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Housing

Chapman

Australian Capital Territory · Census 2021

Median house price not tracked for this suburb

Chapman is a leafy residential suburb of Unincorporated ACT.

Household income
$3,111/wk85th pctile
of 127 ACT suburbs
Amenity score
28/10054th pctile
of 125 rated ACT suburbs

Median house price

No open median house price for Chapman.

Australian Capital Territory publishes no open Valuer-General sales feed, so there is no official suburb median we can show. ABS median established-house price, Australian Capital Territory: $1.1M.

How it compares

Household income / wk85th percentile
<$874ABS Census 2021$4,750
Household income / wk
ACTAU

Percentiles rank this suburb against Australian Capital Territory suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Australian Capital Territory and nationally, not a household-weighted median.

People & housing

Population
2,867
Median age
47 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,378
Household income / wk
$3,111
▲ 31% vs ACT
Median rent / wk
$450
Mortgage / month
$2,600

Who lives here

Couples with children
39%
+7 pts vs ACT
Living alone
17%
−9 pts vs ACT
Unemployment
3%
−1 pts vs ACT
In the labour force
61%
−9 pts vs ACT
Bachelor degree or higher
49%
+7 pts vs ACT
Earning $1–$499 a week
16%
level with ACT
Earning $2,000+ a week
32%
+10 pts vs ACT

Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. ACT figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.

Housing stock

1,023 occupied private dwellings

Dwelling type
  • Separate house 90%
  • Flat or apartment 3%
  • Semi, terrace & other 7%

ACT: 63% separate houses · 19% flats & apartments

Tenure
  • Owned outright 49%
  • Mortgaged 40%
  • Rented 11%
  • Other & not stated 1%

ACT: 27% owned outright · 40% mortgaged · 31% rented

ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.

Socio-economic profile

IRSAD

Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage

Score 1,146

Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.

Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within Australian Capital TerritoryDecile 9 of 10

IRSD

Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage

Score 1,118

Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.

Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within Australian Capital TerritoryDecile 9 of 10

IER

Economic Resources

Score 1,132

Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.

Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within Australian Capital TerritoryDecile 10 of 10

IEO

Education and Occupation

Score 1,154

Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.

Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within Australian Capital TerritoryDecile 9 of 10

Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).

Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

Terrain & hazard exposure

Median elevation
646 m
range 617–703 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% below 2 m

Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Outside the ACT's modelled flood catchments. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.

Planning & zoning

Zoning mix (share of the suburb's land)
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  • Low-density residential62%
  • Infrastructure & special purpose12%
  • Growth area, deferred or unzoned11%
  • General / medium / high-density residential6.6%
  • Open space & recreation6.5%
  • Conservation1.8%
  • Centres & mixed use0.4%
Listed heritage places
0
on the ACT Heritage Register

Planning instruments: Territory Plan; National Capital Plan. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Listed-place counts follow each state's own list, so they do not compare across states. Source: ACT Territory Plan zones; ACT Heritage Register.

Local amenities

Schools
1
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
11
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.3 km
Nearest train
10.9 km
Nearest hospital
5.3 km
Distance to coast
110 km

Grocery mix: 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).

Culture & community

Dominant religion
No religion · 43%
Top language at home
Mandarin · 1%
No religion
43%
Born overseas
23%
English only at home
87%

Schools by sector

Government / Catholic / Indep.
1 / 0 / 0
Primary / Secondary
1 / 0
Nearest secondary
1.5 km

School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.

Local council

Council (LGA)
Unincorporated ACT
Population
484,630 (2025) · +1.3% in a year
Area / density
2,358 km² · 206/km²
Council medians (2021)
age 35 · $2,373/wk household income · $450/wk rent
Council-wide house median (2023-24)
$990k
Federal grants
$75.99M in 2025-26 · $157/resident

Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. ABS and Dept of Infrastructure data CC BY 4.0.

Representation

Federal division
Bean
Federal MP
David Smith (ALP)
Two-party-preferred
Labor 69% 2PP
State electorate
Murrumbidgee
State MP
—

Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); ACT Flood Extent Model (1% AEP), ACT Government (CC BY 4.0); Bushfire Prone Area 2026, ACT Government (CC BY 4.0); Territory Plan Land Use Zones, ACT Government (ACTmapi) (CC BY 4.0); ACT Heritage Register (registered places), ACT Government (ACTmapi) (CC BY 4.0). Not financial advice.