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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 416 | Strathpine - Brendale | Strathpine | Queensland | 15,120 | +1,527 | +11.2% | +5,157 | +31.8% | 29 | 2.3 km | 64 | — |
| 413 | Parramatta - North | Parramatta | New South Wales | 14,426 | +2,522 | +21.2% | +6,359 | +33.2% | 100 | 0.4 km | 64 | — |
| 428 | Point Cook - South | Wyndham | Victoria | 20,490 | +1,443 | +7.6% | +5,900 | +29.5% | 39 | 1.7 km | 64 | — |
| 427 | Cranbourne North - East | Casey - South | Victoria | 13,621 | +1,639 | +13.7% | +5,456 | +39.8% | 45 | 2.6 km | 64 | — |
| 431 | Kallangur | North Lakes | Queensland | 23,324 | +1,403 | +6.4% | +5,085 | +20.9% | 28 | 1.4 km | 64 | — |
| 429 | Jacobs Well - Alberton | Ormeau - Oxenford | Queensland | 5,381 | +1,207 | +28.9% | +1,774 | +32.1% | 10 | 7.5 km | 64 | — |
| 439 | Harrisdale | Armadale | Western Australia | 13,846 | +2,583 | +22.9% | +870 | +6.2% | 19 | 5.4 km | 64 | — |
| 440 | Spring Farm | Camden | New South Wales | 11,384 | +3,945 | +53.0% | +462 | +3.9% | 19 | 1.1 km | 64 | — |
| 446 | Landsdale | Wanneroo | Western Australia | 17,545 | +2,665 | +17.9% | +1,240 | +7.1% | 25 | 3.7 km | 64 | — |
| 441 | Wentworthville - Westmead | Parramatta | New South Wales | 23,692 | +3,277 | +16.1% | +2,884 | +11.6% | 99 | 0.9 km | 64 | — |
| 451 | Keysborough - South | Dandenong | Victoria | 16,827 | +2,506 | +17.5% | +3,040 | +17.6% | 59 | 1.7 km | 64 | — |
| 450 | Gordon - Killara | Ku-ring-gai | New South Wales | 23,815 | +725 | +3.1% | +8,238 | +35.9% | 50 | 3.7 km | 64 | — |
| 456 | Craigieburn - West | Tullamarine - Broadmeadows | Victoria | 14,699 | +2,855 | +24.1% | +1,141 | +7.7% | 31 | 3.7 km | 63 | — |
| 471 | Thornlands | Cleveland - Stradbroke | Queensland | 21,439 | +3,626 | +20.4% | +926 | +4.4% | 26 | 1.3 km | 63 | — |
| 470 | Moonee Ponds | Essendon | Victoria | 17,752 | +1,659 | +10.3% | +5,554 | +30.3% | 63 | 1.3 km | 63 | — |
| 495 | Throsby | Gungahlin | Australian Capital Territory | 3,608 | +2,600 | +257.9% | +607 | +14.9% | 13 | 3.5 km | 63 | — |
| 500 | Waterloo | Sydney Inner City | New South Wales | 18,306 | +1,560 | +9.3% | +5,071 | +27.5% | 54 | 0.8 km | 63 | — |
| 501 | Bankstown - South | Bankstown | New South Wales | 19,143 | +1,310 | +7.3% | +8,602 | +44.3% | 94 | 0.7 km | 63 | — |
| 518 | Carlton | Melbourne City | Victoria | 23,758 | +2,729 | +13.0% | +2,003 | +9.4% | 65 | 0.9 km | 62 | — |
| 529 | Pakenham - South East | Cardinia | Victoria | 6,677 | +878 | +15.1% | +5,125 | +69.3% | 15 | 3.3 km | 62 | — |
| 545 | West Melbourne - Residential | Melbourne City | Victoria | 9,236 | +2,145 | +30.3% | +2,914 | +28.8% | 66 | 0.8 km | 62 | — |
| 542 | Pagewood - Hillsdale - Daceyville | Botany | New South Wales | 16,075 | +2,665 | +19.9% | +1,352 | +9.0% | 45 | 2.3 km | 62 | — |
| 555 | Craigieburn - North West | Tullamarine - Broadmeadows | Victoria | 11,144 | +2,818 | +33.9% | +489 | +4.7% | 28 | 4.9 km | 62 | — |
| 553 | Mascot | Botany | New South Wales | 22,996 | +3,582 | +18.4% | +1,152 | +4.6% | 53 | 0.4 km | 62 | — |
| 560 | Jordan Springs - Llandilo | Penrith | New South Wales | 15,303 | +4,073 | +36.3% | +302 | +2.0% | 37 | 4.2 km | 62 | — |
| 568 | Strathnairn | Belconnen | Australian Capital Territory | 1,941 | +1,753 | +932.5% | +920 | +46.6% | 11 | 4.3 km | 62 | — |
| 559 | Warragamba - Silverdale | Penrith | New South Wales | 7,323 | +1,593 | +27.8% | +145 | +2.1% | 11 | 15 km | 62 | — |
| 578 | Preston - East | Darebin - North | Victoria | 22,473 | +860 | +4.0% | +6,225 | +25.6% | 62 | 1.8 km | 62 | — |
| 588 | Labrador | Gold Coast - North | Queensland | 19,473 | +288 | +1.5% | +8,786 | +39.4% | 13 | 2.3 km | 62 | — |
| 607 | Point Cook - East | Wyndham | Victoria | 21,396 | +3,502 | +19.6% | +660 | +3.2% | 40 | 1.5 km | 61 | — |
| 609 | Upper Caboolture | Narangba - Burpengary | Queensland | 3,528 | +324 | +10.1% | +12,981 | +136.6% | 13 | 5.6 km | 61 | — |
| 625 | Worongary - Tallai | Nerang | Queensland | 8,920 | +505 | +6.0% | +5,492 | +55.8% | 12 | 3.5 km | 61 | — |
| 634 | Lindfield - Roseville | Ku-ring-gai | New South Wales | 25,633 | +396 | +1.6% | +8,680 | +33.6% | 48 | 2.1 km | 61 | — |
| 637 | Spring Hill | Brisbane Inner | Queensland | 8,917 | +1,897 | +27.0% | +1,785 | +19.9% | 44 | 1.7 km | 61 | — |
| 640 | Rokeby | Hobart - North East | Tasmania | 8,987 | +1,867 | +26.2% | +801 | +7.8% | 6 | 0.6 km | 61 | — |
| 660 | Willow Vale - Pimpama (West) | Ormeau - Oxenford | Queensland | 8,343 | +2,017 | +31.9% | +662 | +7.4% | 15 | 2.7 km | 61 | — |
| 665 | Bankstown - North | Bankstown | New South Wales | 18,386 | +900 | +5.2% | +8,075 | +43.2% | 94 | 0.1 km | 61 | — |
| 698 | Miranda - Yowie Bay | Cronulla - Miranda - Caringbah | New South Wales | 22,441 | +2,663 | +13.5% | +596 | +2.7% | 40 | 2.6 km | 60 | — |
| 728 | Moncrieff | Gungahlin | Australian Capital Territory | 5,972 | +1,781 | +42.5% | +593 | +9.4% | 10 | 0.9 km | 60 | — |
| 750 | Redcliffe | Redcliffe | Queensland | 11,060 | +511 | +4.8% | +6,109 | +50.4% | 16 | 0.3 km | 60 | — |
| 758 | Castle Hill - Central | Baulkham Hills | New South Wales | 8,333 | +385 | +4.8% | +9,077 | +85.2% | 71 | 5.4 km | 60 | — |
| 819 | Truganina - South East | Wyndham | Victoria | 10,633 | +2,411 | +29.3% | +638 | +6.0% | 47 | 0.9 km | 59 | — |
| 832 | Wamuran | Caboolture | Queensland | 4,468 | +229 | +5.4% | +8,131 | +125.8% | 9 | 3.6 km | 59 | — |
| 843 | Doreen - South | Whittlesea - Wallan | Victoria | 11,781 | +2,412 | +25.7% | +388 | +3.4% | 27 | 1.4 km | 59 | — |
| 853 | Altona North | Hobsons Bay | Victoria | 15,851 | +451 | +2.9% | +5,218 | +31.3% | 57 | 1.5 km | 59 | — |
| 908 | Campbell | North Canberra | Australian Capital Territory | 5,317 | +1,296 | +32.2% | +620 | +11.4% | 15 | 1.7 km | 58 | — |
| 953 | Dakabin | North Lakes | Queensland | 5,955 | +1,220 | +25.8% | +804 | +12.4% | 25 | 1.7 km | 57 | — |
| 1364 | Jandakot | Cockburn | Western Australia | 2,656 | +91 | +3.5% | +5,405 | +197.6% | 20 | 2.4 km | 52 | — |
| 1624 | North Geelong - Bell Park | Geelong | Victoria | 15,657 | -194 | -1.2% | +5,052 | +30.7% | 4 | 4.8 km | 47 | — |
| 1648 | Corio - Lovely Banks | Geelong | Victoria | 18,450 | -108 | -0.6% | +6,604 | +33.7% | 4 | 1.2 km | 46 | — |