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Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood has an estimated 26,021 residents, up from 23,679 at the 2021 Census — a change of 2,342 people, or 9.9%. Growth has averaged 1.1% a year over five years. Overseas migration accounts for 79.5% of that increase. That puts 2,594 residents on each square kilometre. Population is estimated from ABS Estimated Resident Population releases and GNAF address data, re-based from the 2021 Census and updated annually.
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According to research by AreaSearch, the resident count in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood stands at roughly 26,021 as of Aug 2026. Relative to the 2021 Census tally of 23,679 people, this represents an expansion of 2,342 people (9.9%). The updated figure is deduced from the ABS estimated resident population of 26,000 recorded as of June 2025 alongside 71 validated new addresses identified following the Census date. With 2,594 persons per square kilometer, the local population density ranks within the upper quartile among nationwide locations evaluated by AreaSearch. Surpassing the 9.5% national benchmark, the 9.9% gain in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood since the 2021 census positions it as an regional expansion leader.
Inbound international arrivals served as the primary growth catalyst, generating roughly 79.5% of total population additions in recent periods. Projections for SA2 districts published by ABS/Geoscience Australia in 2024 (using 2022 as a base year) are implemented by AreaSearch. For unrepresented SA2 territories and for post-2032 modeling across all locations, AreaSearch applies age-cohort growth rates drawn from the latest Greater Capital Region projections published by the ABS in 2023 (based on 2022 data). Looking ahead, demographic expansion is anticipated to exceed the national median, with local numbers projected to increase by 3,174 persons to 2041 under current annual ERP figures, delivering a cumulative 12.1% increase across the 16 years.
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139 new dwellings have been approved in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood over the past five years, an average of 27 a year. That places the area in the 51st percentile for residential development activity nationally, about 1 approvals per 1,000 residents a year. Of the 28 dwellings approved in the latest reporting year, 89% 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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Dwelling consents across Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood have averaged approximately 27 new dwelling approvals per year, reaching 139 homes over the past 5 financial years. Across the past 5 financial years (between FY-22 and FY-26), an average of 10.1 people per year relocated to the district for every newly constructed residence, creating a notable supply deficit that typically elevates purchaser competition and exerts upward pricing momentum. Concurrently, newly approved residences exhibit an average value of $304,000, sitting below regional benchmarks to deliver relatively affordable entry points. In addition, commercial approvals registered at $15.3 million this financial year, demonstrating consistent commercial investment.
Residential building volumes in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood sit 91.0% below regional average per person when compared against Greater Perth. This lack of incoming stock generally reinforces pricing and demand across established homes. Activity is also below national averages, reflecting the established setting of the community and possible planning constraints. Compositionally, building activity is divided into 89.0% standalone homes and 11.0% medium and high-density housing, preserving suburban characteristics centered on family dwellings for space-conscious buyers. Recording approximately 848 people per dwelling approval, Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood demonstrates characteristics of an established, mature market. Demographic projections from the most recent AreaSearch quarterly estimate indicate that Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood is set to add 3,153 residents through to 2041. Should current construction tempos persist, residential output could trail community expansion, thereby intensifying purchaser competition and underpinning capital appreciation.
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Development applications around Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood
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SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
AreaSearch tracks 20 current infrastructure and development projects inside Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood, worth an estimated $1.94 billion. A further 123 sit in the immediately surrounding suburbs, taking the tracked pipeline within reach of the area to $36.8 billion. 53 are already under construction and 58 are due for completion within three years. The pipeline spans residential development, communities, precincts & urban renewal and education & training. Records are compiled from Infrastructure Australia, state agencies, council planning portals and public announcements, reviewed and updated daily, then ranked by proximity, construction stage, completion horizon and project scale.
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Strategic planning, capital works, and infrastructure delivery significantly shape local performance, with AreaSearch cataloguing 31 projects expected to influence the district. Prominent developments include Brighton Estate Master Planned Community, Butler District Planning Scheme Amendment No. 212, Butler Boulevard Medical Centre, and Butler Village Medical Centre, with major initiatives itemised below.
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Butler District Planning Scheme Amendment No. 212
Planning scheme amendment to District Planning Scheme No. 2 initiated by the City of Wanneroo, facilitating urban zoning and structure planning for residential and commercial development across Butler and Ridgewood in Perth's northern corridor.
Brighton Estate Master Planned Community
Brighton Estate, developed by Satterley Property Group, is a master-planned community in Butler, WA. Recognized as Australia's first 6-star Green Star BeachSAFE community, it won the Urban Development Institute of Australia's Award for Master Planned Development in 2013. The estate comprises four sub-divisional estates: The Dunes, The Green, Seahaven, and Junctions North, with extensive investment in landscaping, parks, playgrounds, and community infrastructure.
Connolly Drive Medical Centre
Connolly Drive Medical Centre is an established, AGPAL-accredited medical facility providing comprehensive primary healthcare services in Butler. The purpose-built centre features a state-of-the-art facility offering general practice, on-site pathology collection, clinical psychology, and audiology services. The practice is designed with a focus on accessibility, including dedicated disabled parking and wheelchair-friendly corridors and clinic rooms.
Butler Village Medical Centre
Butler Village Medical Centre is a modern, purpose-built family medicine practice providing comprehensive healthcare services to Butler, Alkimos, and Yanchep. The facility offers general practice, onsite pathology, dental services through Butler Village Family Dental, and chronic disease management. It operates as a private billing practice with modern diagnostic technology and is located opposite the Cornerstone Ale House.
Butler Social and Affordable Housing Precinct
A $28.57 million proposed six-storey residential building comprising 60 one- and two-bedroom social and affordable apartments situated 250 metres from Butler train station.
Butler Boulevard Medical Centre
Butler Boulevard Medical Centre is a state-of-the-art multidisciplinary healthcare facility in Western Australia. It provides a wide range of services including general practice, minor surgery, chronic disease management, and onsite pathology. The centre features wheelchair-accessible facilities and is situated within the Butler Boulevard activity corridor to serve the growing northern corridor of Perth.
Butler Central Shopping Centre
Butler Central is a $70 million shopping centre developed by Fabcot Pty Ltd (Woolworths Group) and constructed by BGC Construction. Located at the corner of Exmouth Drive and Butler Boulevard, near Butler train station, it features over 27 stores, including Woolworths, Best & Less, Dan Murphy's, and various specialty retail and dining options, with over 450 parking spaces.
Jindee Estate
Jindee is a masterplanned coastal residential estate by Estates Development Company in Jindalee, WA. The development continues through staged land releases with civil works, new housing construction and sales underway. The masterplan includes around 1,800 dwellings together with future village retail, hospitality, public open space and community facilities, designed around walkable neighbourhood principles and direct beach access.
13,364 residents of Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood are employed, from a labour force of 14,586. Unemployment sits at 8.4%, with participation at 69.0%. 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 20,837, about 80% of the resident population, so more people leave the area for work than travel in. Unemployment and labour force come from ABS Small Area Labour Markets, updated quarterly; the industry and occupation profile is from the 2021 Census.
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The local labour market in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood exhibits an even distribution across white and blue-collar occupations, marked by solid representation in industrial and manufacturing fields, an unemployment rate of 8.4%, and an estimated 2.3% in employment growth over the past year. Employed locals numbered 13,364 as of March 2026, while the jobless rate sits 4.2% above Greater Perth's rate of 4.2%, and labour force participation closely tracks the 69.9% seen across Greater Perth. Census records reveal that a modest 6.5% of working residents operated from home, though historical Covid-19 restrictions provide context.
Prominent employment sectors for local residents include health care & social assistance, construction, and retail trade. Specialisation is pronounced in construction, where local representation is 1.3 times the regional level. Conversely, the professional & technical sector accounts for only 4.5% of the local workforce, trailing the 8.2% mark in Greater Perth. As highlighted by Census comparisons between working and resident populations, this primarily suburban district provides relatively contained employment options within its boundaries. Analysis by AreaSearch of ABS and SALM figures indicates that throughout the year to March 2026, local employment expanded by 2.3% while the labour pool grew by 3.8%, lifting unemployment by 1.3 percentage points. Over the same timeframe, Greater Perth saw employment growth of 2.0%, labour pool gains of 2.5%, and an unemployment rise of 0.4 percentage points. Additional perspective on future labour demands in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood can be obtained from Jobs and Skills Australia national forecasts from Mar-26. These five and ten-year industry projections, when aligned with the local employment distribution, suggest employment growth of 6.1% over five years and 13.0% over ten years, compared to nationwide forecasts of 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years (noting this weighting extrapolation serves illustrative purposes without factoring in localized population growth).
Frequently Asked Questions - Employment
Median household income in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood is $1,542 a week (about $80,000 a year), with median personal income at $730 a week. ATO records put median taxable income at $59,306 a year against an average of $73,611. 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 Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood SA2 tracking above national levels, featuring a median income of $59,306 and an average income of $73,611. In Greater Perth, corresponding metrics sit at a median income of $60,748 and an average income of $80,248. Factoring in 10.93% Wage Price Index growth since financial year 2023, updated estimates reach approximately $65,788 (median) and $81,657 (average) as of March 2026. Under the 2021 Census, personal, family, and household earnings placed moderately between the 34th and 37th percentiles.
The primary earnings bracket encompasses 34.4% of locals (8,951 people) within the $1,500 - 2,999 category, mirroring the broader region's 32.0% share. Significant housing costs leave only 79.1% of income remaining, placing the area at the 32nd percentile.
Frequently Asked Questions - Income
Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood had 8,312 occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, 91% detached houses and 1% apartments. 53% are owned with a mortgage, 33% rented and 15% owned outright. At that Census the median rent was $340 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month. Rent absorbs 22.0% of household income here and mortgage repayments 25.9%. Dwelling stock, tenure and housing costs are 2021 Census measures — the only source that counts dwellings at this boundary size.
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Census assessments show that residential architecture in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood comprises 91.0% houses and 9.1% other dwellings (semi-detached, apartments, 'other' dwellings), contrasting with 77.8% houses and 22.1% other dwellings in Perth metro. Outright home ownership stands at 14.6%, trailing broader metropolitan levels, while mortgaged homes constitute 52.6% and rented properties account for 32.7%. Typical monthly mortgage repayments settled below metropolitan figures at $1,733, and the median weekly rent was $340, compared with $1,907 and $350 in Perth metro. Nationally, local repayments remain lower than the $1,863 Australian norm, and rents sit below the $375 national benchmark.
Frequently Asked Questions - Housing
Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood counted 8,312 households at the 2021 Census, an estimated 9,134 today, averaging 2.7 people each. 34% are couples with children, against 23% couples without children. 23% 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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Family units constitute the majority of living arrangements at 74.4% of households, consisting of couples with children (33.5%), couples without children (22.7%), and single parent families (16.9%). Non-family setups make up 25.6%, divided between lone person households at 23.2% and group households at 2.4%. With a median household size of 2.7 people, household scale exceeds the Greater Perth benchmark of 2.6.
Frequently Asked Questions - Households
14.8% of adults in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood hold a university qualification, including 10.7% with a bachelor degree and 2.3% with postgraduate qualifications. A further 30.5% hold a vocational qualification. 10 schools serve the area, with 4,177 enrolment places and an average ICSEA of 993 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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Higher education qualifications present a development area for the locality, as the tertiary qualification rate of 14.8% tracks below the 30.4% Australian average. Bachelor degrees constitute 10.7%, alongside postgraduate qualifications (2.3%) and graduate diplomas (1.8%). Conversely, technical and vocational qualifications are well represented, with 42.0% of residents aged 15+ holding vocational credentials, including certificates (30.5%) and advanced diplomas (11.5%). Participation across formal academic channels is substantial, with 32.6% of local residents actively attending educational institutions. This encompasses 11.9% in primary education, 9.8% in secondary education, and 4.1% engaged in tertiary study.
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Public transport in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood reaches 106 stops on 10 routes, timetabled for about 2,900 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 1.3 vehicles. Stop and service counts are built from operators' published GTFS timetables and refresh with each timetable release; vehicle ownership is from the 2021 Census.
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Network evaluations indicate 106 active transport stops across Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood, incorporating rail and bus services. These hubs are linked across 10 individual routes that deliver 2,905 weekly passenger trips. Transit access is strong, placing locals an average of 196 meters from the closest transport point. Given the residential focus, private vehicles account for 78% of outbound commuting, while train travel represents 13%. Household vehicle ownership averages 1.3 per dwelling, below regional figures, with 6.5% of workers operating from home according to the 2021 Census. Timetables provide an average of 415 trips per day across all routes, translating to roughly 27 weekly trips per individual stop.
The spatial distribution of the 100 nearest stops to the centrepoint is illustrated in the accompanying map.
Frequently Asked Questions - Transport
Transport Stops Detail
68.8% of residents in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood report no long-term health condition. 5.7% need daily assistance with core activities, and 55.4% hold private health cover. The standardised death rate runs at 4.9 per 1,000 residents. Health conditions, assistance needs and insurance are 2021 Census measures; the death rate comes from current ABS releases.
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Health indicators across Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood show generally sound patterns, with AreaSearch evaluations of mortality and health conditions aligning with broader national benchmarks. Chronic health issues remain modest across the broader public, despite elevated rates across older, vulnerable segments, while private health insurance coverage is notably strong at roughly 55% of the total population (~14,415 people), compared to 59.0% across Greater Perth. Mental health issues (9.4%) and asthma (8.1%) represent the most commonly reported health conditions among residents, while 68.8% indicated being completely free from medical ailments, compared against 71.9% in Greater Perth.
Working-age wellness indicators reflect standard trends. The community includes 15.3% of residents aged 65 and over (3,991 people), a senior cohort that faces particular health challenges while still comparing favourably to broader population benchmarks nationally.
Frequently Asked Questions - Health
42.3% of Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood residents were born overseas and 14.6% speak a language other than English at home. The largest reported ancestries are English (34.4%) and Australian (21.2%). Ancestry, language and country of birth are counted only by the Census, so these are 2021 figures.
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Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood exhibits substantial cultural breadth relative to most local areas, with 42.3% of the community born overseas and 14.6% using a language other than English at home. Christianity represents the primary religious affiliation, accounting for 44.2% of residents. Islam accounts for 1.5% of the population, compared to 3.2% across Greater Perth. Regarding parental heritage, the three most prominent ancestry groups in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood consist of English at 34.4% (above the 28.0% regional level), Australian at 21.2%, and Other at 9.9%. Specific cultural backgrounds show distinctive local concentrations, including Maori at 2.4% (compared with 0.9% regionally), South Australian at 1.8% (versus 1.0%), and Welsh at 0.9% (relative to 0.7%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
The median resident of Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood is 34, younger than 84% of areas nationally. 29.0% 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 Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood leans toward younger cohorts, with children and young adults (0 - 24) representing 33.7% of the population as at August 2026, compared to 30.5% in Greater Perth, alongside 28.1% in the young to middle aged adults (25 - 44) band where the regional proportion is 30.9%. The estimated median age stands at 34 as at August 2026, matching the 2021 Census figure and sitting 3 years younger than the Greater Perth median of 37 from that Census. Since the Census, the share of children and young adults decreased from 36.5% to an estimated 33.7%.
Through to 2041, senior demographics (65+) will drive most growth, increasing by 2,313 residents (58%) to reach 6,305, while the younger cohort is anticipated to diminish.
Frequently Asked Questions - Age
Data & MethodBoundaries, Sources & Method for Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood
9 of 14 data sections on this page were updated within the last 12 months — the newest current to Aug 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 |
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| 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 | Aug 2026 last month all 20 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 Aug 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 — 71 validated new addresses here. The headline figure is therefore a current estimate for Aug 2026, not a 2021 count (23,679 at the 2021 Census → 26,021 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 (505031099). QuickStats reports 2021 only — the figures on this page are more current wherever the ledger shows a later date.