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Australian Capital Territory · unincorporated area

Unincorporated ACT

484,630 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 2,358 km², 136 suburbs.

Council series run to July 2026.

The ACT has no local councils. The ACT Government delivers municipal services — roads, waste, planning, libraries — across the whole territory, so ABS treats the territory as one unincorporated area and the Federal Financial Assistance Grant is paid to the ACT Government.

Population

484,630

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.3% in a year

Density

206/km²

2,358 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$990k

Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)

Federal grants per resident

$157

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

8.6 per 1,000

Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)

Advantage decile

10 of 10

SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)

Suburbs

136

Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)

Trends

Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.

PopulationABS estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001–2025
Council-wide median sale pricesABS Data by Region: median transfer price across the whole council by financial year, 2018-19–2023-24. Not any one suburb's price.
Dwelling approvalsABS Building Approvals, monthly, 2021-07–2026-07
Federal Financial Assistance GrantsTotal grant by financial year, 2017-18–2025-26 (Dept of Infrastructure)

People and housing

Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).

Median age
35
Median household income
$2,373/week
Median rent
$450/week
Median mortgage repayment
$2,080/month
Households renting
30.7%
Average household
2.5 people
Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
decile 10 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD)
decile 10 of 10

Suburbs

136 suburbs where Unincorporated ACT holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.

SuburbPopulationIn this councilMedian house (VG)Flood / bushfireIRSAD
Kambah15,670All1% / 20%9
Ngunnawal10,957All4% / 10%9
Gungahlin8,586All4% / 36%9
Belconnen8,502All22% / 15%9
Harrison8,244All0% / 25%10
Gordon (ACT)7,892All– / 33%9
Wanniassa7,885All2% / 4%9
Kaleen7,672All<1% / 34%9
Bruce (ACT)7,520All0% / 60%
Franklin (ACT)7,484All<1% / 22%10
Bonner7,339All– / 32%10
Dunlop7,265All4% / 42%9
Macgregor (ACT)7,049All5% / 39%9
Watson6,727All<1% / 44%10
Nicholls6,680All8% / 37%10
Kingston (ACT)6,579All12% / 11%10
Campbell6,564All3% / 39%
Casey6,471All– / 48%10
Narrabundah6,455All4% / 17%10
Braddon6,383All0% / 0%10
Amaroo (ACT)6,129All9% / 15%10
O'Connor (ACT)5,917All3% / 41%10
Calwell5,730All– / 28%9
Lyneham5,703All4% / 24%10
Monash (ACT)5,644All8% / 16%9
Holt5,628All0% / 3%8
Palmerston (ACT)5,579All0% / 7%9
Curtin5,569All2% / 40%10
Evatt5,531All5% / 3%10
Ainslie5,376All<1% / 31%10
Griffith (ACT)5,328All0% / 0%10
Moncrieff5,310All– / 23%10
Chisholm (ACT)5,268All<1% / 16%8
Phillip5,197All4% / <1%10
Conder5,108All– / 57%9
Banks5,100All– / 29%8
Coombs4,851All13% / 40%10
City4,835All0% / 0%
Crace4,800All<1% / 47%10
Florey4,781All0% / 0%8
Turner4,470All3% / 0%10
Forde4,435All– / 31%10
Isabella Plains4,329All8% / 11%8
Downer4,296All<1% / 0%10
Greenway4,129All– / 46%9
Weston (ACT)4,000All4% / 37%10
Bonython3,839All– / 59%9
Wright3,808All0% / 14%10
Theodore (ACT)3,798All– / 59%9
Farrer3,787All0% / 27%10
Latham (ACT)3,767All7% / 33%8
Garran3,706All0% / 41%10
Flynn (ACT)3,671All4% / 9%10
Mawson3,440All3% / 6%10
Duffy3,395All<1% / 50%10
Melba3,383All6% / 5%9
Giralang3,372All6% / 33%10
Rivett3,354All<1% / <1%9
Higgins3,321All0% / 6%9
Dickson3,292All3% / 0%10
Lyons (ACT)3,271All0% / 53%9
Hackett3,227All0% / 42%10
Fisher (ACT)3,219All0% / 24%10
Hughes (ACT)3,210All0% / 22%10
Red Hill (ACT)3,146All0% / 46%10
Gowrie (ACT)3,140All2% / 9%10
Deakin3,124All0% / 29%10
Yarralumla3,120All15% / 22%10
Macquarie3,104All0% / 0%9
Scullin3,069All0% / 0%8
Richardson3,058All3% / 28%5
Charnwood3,055All0% / 2%5
Page3,054All0% / 0%8
Hawker (ACT)3,008All0% / 10%10
Fadden3,006All<1% / 71%10
Cook2,965All0% / 13%10
Chapman2,867All– / 32%10
Acton (ACT)2,848All53% / 7%
Holder (ACT)2,816All3% / 16%10
Weetangera2,795All0% / 2%10
Waramanga2,785All1% / 13%10
Denman Prospect2,759All4% / 62%10
McKellar2,740All5% / 10%10
Lawson (ACT)2,739All13% / 92%10
Gilmore (ACT)2,706All0% / 52%9
Pearce2,687All<1% / 10%10
Chifley (ACT)2,680All0% / 33%10
Aranda2,605All0% / 42%10
Spence (ACT)2,587All0% / 20%9
Torrens2,424All0% / 15%10
Throsby2,405All0% / 35%10
Isaacs2,379All<1% / 68%10
Taylor2,220All– / 46%10
Stirling (ACT)2,191All1% / 0%9
Fraser2,126All0% / 71%10
Barton1,946All36% / 2%10
Forrest (ACT)1,827All0% / <1%10
Oxley (ACT)1,703All<1% / 27%9
Reid (ACT)1,544All0% / 0%10
Macarthur (ACT)1,405All0% / 66%10
O'Malley928All<1% / 74%10
Strathnairn714All– / 82%10
Jacka712All– / 85%8
Symonston655All10% / 90%1
Hume395All7% / 85%
Oaks Estate375All24% / 59%4
Uriarra Village309All– / 71%10
Hall298All– / 92%10
Act Remainder - Majura161All2% / 99%
Pialligo138All18% / 75%10
Canberra Airport125All<1% / 7%8
Tharwa82All– / 100%9
Act Remainder - Paddys River76All– / 100%10
Act Remainder - Stromlo75All– / 100%10
Act Remainder - Booth64All– / 100%3
Act Remainder - Jerrabomberra61All4% / 97%
Fyshwick52All31% / 52%
Act Remainder - Tuggeranong49All– / 99%
Act Remainder - Belconnen40All2% / 99%
Act Remainder - Kowen25All– / 99%
Act Remainder - Gungahlin19All– / 98%
Act Remainder - Coree15All– / 99%
Act Remainder - Molonglo Valley11All5% / 87%
Mitchell (ACT)7All<1% / 55%
Whitlam7All8% / 60%
Beard3All0% / 57%
Capital Hill3All0% / 0%
Act Remainder - Canberra CentralAll<1% / 100%
Act Remainder - Cotter RiverAll– / 99%
Act Remainder - HallAll– / 99%
Act Remainder - Rendezvous CreekAll– / 100%
Act Remainder - Weston CreekAll21% / 97%
MacnamaraAll– / 90%
MolongloAll9% / 100%
Parkes (ACT)All34% / 0%
RussellAll0% / 25%

Hazards

Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.

Flood planning land

4%

Over 107 of 136 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)

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Bushfire-prone land

26%

Over 136 of 136 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

<1%

Over 136 of 136 member suburbs

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Representation

Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).

Federal electorates

  • Fenner · Andrew LEIGH (ALP)35%
  • Bean · David SMITH (ALP)33%
  • Canberra · Alicia PAYNE (ALP)32%

State districts

  • Yerrabi22%
  • Ginninderra21%
  • Brindabella20%
  • Murrumbidgee19%
  • Kurrajong18%

Neighbouring councils

Councils whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, councils it splits a suburb with, and councils across the state or territory border whose boundaries meet it.

Across the border

Explore the territory’s suburbs on the Australian Capital Territory suburb map.

Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.