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The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is a landlocked federal territory that contains the nation’s capital Canberra and many adjacent municipalities. It is entirely contained inside the state of New South Wales on southern Australia’s landmass, boasting a vibrant property market with continued interest from interstate and international investors.

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The Australian Capital Territory is home to a number of significant federal government facilities, national monuments, and museums. The Australian Parliament, the Australian High Court, the Australian Defence Force Academy, and the Australian War Memorial are all included in this.

The Canberra property market is one of Australia’s best performing markets. It has been this way for a while now and it is not going to change anytime soon. If you are looking for some of the best investment opportunities in the country, then you should start looking at Canberra.

Canberra offers a lot in terms of lifestyle and affordability and it is well worth considering investing your hard earned cash into buying property there before prices continue to increase. Given that a large portion of the workforce here have guaranteed jobs in the government sector, the stability of Canberra market is a factor that spruiks interest from both property investors and home buyers, willing to relocate from NSW.

Professionals (30.5%), clerical and administrative workers (16.9%), managers (15.9%), community and personal service workers (10.5%), and technicians and trades workers (9.6%) are the most frequent jobs in the ACT. In the Australian Capital Territory, the median weekly personal income for persons aged 15 years and above is $1,000, which is a lot more that the country average.

In the ACT, 67.0 % of inhabited private residences are detached houses, 17.7 % are semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses, or other dwellings, 15.0 % are flats or apartments, and 0.1 % are other housing.

Find out more about the Canberran property market by exploring the detailed dashboard on this page.

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Suburb Heatmap Analysis

Property Market Snapshot

This page provides an overview of the LGA real estate market. The data in this snapshot illustrates typical price, median rent and gross yield metrics for this council area. You are able to drill down to suburb-level data and charts which visualise these 3 key metrics as well as other important indicators in the dashboard section that follows.

Typical Price for houses in this council area. Percent changes indicate Year on Year growth or decline in house values. Council area house prices are calculated by averaging Typical Price of all suburbs within the area. Typical Price is a more accurate metric than Median Price.

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Median Weekly Rent for houses in this council area. Percent changes indicate Year on Year growth or decline in rental prices. Calculated via median value formula applied to rental prices from online listings.

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Yearly Gross Yield for houses in this council area. Calculated by multiplying the Median Rent by 52 and dividing the resulting value by Typical Price. Percent changes indicate Year on Year growth or decline in Gross Yield for houses.

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Typical Price for units in this council area. Percent changes indicate Year on Year growth or decline in unit values. Council area house prices are calculated by averaging Typical Price of all suburbs within the area. Typical Price is a more accurate metric than Median Price.

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Median Weekly Rent for units in this council area. Percent changes indicate Year on Year growth or decline in rental prices. Calculated via median value formula applied to rental prices from online listings.

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Yearly Gross Yield for units in this council area. Calculated by multiplying the Median Rent by 52 and dividing the resulting value by Typical Price. Percent changes indicate Year on Year growth or decline in Gross Yield for units.

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Lower Risk Relative Composite Score™ is calculated based on more than 80 environmental, market and data risk indicators. Higher values indicate lower risk.

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Capital Growth Relative Composite Score™ is calculated based on more than 80 indicators that suggest a strong future growth potential.

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Cashflow Relative Composite Score™ is calculated based on more than 80 indicators that point to healthy rental market outlook.

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Essentials
This chart illustrates historical and projected quarterly typical price and number of sales, which are depicted as blue lines and green bars respectively. Council areas with average sales above 30/quarter and suburbs with sales above 7/quarter commonly produce high confidence forecasts.
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This chart shows historical and projected median rent and number of rentals, depicted as red lines and grey bars respectively. In many markets Rent prices lag the Typical Price by 1-2 years.
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This chart presents the gross rental yield, which is the value you generate from an investment property, represented as a percentage. The higher the percentage the better. Yield that is trending down frequently highlights a high demand market.
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Yield chart
This chart plots the annual percent change in typical prices for all suburbs in this LGA. Suburbs that cross the red (zero) line more than 3 times present poor capital growth opportunities.
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Fundamentals
The chart below shows the IRSAD score for the area. IRSAD stands for the Index of Relative Advantage and Disadvantage. The higher the index, the more well off the population is in the area.
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IRSAD chart
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The pie chart below shows the percentage of renters to owners in an area. Generally speaking the more owners the better.
Renters to owners pie chart
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The chart below shows the proportion of units to houses in this area. Generally speaking the fewer units there are, the better.
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This graph represents the dwelling demand profile for the LGA/suburb, which tends to correlate with the tenant preference for property type and number of bedrooms. Target dwelling type and number of bedrooms with the highest number of sales.
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Demand chart
The “Years to Own” metric represents the estimated duration required to fully own a property, factoring in variables such as current interest rates, median family income, and typical property prices in the area. This calculation is based on the assumption of a standard 30-year mortgage. A value exceeding 30 years could be an indicator of decreased affordability in the area.
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Supply

Stock on Market

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Hold Period

Building Approvals

The most important metric for understanding the supply of homes in a given market. Stock on Market (SoM) is represented by bars which show the number of listings per month, and by a line which indicates the percentage of listed homes compared to the total number of dwellings in the area (SoM Percentage). A higher stock on market indicates a greater supply of properties.
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Inventory levels indicate the amount of stock available in relation to average monthly sales. Inventory levels above 3 months indicate a sizeable amount of stock available, while lower levels indicate diminishing supply. Decreasing inventory level trend can signal that prices may increase in the future.
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Inventory chart
Building Approvals refers to the quantity of new residential builds authorised for construction, as derived from the ABS’s monthly dataset. The black line represents the cumulative dollar value of approvals for any given month. This information establishes a foundation for calculating the Building Approval (BA) Ratio, which demonstrates the proportion of newly approved residential buildings over the previous 12 months in comparison to the total dwellings within the area.
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Average number of years properties are re-sold in the area. The higher the value, the lower is the supply in the property market. Changing trend can act as a lead indicator to price increases / decreases.
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Demand

Days on Market

Vacancy Rate

Clearance Rate

Search Index

The Days on Market metric shows how long, on average, it takes for listed properties to be sold. A higher number of days means that there is less demand for properties. Measured in days.
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Monthly vacancies (bar) and Vacancy Rates (line) in the area. Vacancy rates serve as a rental market demand indicator. Lower vacancy rates point to greater demand in the rental market. Decreasing vacancy rates can act as a lead indicator to both rental and sale price increases.
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Inventory chart
This graph illustrates the online search interest for properties available for sale and rent. The index allocates online searches in proportion to the total number of dwellings within the area and contrasts this value with that of the state or city average. A value of 5 indicates that the Buy/Rent search interest aligns with the state/city average. It is advisable to exercise caution in areas with a Search Index (SI) below 3.
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Auction clearance rates in the area. The higher the clearance rate, the greater is the demand in the market. This metric is most useful at LGA level. Some high density suburbs with active markets can also have good quality clearance rate data. However, this metric is somewhat sparse for 80% of suburbs.
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Auction chart

How was this calculated? Typical Price is a continuous metric calculated via a process called data fitting. Median Rent is weekly advertised rent based on rentals over the preceding 12 months. Gross Yield is Median Rent x 52 x 100 / Typical Price. To discover additional information, click the “i” icon in the top left corner of each graph or visit the Data Dictionary page.

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Property Market in ACT

What other property markets are there near ACT?

ACT is surrounded by 4 other council areas – Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional, Yass Valley, Snowy Monaro Regional, Snowy Valleys.

Suburbs/localities in this Local Government Area: Lyneham 2602, Dickson 2602, O’Connor 2602, Ainslie 2602, Turner 2612, Braddon 2612, Acton 2601, City 2601, Reid 2612, Campbell 2612, Russell 2600, Downer 2602, Watson 2602, Hackett 2602, Parkes 2600, Yarralumla 2600, Capital Hill 2600, Barton 2600, Deakin 2600, Forrest 2603, Kingston 2604, Narrabundah 2604, Fyshwick 2609, Griffith 2603, Red Hill 2603, Pialligo 2609, Hughes 2605, Curtin 2605, Lyons 2606, Garran 2605, Pearce 2607, Torrens 2607, Mawson 2607, Farrer 2607, O’Malley 2606, Isaacs 2607, Chifley 2606, Phillip 2606, Weston 2611, Waramanga 2611, Fisher 2611, Chapman 2611, Rivett 2611, Duffy 2611, Holder 2611, Stirling 2611, Giralang 2617, Kaleen 2617, Bruce 2617, Aranda 2614, Cook 2614, Macquarie 2614, Belconnen 2617, Florey 2615, Page 2614, Weetangera 2614, Hawker 2614, Scullin 2614, Latham 2615, Higgins 2615, Holt 2615, Macgregor 2615, Charnwood 2615, Flynn 2615, Melba 2615, Evatt 2617, Mckellar 2617, Spence 2615, Fraser 2615, Dunlop 2615, Lawson 2617, Kambah 2902, Wanniassa 2903, Monash 2904, Gowrie 2904, Fadden 2904, Macarthur 2904, Richardson 2905, Gilmore 2905, Chisholm 2905, Theodore 2905, Calwell 2905, Isabella Plains 2905, Conder 2906, Banks 2906, Greenway 2900, Gordon 2906, Bonython 2905, Oxley 2903, Tharwa 2620, Mitchell 2911, Ngunnawal 2913, Amaroo 2914, Nicholls 2913, Palmerston 2913, Gungahlin 2912, Harrison 2914, Forde 2914, Bonner 2914, Oaks Estate 2620, Hume 2620, Symonston 2609, Hall 2618, Franklin 2913, Casey 2913, Crace 2911, Beard 2620, Coombs 2611, Wright 2611, Uriarra Village 2611 Jacka 2914, Denman Prospect 2611, Molonglo 2611, Canberra Airport 2609, Moncrieff 2914, Throsby 2914, Taylor 2913

2 thoughts on “ACT Suburbs”

  1. The ACT is a larger market than neighbouring LGAs. Sales by house and unit market segments for 2018-2019 register in the thousands, whereas surrounding council areas only experience sales in the hundreds per property type.

    Property sales for the period of 2018-2019 segmented by property type and size show the demand profile for Canberra. Units are more popular for those seeking one and two-bedroom properties, while family home buyers, with a need for three, four, or five-bedroom homes, prefer houses.

    Three-bedroom properties sell in far greater numbers in ACT than any other type of home. The market for three-bedroom homes was double that for two-bedroom properties during the year. Three and four-bedroom houses sell in larger numbers in Canberra than any other property type or size.

  2. Canberra unit prices are currently on the rise due to significant inflow of new development stock in the ACT property market.

    Forecasts for units have a positive bias in this market due to dominance of new unit sales (that are priced well above established dwellings). Because of this, current prices and forecasts for units are yet to ‘catch up’ with the market and should be treated as preliminary data.

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