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Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton has an estimated 9,699 residents, up from 9,479 at the 2021 Census — a change of 220 people, or 2.3%. That puts 1,092 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 resident count in Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton stands at roughly 9,699 as of Aug 2026. Compared to the 9,479 people recorded in the 2021 Census, this indicates an expansion of 220 people (2.3%). This net adjustment incorporates the ABS June 2025 estimated resident population of 9,699 alongside 66 validated new addresses tracked after the Census benchmark. Overall density reaches 1,092 persons per square kilometer, tracking closely with broader benchmarks evaluated by AreaSearch. Inward overseas migration served as the primary growth engine, representing roughly 76.7% of total net population additions across recent periods.
Projections published in 2024 (anchored to a 2022 baseline) by Geoscience Australia and the ABS are applied across each SA2 by AreaSearch. Where local coverage is absent, 2023 VIC State Government Regional/LGA projections are integrated via a population-weighted aggregation technique converting LGA data down to SA2 zones. From 2032 to 2041, age-bracket growth trajectories derived from these aggregations are utilized across all assessed sectors. Based on these demographic models, the district is projected to experience top-decile expansion nationwide, increasing by 3,896 persons to 2041 according to recent annual ERP data, which equates to a cumulative 40.2% surge over the 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions - Population
34 new dwellings have been approved in Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton over the past five years, an average of 6 a year. That is 0.7 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 across Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton have tracked at an annual mean of roughly 6 new dwelling approvals, delivering 34 homes approved between FY-22 and FY-26 across the past 5 financial years. With local population contracting during the previous period, this volume of construction has provided adequate relative supply for purchasers, with newly approved residences recording a modest average construction cost of $281,000—sitting below regional averages to offer comparatively accessible price points. Concurrently, commercial activity remains subdued, with commercial approvals totaling $4.6 million recorded across the current financial year.
Relative to metropolitan benchmarks, building activity in Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton is markedly subdued, tracking 93.0% below regional average per person. Constrained new residential completions of this scale typically bolster pricing power and buyer competition for existing properties, while trailing national output levels to signal both planning constraints and local market maturity. Of the new dwellings approved, 29.0% comprise detached houses while 71.0% represent townhouses or apartments. This medium-and-high-density orientation provides lower-cost options suited to downsizers, first-home purchasers, and investors, standing in contrast to the historical neighborhood fabric where 88.0% of existing stock is detached houses, illustrating diminishing greenfield parcel availability and shifting lifestyle requirements. Over the period running through to 2041, long-term projections indicate that Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton will add 3,896 residents according to the latest AreaSearch quarterly estimate. If dwelling completions fail to accelerate from current volumes, residential supply may struggle to match demographic growth, placing upward pressure on property values and intensifying competition among prospective home buyers.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 4 current infrastructure and development projects inside Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton, worth an estimated $445 million. A further 127 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $81.6 billion. 39 are already under construction and 37 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans communities, precincts & urban renewal, transport & logistics and residential development. 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 capital expenditure, major development initiatives, and urban planning programs exert a substantial influence on district performance. AreaSearch has pinpointed 12 key infrastructure projects positioned to shape the locality, highlighted by major undertakings such as Somerton Intermodal Terminal (Melbourne Intermodal Terminal), Roxburgh Park Pavilion Upgrade, Roxy Central, and Halcyon Highlands - Over 55s Community.
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Somerton Intermodal Terminal (Melbourne Intermodal Terminal)
A $400 million open-access intermodal rail freight terminal in Melbournes north, serving as a critical node in the Port Rail Shuttle Network. The facility handles double-stacked 1,800m trains and has a capacity of 1 million TEUs annually, aimed at removing 500,000 truck trips from local roads. Following successful completion of construction in late 2025, the terminal is now fully operational with daily rail services to the Port of Melbourne and key agreements with operators like Aurizon and Southern Shorthaul Railroad.
True North Estate
Award-winning masterplanned residential community by Satterley Property Group spanning Greenvale and Roxburgh Park suburbs, approximately 198 hectares. Features elevated parcels with Melbourne skyline views, a completed 10-hectare multi-million dollar sporting precinct with two sporting fields, pavilion and adventure playground, and multiple completed parks. The estate is now fully sold out across both the Roxburgh Park and Greenvale neighbourhoods, with Stage 24 being the final release (titles due mid-2025). Over 2,500 dwellings delivered across the estate.Satterley has indicated the next neighbourhood release is still several years away, pending rezoning of future precincts.
Meadow Heights Shopping Centre Redevelopment
Redevelopment of the existing Meadow Heights Shopping Centre, an IGA-anchored neighbourhood centre on a large 32,000 square metre site in Melbourne's north. The proposal includes a new childcare centre (around 132 places), an indoor and a restricted recreation facility, an extension to the existing retail space and updated signage. Hume City Council advertised the planning application (reference P23242) in early 2021 and the project remains in approved stage with no construction start confirmed. The wider site retains significant value-add development capacity including additional pad sites and an adjacent separately titled Commercial 1 zoned land parcel.
Assembly Broadmeadows
A 60-hectare master-planned redevelopment of the historic former Ford Australia manufacturing site into a next-generation employment hub. The precinct is designed for high-tech manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing, and includes a significant data centre component. Planned amenities feature a retail convenience hub, childcare centre, and a 100-room hotel. The site also incorporates a 14-megawatt renewable energy system. Construction officially commenced in March 2026 with the first stage comprising a 44-hectare industrial subdivision.
Assembly Broadmeadows
Assembly Broadmeadows is a 60-hectare masterplanned commercial and industrial estate on the former Ford manufacturing site in Campbellfield. The precinct is being delivered as a next-generation business park for manufacturing, logistics, technology, transport, warehousing and large-format retail, with strong Sydney Road and Barry Road frontage, direct freight-network access and proximity to Upfield Station. Construction has commenced and the development is planned as a staged employment precinct supporting thousands of jobs.
Roxburgh Park Primary School Kindergarten
New purpose-built kindergarten at Roxburgh Park Primary School featuring four classrooms and outdoor play areas. Supports the Victorian Government's Three-Year-Old Kindergarten program by providing 132 additional places for early childhood education in the northern suburbs.
Lakeside Drive Reserve Changeroom Upgrade
Refurbishment and extension of the changeroom pavilion at Lakeside Drive Reserve in Roxburgh Park, completed in October 2025. The upgrade delivered two female-friendly player change rooms, two female-friendly umpire change rooms, accessible amenities, a first aid room and a storeroom. The project supports the Roxburgh Park Football Club, Roxburgh Park Cricket Club and more than 420 local sport club members, and provides new spaces for Roxburgh College and community groups to gather, stage events and run local programs.Delivered in partnership between Hume City Council and the Victorian Government, which contributed 500,000 dollars toward the works.
MV1 Apartments
A residential development delivering 64 one- and two-bedroom apartments along with two ground floor retail tenancies in Roxburgh Park's acclaimed Murchison Village. Designed by Peddle Thorp Architects and offering community, convenience, and low-maintenance living.
4,408 residents of Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton are employed, from a labour force of 4,847. Unemployment sits at 9.1%, with participation at 60.3%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 6.1% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 11,481, about 118% 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 pool in Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton is heavily engaged in industrial production and manufacturing, recording an unemployment rate of 9.1% alongside a 1.3% annual expansion in employment. Total employed residents numbered 4,408 as of March 2026; however, local joblessness exceeds Greater Melbourne's 4.8% benchmark by 4.3 percentage points, and labor force engagement is relatively subdued with a participation rate of 60.3% against 70.1% across Greater Melbourne. Census records indicate that 17.5% of working residents operated from home, a figure influenced in part by prevailing Covid-19 restrictions at the time.
Resident employment is primarily concentrated across retail trade, construction, along with health care & social assistance. The community displays an exceptionally strong concentration in transport, postal & warehousing, where local representation is 1.7 times the regional level. Conversely, professional & technical roles account for only 5.6% of the workforce, trailing the Greater Melbourne mark of 10.1%. A Census-recorded ratio of 0.9 workers per resident indicates a solid volume of employment opportunities within the immediate area. According to AreaSearch evaluations of SALM and ABS information, the period leading up to March 2026 saw employment levels rise by 1.3% while the labour force shrank by 0.7%, which resulted in the unemployment rate dropping by 1.8 percentage points. Meanwhile, Greater Melbourne recorded a 2.1% increase in employment and a 2.3% expansion of the labour force, accompanied by a 0.2 percentage point increase in unemployment. For additional context regarding future demand in Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton, one may consult Jobs and Skills Australia's national employment projections published for Mar-26. These forecasts span five and ten-year horizons and have been overlaid onto the local employment profile to project growth trends. Although overall national employment is projected to grow by 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, sectoral growth varies considerably. When these industry-specific estimates are applied to the employment composition of Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton, local employment is anticipated to rise by 6.1% over five years and 12.9% over ten years (this calculation represents a basic weighting extrapolation for illustrative purposes and does not incorporate localized population projections).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton is $1,642 a week (about $85,000 a year), with median personal income at $517 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $40,955 a year against an average of $46,573. 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 taxation statistics for financial year 2023 at the postcode level indicate that taxpayers in the Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton SA2 recorded a median income of $40,955 and an average income of $46,573. These figures fall short of national benchmarks as well as Greater Melbourne metrics of $57,688 (median) and $75,164 (average). Factoring in Wage Price Index growth of 9.62% from financial year 2023 brings updated estimates to $44,895 for median earnings and $51,053 for average earnings as of March 2026. In the 2021 Census, individual weekly earnings ranked at the 4th percentile with $517 weekly, whereas household incomes achieved the 44th percentile.
Earnings distribution is anchored by the $1,500 - 2,999 category, capturing 34.7% of residents (3,365 people), which aligns closely with the 32.8% regional proportion. Disposable income ratios reflect housing stress, with 82.9% of income remaining after shelter costs, placing the area at the 43rd percentile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton had 2,673 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 88% detached houses and 3% apartments. 51% are owned with a mortgage, 24% rented and 26% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $375 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,647 a month. Rent absorbs 22.8% of household income here and mortgage repayments 23.1%. 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, residential properties in Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton were divided between 87.6% houses and 12.4% other dwellings encompassing semi-detached homes, units, and alternative formats, compared to the broader Melbourne metro distribution of 67.9% houses and 32.1% other dwellings. Full home ownership stood at 25.9%, trailing metropolitan averages, with 50.6% of homes carrying a mortgage and 23.5% occupied under rental agreements. Typical financing costs were comparatively low, featuring a median monthly mortgage repayment of $1,647 and median weekly rent of $375, sitting well below Melbourne metro figures of $2,000 and $390.
On a national scale, local monthly mortgage obligations are substantially below the Australian average of $1,863, while local rental costs match the national level of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton counted 2,673 households at the 2021 Census, averaging 3.4 people each. 52% are couples with children, more than in 95% of areas nationally, against 17% couples without children. 13% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.7 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Families constitute the vast majority of local living arrangements, representing 85.2% of all households; this comprises couples with children at 51.7%, couples without children at 16.8%, and single parent families at 15.5%. The remaining 14.8% consists of non-family living situations, with lone person households representing 12.7% and group households making up 2.1%. The average household size sits at 3.4 people, exceeding the 2.6 figure recorded across Greater Melbourne.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
23.3% of adults in Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton hold a university qualification, including 16.3% with a bachelor degree and 5.1% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 16.6% hold a vocational qualification. 4 schools serve the area, with 2,479 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 940 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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Attainment of higher education credentials remains relatively subdued across the district, where the 23.3% share of residents holding university qualifications trails the Greater Melbourne benchmark of 37.0%. Among tertiary graduates, bachelor degrees account for 16.3%, followed by 5.1% holding postgraduate credentials and 1.9% with graduate diplomas. Vocational and technical qualifications are well established, with 26.6% of the population aged 15+ possessing trade-related certifications, split between certificates at 16.6% and advanced diplomas at 10.0%. A substantial segment of the community is actively engaged in learning, with 35.3% of the population enrolled across academic programs.
Within this cohort, 11.0% attend secondary schools, 9.8% are enrolled in primary education, and 7.0% are undertaking tertiary studies.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton reaches 52 stops on 10 routes, timetabled for about 9,100 services a week. The typical home sits about 220 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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Public transit connectivity across Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton is supported by 52 operational stops dedicated to bus operations. Across 10 distinct routes, the transit network supplies 9,099 weekly passenger trips, offering sound local accessibility with typical walking distances averaging 217 meters to the closest stop. Reflecting the suburban residential nature of the district, outbound commuting is dominated by private vehicles at 89%, alongside 7% using rail networks. Car ownership stands at 1.7 per dwelling, exceeding regional norms, while 17.5% of local workers operated from home at the time of the 2021 Census under prevailing conditions.
Across the entire network, bus services operate at an average rate of 1,299 trips per day, which provides approximately 174 weekly trips for each transport stop in the area.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
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74.8% of residents in Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton report no long-term health condition. 8.0% need daily assistance with core activities, and 46.3% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 5.6 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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Analysis by AreaSearch regarding chronic ailments and mortality rates indicates notable health vulnerabilities within Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton, showing broad prevalence of common medical conditions that elevate slightly among older residents. Private health insurance coverage is notably restricted, encompassing approximately 46% of the total population (~4,490 people), which lags both the Greater Melbourne mark of 56.7% and the broader Australian baseline of 55.7%. Among reported chronic conditions, asthma affects 6.4% of residents while arthritis impacts 6.2%, though 74.8% of the local population reported no long-term medical ailments, comparing favorably to 72.6% across Greater Melbourne.
Health measures for residents under 65 track ahead of wider averages. People aged 65 and over constitute 11.9% of the local population (1,155 people), below the 15.1% share observed throughout Greater Melbourne, with senior cohorts confronting greater health obstacles even as broader national indicators remain comparatively stable.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
51.2% of Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton residents were born overseas and 69.0% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 95% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are Australian (11.1%) and English (8.0%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Displaying strong multicultural characteristics, Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton has 51.2% of its community born overseas and 69.0% speaking a non-English language at home. In terms of religious affiliation, Christianity is the most widespread denomination at 42.7% of residents, while Islam represents a particularly prominent 37.9% of the population, notably higher than the Greater Melbourne share of 5.6%. Looking at parental heritage, the leading background identified in Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton is Other at 48.1%, substantially higher than the regional proportion of 14.6%. Australian ancestry comprises 11.1% (compared to 18.4% across the region) and English ancestry represents 8.0% (against 20.1% regionally).
Specific ethnic backgrounds with elevated representation include Lebanese at 6.0% (compared to 0.8% across the broader region), Filipino at 3.2% (against 1.3%), and Sri Lankan at 1.4% (vs 0.8%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton is 34, younger than 84% of areas nationally. 32.2% 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 demographic profile of Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton features a significant young cohort alongside maturing parents. Those aged 0 - 24 comprise 34.5% of the community as at August 2026 compared to 30.5% across Greater Melbourne, while young-to-mid career adults aged 25 - 44 represent 27.2% against a regional share of 32.1%. AreaSearch assesses the median age at 34 as at August 2026, remaining unchanged from the 2021 Census and sitting 3 years younger than the metropolitan median of 37 recorded at that Census. Since the Census, the proportion of residents aged 0 - 24 shifted from 37.5% down to an estimated 34.5%, the 45 to 54 cohort fell from 14.8% to an estimated 11.7%, and the 55 to 64 band grew from 12.5% to 14.7%, showing an existing community maturing in place.
Projections out to 2041 anticipate that the 65+ age bracket will expand by 1,372 residents (119%) to reach 2,527, absorbing the majority of future growth.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton
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 4 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 — 66 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (9,479 at the 2021 Census → 9,699 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 (210051544). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.