcare, gym, swim school, allied health and office uses. Further stages are planned to expand retail, dining, hotel, office, large format retail and civic-style public realm uses as the regional town centre grows.
Cloverton Metropolitan Activity Centre
The Cloverton Metropolitan Activity Centre is a state-significant mixed-use precinct planned as the primary employment, retail and services hub for Melbourne's northern growth corridor. The long-term vision includes a regional retail centre, commercial offices, tertiary education, a private hospital, community facilities, a future railway station and extensive public open space. During 2025-2026 the project received Federal Precincts and Partnerships Program funding to progress detailed planning through a partnership involving Stockland, Hume City Council, Mitchell Shire Council and the City of Whittlesea.
Botanical Village
Botanical Village is a neighbourhood activity centre in Mickleham anchored by Coles and supported by around 25 specialty retailers, health services, dining, fitness, a pharmacy, Liquorland and Aspire Early Learning and Kindergarten. Coles opened on 18 March 2026, with remaining shops and services opening progressively. The precinct was developed by Oreana and is now listed in IFM Investors' retail real estate portfolio.
Dwyer Street Residential Subdivision
Residential subdivision delivering 67 residential lots within Stockland's Cloverton masterplanned community at Kalkallo. Civil works and lot development have progressed as part of the broader Cloverton rollout, with surrounding community infrastructure including Kallo Town Centre, parks, schools and transport continuing to expand. The subdivision forms an infill component of Victoria's largest masterplanned community.
Kallo Estate
Boutique neighbourhood development by National Pacific Properties featuring 730 homes for 2,000 residents. Located on 150 hectares with connection to Merri Creek parklands, close to Donnybrook Station, and featuring contemporary home designs with community facilities and open spaces. Includes planned shopping centre with Woolworths.
Hume Grammar Kalkallo Stage 4
Stage 4 expansion of the Hume Anglican Grammar Kalkallo Campus to provide additional learning spaces for Years 5 and 6 together with ancillary facilities. The expansion forms part of the long-term staged development of the Cloverton campus to support enrolment growth in Melbourne's northern growth corridor. The campus is operating while staged expansion continues.
18,270 residents of Mickleham - Yuroke are employed, from a labour force of 19,283. Unemployment sits at 5.3%, with participation at 69.6%. 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, so in an area growing as fast as this one it understates the likely rise in local jobs. The working-day population is estimated at 33,536, about 82% 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 labor pool in Mickleham - Yuroke is skilled and well-educated, supported by strong representation across industrial and manufacturing trades, a 5.3% unemployment rate, and steady job numbers over the previous twelve months. By March 2026, employed residents numbered 18,270. The local jobless rate tracking at 0.5% higher than the 4.8% figure for Greater Melbourne coincides with a participation rate broadly on par with the metropolitan level of 70.1%. While remote work accounted for 17.9% of resident workers at the Census, that metric was likely influenced by prevailing Covid-19 restrictions.
Key fields of work for local citizens comprise construction, transport, postal & warehousing, as well as health care & social assistance. Concentration is especially pronounced in transport, postal & warehousing, where the local representation is 2.6 times the broader metropolitan baseline. Conversely, professional & technical occupations account for only 4.8% of the local workforce, trailing Greater Melbourne's 10.1%. A comparison between resident workers and local jobs recorded in the Census highlights the territory's primarily suburban nature, providing few employment nodes within its own borders. AreaSearch evaluation of ABS and SALM figures indicates that during the year leading to March 2026, Mickleham - Yuroke saw its labor force contract by 0.7% and total employment dip by 0.1%, which reduced the unemployment rate by 0.5 percentage points. In contrast, Greater Melbourne experienced a 2.3% labor force expansion, 2.1% job growth, and a 0.2 percentage points increase in unemployment. Future local employment trajectories can be modeled utilizing national projections released by Jobs and Skills Australia in Mar-26 across five- and ten-year horizons. Across Australia, workforce expansion is projected at 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, with distinct variations among specific industries. Weighting these sectoral forecasts against Mickleham - Yuroke's workforce structure points to an estimated local employment rise of 6.2% over five years and 13.1% over ten years (serving as an illustrative proportional model without incorporating local population growth projections).
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Median household income in Mickleham - Yuroke is $1,982 a week (about $103,000 a year), with median personal income at $874 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $50,940 a year against an average of $57,977. Household income is from the 2021 Census; taxable income is from ATO Taxation Statistics for the latest financial year available, indexed forward using the ABS Wage Price Index.
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According to aggregated ATO postcode statistics compiled by AreaSearch for financial year 2023, taxpayers in the Mickleham - Yuroke SA2 recorded a median earnings level of $50,940 and an average of $57,977. These amounts sit below countrywide standards and trail Greater Melbourne, where median and average incomes stood at $57,688 and $75,164 respectively. Accounting for a 9.62% increase in the Wage Price Index since financial year 2023, updated estimates as of March 2026 reach approximately $55,840 for median income and $63,554 for average income. Across household, family, and personal metrics, Census returns place local earnings around the 63rd percentile nationwide.
The primary earnings bracket is $1,500 - 2,999, taking in 47.8% of the local population (19,534 people), compared to 32.8% across the wider metropolitan area. Even though housing expenses absorb 20.7% of income, resilient earning power sustains disposable income at the 58th percentile, placing the district within the 5th decile of the SEIFA income index.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Mickleham - Yuroke had 6,767 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 98% detached houses and 0% apartments. 69% are owned with a mortgage, 23% rented and 8% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month, a total housing cost higher than 93% of areas nationally. Rent absorbs 20.2% of household income here and mortgage repayments 23.3%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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At the most recent Census, the dwelling landscape across Mickleham - Yuroke was overwhelmingly made up of separate houses at 98.2%, with apartments, semi-detached properties, and 'other' dwellings comprising the remaining 1.8%. By comparison, Greater Melbourne comprised 67.9% houses and 32.1% other dwellings. Outright home ownership was relatively low at 8.2%, below metropolitan levels, while 69.1% of households held a mortgage and 22.7% rented. Typical monthly mortgage payments matched the Melbourne metro median at $2,000, while median weekly rent was $400, slightly above the metropolitan figure of $390 (with metro mortgages also at $2,000).
On a nationwide scale, local housing costs surpass Australian medians of $1,863 for monthly mortgages and $375 for weekly rents.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Mickleham - Yuroke counted 6,767 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 11,832 today, averaging 3.3 people each. 56% are couples with children, more than in 97% of areas nationally, against 20% couples without children. 11% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.5 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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The vast majority of residences in the area are family households, which represent 86.9% of the total. Within this group, couples with children make up 55.7%, couples without children comprise 19.9%, and single parent families account for 10.3%. Non-family living arrangements account for the other 13.1%, consisting of single-person households at 10.9% and group homes at 2.1%. The typical household size stands at 3.3 people, exceeding the Greater Melbourne median of 2.6.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
30.9% of adults in Mickleham - Yuroke hold a university qualification, including 19.5% with a bachelor degree and 9.0% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 19.9% hold a vocational qualification. 12 schools serve the area, with 6,041 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 1,029 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 qualifications among local residents stand above the wider region, with 30.9% of people aged 15+ holding a higher education degree compared to the SA3 benchmark of 24.3%. Bachelor degrees form the largest segment at 19.5%, supplemented by postgraduate degrees at 9.0% and graduate diplomas at 2.4%. Vocational and technical training is also widely represented: 34.7% of residents aged 15+ hold vocational credentials, split between certificates (19.9%) and advanced diplomas (14.8%). Formal study engagement is substantial throughout the community, with 33.7% of residents currently undertaking formal education. Breaking down this cohort, primary school students make up 12.9%, secondary school attendees account for 6.3%, and tertiary students comprise 3.9%.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Mickleham - Yuroke reaches 67 stops on 5 routes, timetabled for about 2,100 services a week. The typical home sits about 320 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 1.7 vehicles. Stop and service counts are built from operators' published GTFS timetables and refresh with each timetable release; vehicle ownership is from the 2021 Census.
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An evaluation of local transit infrastructure identifies 67 active transport stops across Mickleham - Yuroke, operating as a bus network. Across 5 distinct routes, the system delivers 2,068 weekly passenger trips. Access to transit is favorable, with residents living an average of 323 meters from their closest stop. Given the suburb's residential orientation, outgoing commuting is standard: private vehicles account for 90% of travel, while trains handle 6%. Households possess an average of 1.7 motor vehicles, above regional levels, while 17.9% of workers operated from home at the 2021 Census (which may reflect pandemic-related conditions).
Transit service across all active routes averages 295 trips per day, providing roughly 30 weekly trips per individual stop.
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83.5% of residents in Mickleham - Yuroke report no long-term health condition, a healthier profile than 89% of areas nationally. 3.3% need daily assistance with core activities, and 48.2% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 2.7 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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Health indicators across Mickleham - Yuroke are exceptionally favorable according to AreaSearch evaluations of mortality statistics and chronic disease incidence, with younger residents demonstrating notably minimal occurrences of standard medical issues. Meanwhile, private health insurance coverage is comparatively subdued, held by roughly 48% of the community (~19,698 people), against 56.7% across Greater Melbourne and a national benchmark of 55.7%. The two most prevalent health conditions reported locally are asthma (affecting 6.2% of residents) and mental health issues (4.6%). A significant 83.5% of the population indicated an absence of chronic ailments, outperforming the 72.6% recorded across Greater Melbourne.
Residents aged 65 and over represent 4.5% of the population (1,818 people), markedly below the 15.1% share found across Greater Melbourne, though registering lower nationwide relative to the broader population.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
48.0% of Mickleham - Yuroke residents were born overseas and 60.5% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 92% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are Indian (13.7%) and Australian (13.6%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural diversity is exceptionally pronounced in Mickleham - Yuroke, where 48.0% of the population was born abroad and 60.5% communicate in a language other than English at home. Christianity represents the primary faith, practiced by 39.2% of the local community. A particularly striking feature is the proportion of residents affiliated with Other religions, standing at 18.5% compared to the Greater Melbourne baseline of 2.3%. Examining parental country of birth, the three most common ancestries in Mickleham - Yuroke are Other at 34.0% (higher than the regional benchmark of 14.6%), Indian at 13.7% (notably above the metropolitan figure of 4.2%), and Australian at 13.6%.
Clear variations are also visible among several other communities: Samoan background is notably prominent at 2.3% (against 0.3% regionally), Maltese represents 1.5% (against 1.1%), and Sri Lankan accounts for 1.0% (against 0.8%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Mickleham - Yuroke is 31, younger than 97% of areas nationally. That is 1 year older than at the 2021 Census. 28.5% 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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Working-age residents with dependent children constitute the core demographic of Mickleham - Yuroke. As of August 2026 estimates, children and young adults (0 - 24) comprise 40.0% of the population, compared to 30.5% across Greater Melbourne, whereas seniors and retirees (65+) account for just 4.5%, well below the metropolitan average of 15.1%. The estimated median age is 31—up slightly from 30 at the 2021 Census, but still 6 years below Greater Melbourne's Census figure of 37 and lower than the national Census median of 38. Since the Census, the share of young to middle-aged adults (25 - 44) declined from 44.8% to an estimated 41.4%.
This shift is largely explained by aging within existing households: the 0 to 4 age bracket fell from 13.4% to an estimated 11.0%, while the 5 to 14 cohort grew from 15.6% to 18.6%. Over the horizon to 2041, children and young adults are forecast to see the largest absolute increase, adding 17,042 residents (104%) to total 33,393. The steepest rate of growth will occur among the retiree and elderly segment, which is projected to expand by 231% to 6,023.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Mickleham - Yuroke
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 | Aug 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 Aug 2026. | ||
| Infrastructure projects | Infrastructure Australia, State agencies, Local governments Daily | Sep 2026 this month all 38 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 Sep 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 — 6,217 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (23,374 at the 2021 Census → 40,868 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 (210051445). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.