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Unincorporated ACT

Australian Capital Territory · Australian Capital Territory · 453,263 people · 148 suburbs · 27 postcodes

Unincorporated ACT at a glance

Map shows the Unincorporated ACT LGA boundary in blue with a marker per suburb. Hover for suburb name, click for details.

Marker colour reflects SEIFA IRSAD decile: ● 1-2 (most disadvantaged), ● 3-4, ● 5-6, ● 7-8, ● 9-10 (most advantaged).

Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021. Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors.

Federal electorate boundaries can be toggled on the map. Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021 CED boundaries.

Unincorporated ACT is a metropolitan Local Government Area in Australian Capital Territory, in the Canberra region. It covers 148 suburbs across 27 postcodes and an area of 366 km². Unincorporated ACT has a population of 453,263 , ranking #1 most populous in ACT. The most populous suburb is Kambah (15,670 residents).About 28.8% of residents were born overseas and 24.6% speak a language other than English at home.

Who lives here

How they live

Work and learning

Schools in Unincorporated ACT

138 schools across Unincorporated ACT: 65.9% Government, 21.0% Catholic, 13.0% Independent. The ACT average is 65.9% / 21.0% / 13.0%. Schools here have a median ICSEA of 1085 (range 952 to 1203). ACT median is 1085; national mean is 1000.

All 138 schools in Unincorporated ACT, sorted by enrolment:

School	Sector	Type	Suburb	Students	ICSEA
Canberra Grammar School	Independent	Combined	Red Hill	2,116	1187
Radford College	Independent	Combined	Bruce	2,091	1203
St Mary MacKillop College	Catholic	Secondary	Isabella Plains	2,088	1068
Marist College Canberra	Independent	Combined	Pearce	1,852	1142
Burgmann Anglican School	Independent	Combined	Gungahlin	1,755	1165
Amaroo School	Government	Combined	Amaroo	1,638	1070
Telopea Park School	Government	Combined	Barton	1,586	1153
Daramalan College	Independent	Secondary	Dickson	1,498	1127
Harrison School	Government	Combined	Harrison	1,365	1058
St Francis Xavier College	Catholic	Secondary	Florey	1,323	1070
Gold Creek School	Government	Combined	Nicholls	1,261	1052
Canberra Girls Grammar School	Independent	Combined	Deakin	1,203	1177
The Canberra College	Government	Secondary	Phillip	1,174	1087
Trinity Christian School	Independent	Combined	Wanniassa	1,073	1150
Gungahlin College	Government	Secondary	Gungahlin	1,070	1061
Lyneham High School	Government	Secondary	Lyneham	1,034	1132
Merici College	Catholic	Secondary	Braddon	992	1138
Narrabundah College	Government	Secondary	Narrabundah	977	1131
Melba Copland Secondary School	Government	Secondary	Melba	953	1041
St Edmund's College Canberra	Independent	Combined	Griffith	935	1080
Brindabella Christian College	Independent	Combined	Lyneham	929	1154
Dickson College	Government	Secondary	Dickson	899	1101
Canberra High School	Government	Secondary	Macquarie	898	1100
St Clare's College	Catholic	Secondary	Griffith	887	1087
Alfred Deakin High School	Government	Secondary	Deakin	881	1132
St John Paul II College	Catholic	Secondary	Nicholls	880	1089
Erindale College	Government	Secondary	Wanniassa	871	1041
Mount Stromlo High School	Government	Secondary	Waramanga	846	1085
University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra	Government	Secondary	Belconnen	781	1066
Melrose High School	Government	Secondary	Pearce	776	1079
Good Shepherd Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Amaroo	762	1095
Kingsford Smith School	Government	Combined	Holt	742	991
Holy Spirit Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Nicholls	733	1085
Red Hill Primary School	Government	Primary	Red Hill	720	1133
Evelyn Scott School	Government	Combined	Denman Prospect	717	1107
Mother Teresa School	Catholic	Primary	Harrison	716	1102
Garran Primary School	Government	Primary	Garran	676	1159
Majura Primary School	Government	Primary	Watson	675	1135
Holy Family Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Gowrie	641	1076
Palmerston District Primary School	Government	Primary	Palmerston	640	1077
Belconnen High School	Government	Secondary	Hawker	636	1066
Margaret Hendry School	Government	Primary	Taylor	626	1054
Lake Tuggeranong College	Government	Secondary	Greenway	620	1023
Ngunnawal Primary School	Government	Primary	Ngunnawal	620	1049
Neville Bonner Primary School	Government	Primary	Bonner	606	1058
Hawker College	Government	Secondary	Hawker	605	1073
Emmaus Christian School	Independent	Combined	Dickson	590	1138
Macgregor Primary School	Government	Primary	Macgregor	590	1050
Namadgi School	Government	Combined	Kambah	578	978
Caroline Chisholm School	Government	Combined	Chisholm	571	989
University of Canberra High School Kaleen	Government	Secondary	Kaleen	571	1056
Mawson Primary School	Government	Primary	Mawson	542	1139
Wanniassa School	Government	Combined	Wanniassa	538	991
North Ainslie Primary School	Government	Primary	Ainslie	527	1145
Lanyon High School	Government	Secondary	Conder	524	1005
Aranda Primary School	Government	Primary	Aranda	517	1159
St Francis of Assisi Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Calwell	516	1055
Charles Weston School	Government	Primary	Coombs	511	1099
Chapman Primary School	Government	Primary	Chapman	502	1106
Lyneham Primary School	Government	Primary	Lyneham	498	1135
Maribyrnong Primary School	Government	Primary	Kaleen	483	1100
St Clare of Assisi Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Conder	483	1044
Forrest Primary School	Government	Primary	Forrest	479	1145
Franklin School	Government	Primary	Franklin	477	1098
Arawang Primary School	Government	Primary	Waramanga	469	1113
Fraser Primary School	Government	Primary	Fraser	462	1042
Mount Rogers Primary School	Government	Primary	Melba	461	1056
Hughes Primary School	Government	Primary	Hughes	457	1157
Islamic School of Canberra	Independent	Combined	Weston	455	1073
Charles Conder Primary School	Government	Primary	Conder	431	1002
St Jude's Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Holder	425	1131
St Anthony's Parish Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Wanniassa	421	1067
Campbell High School	Government	Secondary	Campbell	420	1120
Monash Primary School	Government	Primary	Monash	414	1063
Orana Steiner School	Independent	Combined	Weston	413	1136
St Monica's Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Evatt	412	1080
Curtin Primary School	Government	Primary	Curtin	408	1146
Gordon Primary School	Government	Primary	Gordon	407	1005
Taqwa School	Independent	Combined	Moncrieff	407	1099
Weetangera Primary School	Government	Primary	Weetangera	404	1117
Kaleen Primary School	Government	Primary	Kaleen	400	1075
Florey Primary School	Government	Primary	Florey	397	1042
Miles Franklin Primary School	Government	Primary	Evatt	394	1077
Torrens Primary School	Government	Primary	Torrens	394	1079
Holy Trinity Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Curtin	387	1145
Duffy Primary School	Government	Primary	Duffy	374	1088
St Thomas Aquinas Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Charnwood	374	1045
Calwell High School	Government	Secondary	Calwell	371	972
Rosary Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Watson	369	1121
St John the Apostle Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Florey	368	1077
Ainslie School	Government	Primary	Braddon	351	1130
Bonython Primary School	Government	Primary	Bonython	341	1034
Wanniassa Hills Primary School	Government	Primary	Wanniassa	340	1061
St Joseph's Primary School	Catholic	Primary	O'connor	334	1130
St Matthew's Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Page	332	1085
Hawker Primary School	Government	Primary	Hawker	331	1129
St Thomas the Apostle Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Kambah	325	1082
Covenant Christian School	Independent	Combined	Gordon	320	1090
Turner School	Government	Primary	Turner	318	1141
Throsby School	Government	Primary	Throsby	316	1096
Yarralumla Primary School	Government	Primary	Yarralumla	313	1142
Charnwood-Dunlop School	Government	Primary	Charnwood	308	987
Sts Peter and Paul Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Garran	299	1130
Latham Primary School	Government	Primary	Latham	298	1038
Macquarie Primary School	Government	Primary	Macquarie	291	1070
Taylor Primary School	Government	Primary	Kambah	286	1043
Evatt Primary School	Government	Primary	Evatt	281	1047
Giralang Primary School	Government	Primary	Giralang	268	1070
Campbell Primary School	Government	Primary	Campbell	267	1136
St Bede's Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Red Hill	261	1117
Farrer Primary School	Government	Primary	Farrer	252	1098
Fadden Primary School	Government	Primary	Fadden	229	1076
Canberra Christian School	Independent	Primary	Mawson	228	1087
Gowrie Primary School	Government	Primary	Gowrie	228	1043
Sacred Heart Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Pearce	210	1131
Shirley Smith High School	Government	Secondary	Kenny	210	1078
Theodore Primary School	Government	Primary	Theodore	206	974
Calwell Primary School	Government	Primary	Calwell	201	1010
St Vincent's Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Aranda	195	1117
St Thomas More's Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Campbell	179	1145
St Michael's Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Kaleen	171	1094
Blue Gum Community School	Independent	Combined	Hackett	167	1164
St Benedict's Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Narrabundah	165	1061
St John Vianney's Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Waramanga	159	1094
Richardson Primary School	Government	Primary	Richardson	142	952
Communities@Work Galilee School	Independent	Special	Kambah	120	1004
Southern Cross Early Childhood School	Government	Primary	Scullin	115	1088
Gilmore Primary School	Government	Primary	Gilmore	113	981
Black Mountain School	Government	Special	O'connor	108	1030
Canberra Montessori School	Independent	Primary	Holder	96	1128
The Woden School	Government	Special	Deakin	93	1046
Lyons Early Childhood School	Government	Primary	Lyons	91	1116
Cranleigh School	Government	Special	Holt	88	1036
Aunty Agnes Shea High School	Government	Secondary	Taylor	83	1051
Malkara School	Government	Special	Garran	73	1021
Isabella Plains Early Childhood School	Government	Primary	Isabella Plains	69	1052
O'Connor Cooperative School	Government	Primary	O'connor	60	1141
Narrabundah Early Childhood School	Government	Primary	Narrabundah	53	990

Source: ACARA School Profiles 2025. ICSEA shown where reported; some schools (notably small primaries) do not publish ICSEA.

SEIFA socio-economic indexes

SEIFA 2021 ranks Australian areas across four dimensions. Scores are population-weighted averages of suburb-level SEIFA scores within Unincorporated ACT. Higher scores indicate more advantage; the national mean is 1000.

Suburbs in Unincorporated ACT

Unincorporated ACT contains 148 suburbs and 27 postcodes. Sorted by population.

Suburb	Postcode	Population	Median income	Median age
Kambah	2902	15,670	$2,207/wk	41
Ngunnawal	2913	10,957	$2,219/wk	34
Gungahlin	2912	8,586	$2,208/wk	31
Belconnen	2617	8,502	$1,776/wk	30
Harrison	2914	8,244	$2,636/wk	31
Gordon	2906	7,892	$2,321/wk	38
Wanniassa	2903	7,885	$2,295/wk	39
Kaleen	2617	7,672	$2,336/wk	39
Bruce	2617	7,520	$2,266/wk	29
Franklin	2913	7,484	$2,383/wk	30
Bonner	2914	7,339	$2,811/wk	30
Dunlop	2615	7,265	$2,503/wk	36
Macgregor	2615	7,049	$2,344/wk	34
Watson	2602	6,727	$2,414/wk	34
Nicholls	2913	6,680	$3,134/wk	44
Kingston	2604	6,579	$2,469/wk	35
Campbell	2612	6,564	$3,052/wk	28
Casey	2913	6,471	$2,680/wk	32
Narrabundah	2604	6,455	$2,353/wk	40
Braddon	2612	6,383	$2,259/wk	30
Amaroo	2914	6,129	$2,769/wk	35
O'Connor	2602	5,917	$2,518/wk	35
Calwell	2905	5,730	$2,460/wk	37
Lyneham	2602	5,703	$2,084/wk	35
Monash	2904	5,644	$2,164/wk	43
Holt	2615	5,628	$1,983/wk	36
Palmerston	2913	5,579	$2,316/wk	36
Curtin	2605	5,569	$2,886/wk	41
Evatt	2617	5,531	$2,428/wk	37
Ainslie	2602	5,376	$2,434/wk	42
Griffith	2603	5,328	$2,542/wk	38
Moncrieff	2914	5,310	$2,699/wk	30
Chisholm	2905	5,268	$2,292/wk	37
Phillip	2606	5,197	$2,075/wk	32
Conder	2906	5,108	$2,574/wk	37
Banks	2906	5,100	$2,419/wk	35
Coombs	2611	4,851	$2,634/wk	30
City	2601	4,835	$2,232/wk	27
Crace	2911	4,800	$2,811/wk	34
Florey	2615	4,781	$2,082/wk	39
Turner	2612	4,470	$2,330/wk	31
Forde	2914	4,435	$3,553/wk	35
Isabella Plains	2905	4,329	$2,131/wk	36
Downer	2602	4,296	$2,267/wk	35
Greenway	2900	4,129	$1,857/wk	36
Weston	2611	4,000	$2,361/wk	42
Bonython	2905	3,839	$2,223/wk	38
Wright	2611	3,808	$2,559/wk	32
Theodore	2905	3,798	$2,588/wk	36
Farrer	2607	3,787	$2,540/wk	43
Latham	2615	3,767	$2,125/wk	38
Garran	2605	3,706	$2,985/wk	41
Flynn	2615	3,671	$2,728/wk	37
Mawson	2607	3,440	$2,204/wk	38
Duffy	2611	3,395	$2,593/wk	39
Melba	2615	3,383	$2,326/wk	38
Giralang	2617	3,372	$2,447/wk	38
Rivett	2611	3,354	$2,207/wk	39
Higgins	2615	3,321	$2,248/wk	38
Dickson	2602	3,292	$2,277/wk	30
Lyons	2606	3,271	$2,062/wk	36
Hackett	2602	3,227	$2,623/wk	40
Fisher	2611	3,219	$2,275/wk	40
Hughes	2605	3,210	$2,797/wk	43
Red Hill	2603	3,146	$3,938/wk	42
Gowrie	2904	3,140	$2,674/wk	38
Deakin	2600	3,124	$3,117/wk	45
Yarralumla	2600	3,120	$3,327/wk	50
Macquarie	2614	3,104	$1,947/wk	37
Scullin	2614	3,069	$2,025/wk	35
Richardson	2905	3,058	$2,043/wk	36
Charnwood	2615	3,055	$1,818/wk	35
Page	2614	3,054	$1,773/wk	40
Hawker	2614	3,008	$2,251/wk	42
Fadden	2904	3,006	$3,302/wk	43
Cook	2614	2,965	$2,269/wk	42
Chapman	2611	2,867	$3,111/wk	47
Acton	2601	2,848		19
Holder	2611	2,816	$2,338/wk	41
Weetangera	2614	2,795	$3,349/wk	41
Waramanga	2611	2,785	$2,247/wk	38
Denman Prospect	2611	2,759	$3,219/wk	31
Mckellar	2617	2,740	$2,687/wk	43
Lawson	2617	2,739	$2,492/wk	28
Gilmore	2905	2,706	$2,416/wk	37
Pearce	2607	2,687	$2,362/wk	43
Chifley	2606	2,680	$2,347/wk	37
Aranda	2614	2,605	$3,161/wk	42
Spence	2615	2,587	$2,358/wk	38
Torrens	2607	2,424	$2,612/wk	39
Throsby	2914	2,405	$3,181/wk	31
Isaacs	2607	2,379	$2,670/wk	49
Taylor	2913	2,220	$2,655/wk	30
Stirling	2611	2,191	$2,206/wk	46
Fraser	2615	2,126	$2,618/wk	41
Barton	2600	1,946	$2,462/wk	39
Forrest	2603	1,827	$3,363/wk	47
Oxley	2903	1,703	$2,393/wk	39
Reid	2612	1,544	$2,272/wk	40
Macarthur	2904	1,405	$3,037/wk	39
O'Malley	2606	928	$4,476/wk	51
Strathnairn	2615	714	$2,629/wk	30
Jacka	2914	712	$2,160/wk	30
Symonston	2609	655	$841/wk	55
Hume	2620	395	$1,187/wk	34
Oaks Estate	2620	375	$1,542/wk	40
Uriarra Village	2611	309	$3,704/wk	35
Hall	2618	298	$2,681/wk	47
Pialligo	2609	138	$3,374/wk	47
Canberra Airport	2609	125	$2,218/wk	39
Tharwa	2620	82	$2,150/wk	32
Fyshwick	2609	52	$1,374/wk	37
Mitchell	2911	7	$874/wk	44
Whitlam	2611	7	$900/wk	27
Beard	2620	3		36
Capital Hill	2600	3	$1,375/wk	82
Anu	0200
Australian National University	0200
Black Mountain	2601
Canberra	2600
Canberra International Airport	2609
Causeway	2604
Deakin West	2600
Duntroon	2600
Erindale Centre	2903
Fairbairn Raaf	2600
Ginninderra Village	2913
Harman	2600
Hmas Harman	2600
Jamison Centre	2614
Kambah Village	2902
Kenny	2911
Kippax	2615
Kippax Centre	2615
Macnamara	2615
Majura	2609
Manuka	2603
Molonglo	2611
O’Connor	2602
O’Malley	2606
Parkes	2600			32
Parliament House	2600
Russell	2600
Russell Hill	2600
Swinger Hill	2606
Tuggeranong	2900
University Of Canberra	2617
Woden	2606

Postcodes covered

0200, 2600, 2601, 2602, 2603, 2604, 2605, 2606, 2607, 2609, 2611, 2612, 2614, 2615, 2617, 2618, 2620, 2900, 2902, 2903, 2904, 2905, 2906, 2911, 2912, 2913, 2914

Services and amenities

Frequently asked questions about Unincorporated ACT

What is the population of Unincorporated ACT?

The 2021 Census recorded 453,263 people living in Unincorporated ACT, across 148 suburbs.

What suburbs are in Unincorporated ACT?

Unincorporated ACT contains 148 suburbs. The most populous are Kambah, Ngunnawal, Gungahlin, Belconnen, Harrison.See the full list in the Suburbs section above.

What postcodes are in Unincorporated ACT?

Unincorporated ACT covers 27 postcodes: 0200, 2600, 2601, 2602, 2603, 2604, 2605, 2606, 2607, 2609, 2611, 2612, 2614, 2615, 2617, 2618, 2620, 2900, 2902, 2903, 2904, 2905, 2906, 2911, 2912, 2913, 2914.

How many schools are in Unincorporated ACT?

Unincorporated ACT has 138 schools, including 91 government, 29 Catholic, and 18 independent schools (ACARA 2025).

What is the SEIFA score for Unincorporated ACT?

Unincorporated ACT has a population-weighted SEIFA IRSAD score of 1091, where the national average is 1000. Higher scores indicate more relative advantage.

Page last reviewed June 2026. Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 (IRSD, IRSAD, IER, IEO), ACARA School Profiles 2025, ABS ASGS 2021 LGA boundaries. How this data is sourced.