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St Albans - North has an estimated 21,119 residents, up from 20,581 at the 2021 Census — a change of 538 people, or 2.6%. 253 new addresses have been validated here since Census night. That puts 3,239 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 AreaSearch, the population of St Albans - North stands at approximately 21,119 as of Aug 2026. This figure represents a rise of 538 individuals, which accounts for a 2.6% increase compared to the 20,581 residents recorded during the 2021 Census. The adjustment derives from the ABS estimated resident population of 21,020 as of June 2025, combined with 253 newly validated addresses recorded after the Census date. With a density of 3,239 persons per square kilometer, the area ranks within the upper quartile among national locations evaluated by AreaSearch.
The 2.6% expansion since the 2021 census outperformed the SA3 region average of 2.2%, identifying St albans - North as a leading growth area locally. Overseas migration has been the main driver of this demographic shift, making up roughly 83.1% of the total population increase observed in recent times. SA2 projections utilized by AreaSearch stem from ABS/Geoscience Australia models released in 2024 with a 2022 baseline. Where SA2 coverage is absent, AreaSearch applies the VIC State Government's 2023 Regional/LGA projections, adjusting LGA growth to SA2 boundaries via weighted aggregation. These age-bracket growth trajectories are similarly extended to all localities for the period spanning 2032 to 2041. Looking forward, demographic forecasts indicate expansion exceeding the national median, with the community projected to gain 3,405 persons to 2041 under latest annual ERP metrics, translating to an overall growth rate of 15.7% across the 16 years.
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410 new dwellings have been approved in St Albans - North over the past five years, an average of 82 a year. That is 3.9 approvals per 1,000 residents. Of the 82 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 26% 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 preceding 5 financial years, residential building approvals across St Albans - North reached 410 homes, representing an annual average of approximately 82 new dwelling approvals. Given recent demographic contractions, residential construction volumes have provided suitable supply to benefit prospective buyers, with newly sanctioned dwellings carrying an average expected construction cost of $328,000—a figure lower than regional benchmarks that points to accessible housing price points. Furthermore, commercial building approvals have reached $10.3 million in the current financial year, underscoring ongoing non-residential development. In comparison to Greater Melbourne, per-capita construction in St Albans - North is moderately elevated (29.0% above regional average per person over the 5 year period), preserving healthy inventory for buyers while anchoring prevailing asset values.
Recent approvals are divided between 26.0% detached houses and 74.0% attached dwellings. This emphasis on higher-density formats creates affordable market access suited to downsizers, property investors, and first-home purchasers, marking a distinct shift away from the prevailing structure of 70.0% houses as land availability tightens and housing preferences evolve toward affordability. Generating roughly 252 people per dwelling approval, St Albans - North exhibits low-density development patterns. According to the most recent AreaSearch quarterly estimate, long-term projections indicate St Albans - North will expand by 3,306 residents by 2041. Current building pipelines appear well-calibrated to accommodate this incoming demand, promoting steady market conditions devoid of acute cost inflation.
Frequently Asked Questions - Development
Development applications around St Albans - North
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 St Albans - North, worth an estimated $109 million. A further 82 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $60 billion. 18 are already under construction and 22 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, transport & logistics and communities, precincts & urban renewal. 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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Strategic infrastructure enhancements, capital investments, and town planning programs exert a substantial influence on local growth dynamics. AreaSearch has recorded 21 key developments poised to shape the district. Notable projects include the Brimbank Aquatic and Wellness Centre, Keilor Downs Recreation Reserve Upgrade, Milleara Shopping Centre, and the St Albans Activity Centre Precinct Structure Plan, with primary initiatives detailed in the accompanying overview.
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Brimbank Aquatic and Wellness Centre
Australia's first all-electric, 100 per cent renewable energy powered aquatic centre, achieving a 6 Star Green Star Design & As Built v1.2 rating. The facility features a 50m Olympic-sized pool, learn-to-swim pool, warm water recovery pool, two water slides, a 24-hour health club, and a wellness centre hosting co-located community health partners. The project was inspired by the Organ Pipes rock formation and serves as a regional support hub for Melbourne's west.
Baptcare Keilor Downs Affordable Housing
Construction of 47 social and affordable housing dwellings, comprised of 23 single-storey and 24 double-storey units, delivered under Victoria's Big Housing Build program. The homes are accessed via a new internal loop road connecting to Thornhill Drive, each with one car space and landscaped front and rear yards. The project is a partnership between Baptcare Affordable Housing and the Victorian Government, part of a combined 95-home commitment across Keilor Downs and Lalor. Civil works are well underway on site.
Keilor Downs Recreation Reserve Upgrade
Upgrade of existing playground and amenities, including improved accessibility and safety, as part of Brimbank City Council's Creating Better Parks program. While the original record referred to this upgrade, recent public information focuses on upgrades at **Odessa Avenue Reserve** and **Copernicus Way Reserve**, both in Keilor Downs, under the same program. Keilor Downs Recreation Reserve is listed as a park in the area.
Women's Housing Development (St Albans)
A five-storey, 53-apartment social housing development in St Albans providing one, two, and three-bedroom homes specifically for women (including First Nations women and survivors of family violence) at risk of homelessness or experiencing housing stress. Delivered as part of Victoria's $5.3 billion Big Housing Build by Homes Victoria in partnership with Women's Housing Limited. Features a 7,987sqm site, single-level basement, minimum 7-star energy rating, and compliance with Liveable Housing Design Guidelines. Construction completed December 2023; officially opened 24 January 2024 by Minister Harriet Shing.Valued at approximately $23.6 million.
Sunshine Health, Wellbeing and Education Precinct
The Sunshine Health, Wellbeing and Education Precinct is a 67 hectare health, education and employment precinct in St Albans centred around Sunshine Hospital, Joan Kirner Womens and Childrens Hospital, Ginifer Station and surrounding uses. The Victorian Planning Authority has prepared a draft plan with Brimbank City Council and Victorian Government agencies to guide land use change, new jobs, improved streetscapes and environmental upgrades. The precinct is a key western Melbourne growth area supported by major transport investment and future employment, housing and liveability improvements.
Victoria University St Albans Campus Cyber Security Training Centre
The Cyber Security Training Centre at Victoria Universitys St Albans Campus, in partnership with Cisco Systems, provides hands-on cyber security training in a simulated Security Operations Centre with attack and defend rooms. It offers programs for long-term unemployed individuals, disengaged youth, career changers, and the public, focusing on industry-relevant skills and real-world scenarios to meet the growing demand for cyber security professionals.
Keilor Central Shopping Centre Redevelopment
Approved staged masterplan and development plan for Keilor Central, enabling a 10-15 year redevelopment of the sub-regional shopping centre. The plan allows about 20,000 sqm of new retail, shops and marketplace space, new laneways and market-style retail, greener public spaces, improved links to Brimbank Aquatic and Wellness Centre, and about 320 dwellings to add mixed-use activity and housing diversity.
St Albans Activity Centre Precinct Structure Plan
The St Albans Activity Centre Precinct Structure Plan is Brimbank City Council's adopted strategic framework for the future development of the St Albans Major Activity Centre, the retail, civic and cultural heart of St Albans on the Sunbury rail line in Melbourne's west. The plan guides Council decision making on development proposals, strategic planning policy, public realm improvements and development facilitation, and informs resource allocation for business development, community facilities and arts and cultural activity.The centre supports more than 300 businesses in multiple ownership and, with Sunshine and Sydenham, forms the central activity spine of the municipality. Following Amendment C225brim, the former Clause 21.08 local policy content was translated into the new Planning Policy Framework, with St Albans now identified as a Major Activity Centre under Clause 11.03-1L-02 of the Brimbank Planning Scheme. Implementation continues through related Council plans including the Alfrieda Street Public Realm Masterplan, the Errington Precinct Master Plan, the Go St Albans Action Plan and the St Albans Place Management Framework 2025-2029, which sets a five year direction for safety, amenity, activation, business development and investment attraction across the town centre. St Albans is not one of the 50 centres in the Victorian Government's Train and Tram Zone Activity Centres Program, so Brimbank City Council remains the planning authority for the centre. Council is preparing a new Brimbank Activity Centre Strategy to direct housing growth under Plan for Victoria, which sets a municipal housing target of 59,500 new dwellings.
9,365 residents of St Albans - North are employed, from a labour force of 10,343. Unemployment sits at 9.5%, with participation at 58.1%. Weighted for its industry mix, the area's sectors are forecast to grow about 5.7% nationally over five years. That reflects industry composition only and makes no allowance for local population growth. The working-day population is estimated at 17,278, 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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Industrial and manufacturing activities feature heavily across the skilled local talent pool in St Albans - North, where the jobless rate sits at 9.5% and estimated employment growth over the past year reached 1.7%. By March 2026, employed residents numbered 9,365, while the local unemployment rate exceeded the Greater Melbourne benchmark of 4.8% by 4.7%, highlighting capacity for labor market improvement alongside a participation rate of 58.1% that trails the metropolitan average of 70.1%. Census records indicate that merely 13.2% of workers operated from home, a metric subject to Covid-19 restrictions at the time of collection.
The primary employment sectors for local residents include health care & social assistance, manufacturing, and transport, postal & warehousing. Local concentration is especially pronounced in transport, postal & warehousing, which commands a workforce share 2.1 times the regional average. Conversely, professional & technical roles account for only 4.5% of local employment, falling short of the 10.1% recorded across Greater Melbourne. Comparison between resident counts and Census workplace data highlights the area's predominantly suburban character with constrained internal employment generation. AreaSearch evaluation of ABS and SALM metrics indicates that in the year to March 2026, local employment expanded by 1.7% while the labor supply grew by 1.9%, producing an increase of 0.2 percentage points in the jobless rate. Across Greater Melbourne over the identical timeframe, employment rose by 2.1%, the labor pool enlarged by 2.3%, and unemployment climbed 0.2 percentage points. Forward-looking guidance from Jobs and Skills Australia's Mar-26 national projections provides additional context regarding regional employment trends. Applying five- and ten-year national industry forecasts—which project overall job expansion of 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years across uneven sector trajectories—to the St Albans - North industry distribution suggests local job numbers could rise by 5.7% over five years and 12.3% over ten years (note that this weighting extrapolation is purely illustrative and excludes localized population models).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in St Albans - North is $1,183 a week (about $62,000 a year), with median personal income at $495 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $45,606 a year against an average of $50,742. 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 compiled by AreaSearch for financial year 2023 show personal earnings across the St Albans - North SA2 trailing nationwide averages, registering a median income of $45,606 and a mean of $50,742. These figures compare against Greater Melbourne benchmarks of $57,688 for median income and $75,164 for average income. Incorporating Wage Price Index gains of 9.62% since financial year 2023 brings updated modelled estimates to approximately $49,993 (median) and $55,623 (average) as of March 2026. In the 2021 Census, local individual, family, and household earnings all tracked between the 3rd and 12th percentiles across Australia.
The single largest income band encompasses 28.6% of residents (6,040 people) earning between $1,500 - 2,999, mirroring the metropolitan proportion of 32.8%. Substantial mortgage and rent commitments create acute financial strain, leaving just 81.9% of income remaining and placing the area in the 11th percentile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
St Albans - North had 6,893 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 70% detached houses and 11% apartments. 25% are owned with a mortgage, 40% rented and 36% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $330 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,473 a month. Rent absorbs 27.9% of household income here and mortgage repayments 28.7%. 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 time of the most recent Census, the housing inventory in St Albans - North was distributed between 70.4% houses and 29.6% other dwellings (incorporating apartments, semi-detached units, and alternative dwelling types), whereas Melbourne metro reported 67.9% houses and 32.1% other dwellings. Outright home ownership stood at 35.8%, notably above the metropolitan baseline, with remaining tenure split across 24.6% mortgaged homes and 39.6% rental properties. Typical housing outgoings were lower than metropolitan standards, with median monthly mortgage repayments of $1,473 and median weekly rents of $330, versus Melbourne metro figures of $2,000 and $390.
Across Australia, local mortgage payments sit substantially below the national benchmark of $1,863, and weekly rents track lower than the nationwide average of $375.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
St Albans - North counted 6,893 households at the 2021 Census, averaging 2.7 people each. 30% are couples with children, against 21% couples without children. 25% of households are people living alone, and families average 1.6 children. Household and family composition is measured only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Of all households in the locality, family units account for 70.5%, comprising 29.7% couples with children, 21.0% couples without children, and 17.0% single parent families. The remaining 29.5% consists of non-family arrangements, with single-person living representing 24.5% and group households making up 5.0%. The local median household size of 2.7 people slightly exceeds the Greater Melbourne average of 2.6.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
21.9% of adults in St Albans - North hold a university qualification, including 14.9% with a bachelor degree and 5.7% with postgraduate qualifications, lower than 76% of areas nationally. A further 16.9% hold a vocational qualification. 9 schools serve the area, with 3,066 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 951 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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Tertiary attainment presents a key development area locally, as the proportion of residents holding higher education qualifications (21.9%) sits well beneath the Greater Melbourne figure of 37.0%. Among degree holders, bachelor qualifications are most prevalent at 14.9%, with postgraduate credentials at 5.7% and graduate diplomas at 1.3%. Non-degree technical and trade qualifications are widely held, with 26.8% of individuals aged 15+ possessing vocational training, broken down into advanced diplomas (9.9%) and certificates (16.9%). Formal study engagement is substantial across the community, with 33.0% of residents actively participating in educational programs.
This student cohort is divided into 9.6% attending primary school, 7.6% enrolled in secondary school, and 6.1% engaged in higher education courses.
Frequently Asked Questions - Education
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Public transport in St Albans - North reaches 77 stops on 12 routes, timetabled for about 4,000 services a week. The typical home sits about 200 m from its nearest stop. Buses carry the largest share of public transport commuters. Households keep an average of 1.2 vehicles. Stop and service counts are built from operators' published GTFS timetables and refresh with each timetable release; vehicle ownership is from the 2021 Census.
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Public transport connectivity in St Albans - North encompasses 77 operational transit stops comprising a bus network. These locations are connected by 12 distinct routes providing 3,982 scheduled trips each week. Transit proximity is high, with average distances to the nearest stop measuring 196 meters. Commuter traffic is primarily outbound, with private vehicles accounting for 80% of travel and rail representing 14%. Residential vehicle density stands at 1.2 vehicles per dwelling. Work-from-home adoption was recorded at 13.2% in the 2021 Census, reflecting conditions during COVID-19. Across all transit lines, trip frequencies total an average of 568 journeys daily, representing roughly 51 departures per stop on a weekly basis.
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74.3% of residents in St Albans - North report no long-term health condition. 8.3% need daily assistance with core activities, and 45.9% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 5.3 per 1,000 residents. Health conditions, assistance needs and insurance are 2021 Census measures; the death rate comes from current ABS releases.
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Health assessments indicate sound baseline outcomes for the St Albans - North community, with AreaSearch evaluations of mortality and morbidity aligning broadly with Australian benchmarks, although common medical conditions register slightly elevated prevalence across both younger and older cohorts. Private medical insurance adoption is exceptionally modest at roughly 46% of the population (~9,693 people), tracking well behind the Greater Melbourne level of 56.7% and the nationwide benchmark of 55.7%. The leading diagnosed conditions across the area include arthritis, affecting 6.7% of residents, and diabetes, impacting 6.2%, while 74.3% of the community reported having no long-term medical conditions compared to 72.6% across Greater Melbourne.
Health measures for residents under 65 outperform standard benchmarks. Those aged 65 and over make up 18.2% of the local population (3,835 people), tracking higher than the Greater Melbourne share of 15.1%, with overall national health standings remaining consistent with broader population trends.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
63.7% of St Albans - North residents were born overseas and 73.7% speak a language other than English at home, more culturally diverse than 98% of areas nationally. The largest reported ancestries are Vietnamese (21.8%) and English (8.1%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Cultural variety is exceptionally pronounced in St Albans - North, where 63.7% of residents were born abroad and 73.7% speak a non-English language at home. Christianity represents the primary religious affiliation, accounting for 47.6% of the local community. A significant concentration of Buddhism is also present, representing 14.9% of residents compared to the Greater Melbourne average of 4.2%. Regarding parental lineage and heritage, the most common backgrounds reported in St Albans - North are Other at 22.7% (against 14.6% regionally), Vietnamese at 21.8% (contrasting with 1.9% regionally), and English at 8.1% (below the regional share of 20.1%).
Furthermore, several cultural communities display distinct local representation, including Maltese at 4.8% (versus 1.1% regionally), Croatian at 2.5% (versus 0.7%), and Serbian at 1.7% (versus 0.4%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of St Albans - North is 36. 31.3% 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 profile of St Albans - North closely aligns with Greater Melbourne benchmarks, with variances across all standard cohorts remaining within 3.0 percentage points of metropolitan shares. The median age is assessed at 36, identical to the 2021 Census level and 1 year below the metropolitan median of 37 documented in the same Census. The most noticeable demographic adjustment since the Census is observed in the 0 - 24 age bracket, decreasing from 29.8% to an estimated 28.1% of the population. Looking toward 2041, senior cohorts (65+) will deliver the largest absolute expansion, increasing by 1,604 (42%) to reach 5,439.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for St Albans - North
9 of 14 data sections on this page were updated within the last 12 months — the newest current to Sep 2026.
Everything is aggregated to the SA2 boundary shown above, on a 2021 Census baseline. Only 3 sections — housing, households and cultural diversity — still wait on the 2026 Census.
The ledger — source, cycle and currency by section
| Section | Source & update cycle | Currency |
|---|---|---|
| Updated within the last 12 months 9 sections | ||
| Population | ABS, GNAF, Geoscience Australia Annual (ABS ERP) | Aug 2026 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 | Feb 2026 8 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 Feb 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 — 253 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (20,581 at the 2021 Census → 21,119 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 (213011334). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.