Local government

Australian Capital Territory councils

The ACT has no local councils: the ACT Government delivers municipal services across the whole territory, which ABS treats as one unincorporated area. Explore ACT suburbs on the map →

Unincorporated ACTunincorporated484,630+1.3%206$990k$1578.6104%26%

ABS ASGS 2024 local government areas and estimated resident population; council-wide medians from ABS Data by Region; grants from the Financial Assistance Grants (Dept of Infrastructure), 2025-26, per ABS resident; approvals from ABS Building Approvals, 12 months to 2026-07; SEIFA 2021. Hazard shares are population-weighted over member suburbs a state layer covers, and shown only where covered suburbs hold at least half the council’s residents; a dash means no source covers enough of it, not zero. ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state data CC BY 4.0.