--- title: "24134 – Advancement Velocity" url: https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/24134-advancement-velocity/ date: 2026-01-16 modified: 2026-10-12 lang: en author: "" description: "APN Codex Node 2413424100 Series — Social Capital, Meridian BranchCertified Advancement Velocity Localities (N) 6,470 National Mean 50.80 Std Dev 17.55 Range 2.60–100.00 Statistics on this page describe the 6,470..." word_count: 516 --- # 24134 – Advancement Velocity APN Codex Node 2413424100 Series — Social Capital, Meridian BranchCertified ### Advancement Velocity Localities (N)6,470 National Mean50.80 Std Dev17.55 Range2.60–100.00 Statistics on this page describe the 6,470 scored localities with more than 200 residents. 12,017 localities are scored in all. 1What It Measures One of five Meridian components. Measures career and educational advancement over time — the 2016→2021 *change* in household income and in Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment. A **trajectory** measure, distinct from and complementary to Human Capital Depth's (24133) **stock** measure of current attainment level — not redundant with it. **Source:** 2016 and 2021 Census GCP (income G29/G33, attainment G46B/G49B), joined via the official ABS geographic concordance `CG_SSC_2016_SAL_2021`. 2Data & Coverage Notes Retitled node — corrects a 24 Jul 2026 misread This node was rebuilt 25 Jul 2026 after the original build was found to have misread "income growth, velocity, and development" as property development (ABS Building Approvals) rather than career/educational advancement — a construction-supply metric with no defensible home inside Meridian's human-capital branch. Retitled "Advancement Velocity" and rebuilt entirely on Census income/attainment growth. 47 rows (18 SAL codes) were excluded from the join as ambiguous many-to-one 2016-suburb-to-2021-SAL collisions, rather than averaged or guessed at. 3National Distribution N6,470 Mean50.80 Std Dev17.55 Min2.60 Max100.00 Distribution 24134 Score — 6,470 Localities Over 200 Residents 4Pillar Alignment and Geography **Alignment with the pillar.** Across the 6,470 localities with more than 200 residents scored on both, this component and APN Meridian™ (Education Value Index) (24130) have a correlation of **0.61**, on a scale where 1 means the two scores move together exactly and 0 means they are unrelated. The two are moderately aligned: a locality that scores high on this component tends to score above average on Meridian, with many exceptions. This component is one of the pillar’s five inputs, so part of that alignment is built into the pillar itself. By State and Territory Average 24134 Score by State and Territory Each bar is the average score of the jurisdiction’s localities with more than 200 residents, with every locality counted equally regardless of population; the dashed line marks the national mean of 50.80. Tasmania averages highest at 58.5 (301 localities) and the Northern Territory lowest at 38.4 (160). Victoria averages 57.1, the Australian Capital Territory 53.6, South Australia 53.5, New South Wales 52.2, Queensland 47.1 and Western Australia 39.9. Other Territories (4 localities) are not shown. 5Other Components The other four components of APN Meridian™ (Education Value Index) (24130). [Node 24131 →School Density & Sector MixReads access to schooling options: school density per school-age resident and the non-government school share.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/24131-school-density-sector-mix/) [Node 24132 →Tertiary Node & KnowledgeReads engagement with the tertiary and knowledge economy through enrolment, proximity to higher-education providers and vocational activity.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/series-24132/) [Node 24133 →Human Capital DepthReads the current stock of educational attainment and skilled occupations among residents.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/series-24133/) [Node 24135 →Early Foundation (Childcare)Reads early-childhood foundations through childcare service quality, preschool attendance and female workforce participation.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/series-24135/) [Parent branch →24130 — APN Meridian™ (Education Value Index)](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/) 6Certification APN Codex Node 24134 — Certified, v1.0 - Rebuilt 25 Jul 2026 — Building Approvals replaced with 2016→2021 income & attainment growth - Renamed "Advancement Velocity" in 2026