Where to plant
Every suburb in Australia ranked by how much the population is moving in — the last five years and the official forecast — with a small weight for whether there are enough people to sustain a plant. How near a ACC church is carries no weight; the church columns are context.
254 suburbs match
Showing growth suburbs only — suburbs that gained 2,500+ people between the 2018 and 2023 ACS windows, are forecast to, or grew 25%+ while adding 1,200+ people. Toggle off to search every suburb. Forecast to 2036 is the official projection (2026–2036) from Georgia’s Office of Planning and Budget (2026 series) and Tennessee’s Boyd Center at UT (2022 series). Both publish by SA3 corridor, so each SA3 corridor’s decade change is apportioned to its suburbs by population share. A ~ marks any suburb still on our modeled trend.
| Rank | suburb | SA3 corridor | State | Population | Growth 5 yr | % | Forecast to 2036 | % | Churches ≤20 km | Nearest | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 254 | Newstead - Bowen Hills | Brisbane Inner - North | Queensland | 20,887 | +4,566 | +28.0% | +3,781 | +17.6% | 44 | 1.3 km | 68 | — |
| 255 | Nollamara - Westminster | Stirling | Western Australia | 22,514 | +2,880 | +14.7% | +6,670 | +27.9% | 26 | 1.3 km | 68 | — |
| 252 | Footscray | Maribyrnong | Victoria | 20,607 | +2,553 | +14.1% | +12,756 | +49.4% | 62 | 1.5 km | 68 | — |
| 258 | Redbank Plains | Springfield - Redbank | Queensland | 28,131 | +4,918 | +21.2% | +2,893 | +10.1% | 26 | 0.6 km | 68 | — |
| 265 | Surfers Paradise - North | Surfers Paradise | Queensland | 14,299 | +2,272 | +18.9% | +7,113 | +45.9% | 13 | 1.1 km | 67 | — |
| 264 | Doncaster | Manningham - West | Victoria | 27,827 | +3,655 | +15.1% | +4,961 | +17.7% | 57 | 2.5 km | 67 | — |
| 262 | Penrith | Penrith | New South Wales | 19,848 | +3,619 | +22.3% | +4,005 | +19.9% | 29 | 1.8 km | 67 | — |
| 269 | Morayfield | Narangba - Burpengary | Queensland | 6,812 | +1,433 | +26.6% | +11,514 | +122.4% | 16 | 3.5 km | 67 | — |
| 273 | Collingwood Park - Redbank | Springfield - Redbank | Queensland | 14,098 | +3,946 | +38.9% | +2,927 | +20.5% | 26 | 0.7 km | 67 | — |
| 277 | Aveley | Swan | Western Australia | 18,972 | +4,274 | +29.1% | +1,650 | +8.5% | 13 | 1.7 km | 67 | — |
| 275 | Homebush | Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield | New South Wales | 23,042 | +3,049 | +15.3% | +7,583 | +29.1% | 92 | 2.7 km | 67 | — |
| 282 | Taylor | Gungahlin | Australian Capital Territory | 4,809 | +4,237 | +740.7% | +1,729 | +39.1% | 9 | 0.6 km | 67 | — |
| 285 | Sunbury - South | Sunbury | Victoria | 16,773 | +2,054 | +13.9% | +8,046 | +44.3% | 18 | 1.2 km | 67 | — |
| 284 | Port Melbourne Industrial | Port Phillip | Victoria | 2,567 | +1,284 | +100.1% | +23,695 | +194.4% | 62 | 1.3 km | 67 | — |
| 286 | Gordonvale - Trinity | Cairns - South | Queensland | 11,103 | +1,597 | +16.8% | +7,903 | +67.6% | 7 | 1.4 km | 67 | — |
| 288 | Cranbourne West | Casey - South | Victoria | 24,843 | +5,055 | +25.6% | +2,744 | +10.1% | 46 | 0.3 km | 67 | — |
| 291 | Beeliar - Wattleup | Cockburn | Western Australia | 12,207 | +2,596 | +27.0% | +3,730 | +29.3% | 14 | 2.0 km | 67 | — |
| 292 | Helensvale | Ormeau - Oxenford | Queensland | 20,744 | +2,287 | +12.4% | +5,434 | +24.3% | 12 | 0.4 km | 67 | — |
| 293 | Phillip | Woden Valley | Australian Capital Territory | 6,556 | +2,264 | +52.8% | +2,235 | +34.3% | 14 | 3.3 km | 67 | — |
| 297 | Beckenham - Kenwick - Langford | Gosnells | Western Australia | 22,909 | +2,636 | +13.0% | +4,095 | +17.5% | 23 | 2.3 km | 67 | — |
| 301 | Tapping - Ashby - Sinagra | Wanneroo | Western Australia | 14,924 | +1,088 | +7.9% | +9,220 | +59.7% | 16 | 4.5 km | 66 | — |
| 306 | Burpengary | Narangba - Burpengary | Queensland | 18,468 | +2,788 | +17.8% | +4,053 | +20.6% | 20 | 1.3 km | 66 | — |
| 305 | Ermington - Rydalmere | Carlingford | New South Wales | 26,509 | +2,457 | +10.2% | +10,214 | +37.4% | 93 | 1.4 km | 66 | — |
| 304 | Rockdale - Banksia | Kogarah - Rockdale | New South Wales | 22,588 | +1,592 | +7.6% | +9,239 | +40.8% | 64 | 4.4 km | 66 | — |
| 320 | Hazelmere - Guildford | Swan | Western Australia | 6,979 | +2,201 | +46.1% | +2,095 | +29.6% | 25 | 5.3 km | 66 | — |
| 318 | Morayfield - East | Caboolture | Queensland | 13,267 | +3,335 | +33.6% | +2,036 | +14.9% | 18 | 1.7 km | 66 | — |
| 322 | Lidcombe | Auburn | New South Wales | 23,960 | +2,565 | +12.0% | +4,914 ~ | +45.2% | 98 | 0.7 km | 66 | — |
| 329 | Sunbury | Sunbury | Victoria | 14,758 | +1,121 | +8.2% | +8,626 | +51.9% | 16 | 3.4 km | 66 | — |
| 341 | Hocking - Pearsall | Wanneroo | Western Australia | 14,656 | +1,694 | +13.1% | +6,290 | +41.7% | 19 | 2.0 km | 66 | — |
| 338 | Fortitude Valley | Brisbane Inner | Queensland | 11,505 | +2,482 | +27.5% | +5,059 | +40.0% | 45 | 1.8 km | 66 | — |
| 337 | Liverpool - East | Liverpool | New South Wales | 20,381 | +3,683 | +22.1% | +3,852 | +19.3% | 93 | 1.7 km | 66 | — |
| 343 | Kingswood - Werrington | Penrith | New South Wales | 27,270 | +4,156 | +18.0% | +1,936 | +7.1% | 41 | 1.7 km | 65 | — |
| 347 | Denham Court - Bardia | Campbelltown (NSW) | New South Wales | 20,628 | +11,471 | +125.3% | +166 | +0.8% | 49 | 2.7 km | 65 | — |
| 348 | Docklands | Melbourne City | Victoria | 18,407 | +2,038 | +12.4% | +8,697 | +45.8% | 67 | 1.6 km | 65 | — |
| 357 | Greenway | Tuggeranong | Australian Capital Territory | 5,453 | +2,261 | +70.8% | +1,105 | +22.6% | 11 | 3.1 km | 65 | — |
| 351 | Burwood (NSW) | Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield | New South Wales | 18,172 | +2,811 | +18.3% | +5,008 | +26.4% | 84 | 2.1 km | 65 | — |
| 363 | Coombs | Molonglo | Australian Capital Territory | 5,914 | +2,135 | +56.5% | +1,573 | +25.3% | 15 | 2.5 km | 65 | — |
| 359 | Rosemeadow - Glen Alpine | Campbelltown (NSW) | New South Wales | 22,230 | +823 | +3.8% | +12,017 | +48.4% | 19 | 1.5 km | 65 | — |
| 365 | Wolli Creek | Kogarah - Rockdale | New South Wales | 12,352 | +2,964 | +31.6% | +2,825 | +24.1% | 64 | 3.0 km | 65 | — |
| 374 | Enfield - Blair Athol | Port Adelaide - East | South Australia | 27,867 | +2,655 | +10.5% | +2,266 | +8.1% | 17 | 1.1 km | 65 | — |
| 379 | Victoria Park - Lathlain - Burswood | Belmont - Victoria Park | Western Australia | 18,356 | +2,535 | +16.0% | +4,245 | +22.4% | 31 | 0.1 km | 65 | — |
| 381 | Southbank - East | Melbourne City | Victoria | 19,274 | +2,569 | +15.4% | +5,085 | +24.1% | 64 | 0.9 km | 65 | — |
| 380 | Melbourne CBD - West | Melbourne City | Victoria | 21,340 | +2,590 | +13.8% | +4,875 | +20.7% | 66 | 1.0 km | 65 | — |
| 388 | Scarborough | Stirling | Western Australia | 20,163 | +2,807 | +16.2% | +1,215 | +6.2% | 24 | 4.9 km | 65 | — |
| 393 | Woolloongabba | Holland Park - Yeronga | Queensland | 10,049 | +2,279 | +29.3% | +5,132 | +47.1% | 52 | 0.8 km | 64 | — |
| 395 | Cashmere | The Hills District | Queensland | 21,109 | +1,167 | +5.8% | +5,663 | +25.9% | 28 | 3.3 km | 64 | — |
| 392 | Werribee - South | Wyndham | Victoria | 17,866 | +2,844 | +18.9% | +2,080 | +11.5% | 29 | 2.3 km | 64 | — |
| 401 | Arncliffe - Bardwell Valley | Kogarah - Rockdale | New South Wales | 17,890 | +1,242 | +7.5% | +7,995 | +43.1% | 66 | 3.8 km | 64 | — |
| 403 | Campbelltown - Woodbine | Campbelltown (NSW) | New South Wales | 24,423 | +3,498 | +16.7% | +1,859 | +7.7% | 27 | 0.0 km | 64 | — |
| 418 | North Coogee | Cockburn | Western Australia | 4,788 | +1,358 | +39.6% | +2,240 | +44.2% | 13 | 5.1 km | 64 | — |