Kaleen vs Crace

Crace is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 39 in Kaleen. In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Kaleen, about half of households are couple families. In Crace, most households are couple families. Kaleen is closer to the city centre: 8.3 km, against 12.4 km. On these figures, Kaleen tends to suit older residents, while Crace suits families with children.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Kaleen

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (7 vs 1)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (4 vs 0)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (91% vs 70%)
  • But Crace carries lower crime risk (36/100 vs 57/100)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Crace

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper units ($425,000 vs $555,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Crace

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (36% vs 25%)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Kaleen

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (8.3 km vs 12.4 km)
  • is more walkable (84/100 vs 70/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Kaleen has more residents already 65 and over (20% vs 8%)
  • Crace has more units and townhouses to downsize into (30% vs 9%)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Crace

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (5.4% vs 3.7%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

Kaleen and Crace drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Kaleen Crace
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Kaleen Crace
Walkability 84 / 70
Kaleen — Walkability: 84/100 Crace — Walkability: 70/100
Safety 43 / 64
Kaleen — Safety: 43/100 Crace — Safety: 64/100
Low fire risk 69 / 100
Kaleen — Low fire risk: 69/100 Crace — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 79 / 100
Kaleen — Low flood risk: 79/100 Crace — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Kaleen has more residents (7,672 vs 4,800); Crace has higher household incomes ($146,172 vs $121,472).

Kaleen Crace
Population 7,672
+37% vs other
 4,800
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +5.5% +7.6%
Median age 39 34
Median household income $121,472/yr $146,172/yr
+20% vs other
Median weekly rent $460/wk
same for both

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Kaleen Crace
0-4 5.6% / 9.1%
Kaleen — 0-4: 5.6% Crace — 0-4: 9.1%
5-14 12.4% / 15.7%
Kaleen — 5-14: 12.4% Crace — 5-14: 15.7%
15-19 5.4% / 4.3%
Kaleen — 15-19: 5.4% Crace — 15-19: 4.3%
20-24 5.9% / 5.0%
Kaleen — 20-24: 5.9% Crace — 20-24: 5.0%
25-34 13.3% / 18.0%
Kaleen — 25-34: 13.3% Crace — 25-34: 18.0%
35-44 14.4% / 22.0%
Kaleen — 35-44: 14.4% Crace — 35-44: 22.0%
45-54 11.7% / 11.5%
Kaleen — 45-54: 11.7% Crace — 45-54: 11.5%
55-64 11.3% / 5.9%
Kaleen — 55-64: 11.3% Crace — 55-64: 5.9%
65-74 12.9% / 4.5%
Kaleen — 65-74: 12.9% Crace — 65-74: 4.5%
75-84 5.4% / 2.9%
Kaleen — 75-84: 5.4% Crace — 75-84: 2.9%
85+ 1.7% / 0.8%
Kaleen — 85+: 1.7% Crace — 85+: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Kaleen 50.2% couple families
Kaleen — Couple Families: 50.2% Kaleen — Lone Person: 26.6% Kaleen — One Parent Families: 14.8% Kaleen — Group Household: 7.0% Kaleen — Other Families: 1.5%
Crace 59.7% couple families
Crace — Couple Families: 59.7% Crace — Lone Person: 25.4% Crace — One Parent Families: 9.6% Crace — Group Household: 4.4% Crace — Other Families: 0.9%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Kaleen 25.1% renting
Kaleen — Owned Outright: 40.3% Kaleen — Mortgage: 34.6% Kaleen — Renting: 25.1%
Crace 35.6% renting
Crace — Owned Outright: 14.1% Crace — Mortgage: 50.3% Crace — Renting: 35.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Kaleen Crace
Bachelor Degree 18.5% / 20.1%
Kaleen — Bachelor Degree: 18.5% Crace — Bachelor Degree: 20.1%
Postgraduate Degree 9.6% / 14.2%
Kaleen — Postgraduate Degree: 9.6% Crace — Postgraduate Degree: 14.2%
Certificate III & IV 9.4% / 7.3%
Kaleen — Certificate III & IV: 9.4% Crace — Certificate III & IV: 7.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.5% / 8.0%
Kaleen — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.5% Crace — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 4.1% / 3.2%
Kaleen — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.1% Crace — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.1%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Kaleen Crace
China 3.8% / 7.3%
Kaleen — China: 3.8% Crace — China: 7.3%
India 2.5% / 6.5%
Kaleen — India: 2.5% Crace — India: 6.5%
England 2.8% / 1.9%
Kaleen — England: 2.8% Crace — England: 1.9%
Vietnam 1.5% / 1.2%
Kaleen — Vietnam: 1.5% Crace — Vietnam: 1.2%
Philippines 1.1% / 1.3%
Kaleen — Philippines: 1.1% Crace — Philippines: 1.3%
Pakistan — / 1.8%
Kaleen — Pakistan: not among its largest Crace — Pakistan: 1.8%
Bangladesh — / 1.5%
Kaleen — Bangladesh: not among its largest Crace — Bangladesh: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.3%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Kaleen 91.2% houses
Kaleen — Houses: 91.2% Kaleen — Townhouses: 5.8% Kaleen — Flats / Apartments: 3.0%
Crace 69.5% houses
Crace — Houses: 69.5% Crace — Townhouses: 15.5% Crace — Flats / Apartments: 15.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Kaleen Crace
Median house price $1,030,000 $1,050,000
Median unit price $555,000 $425,000
Median land price — $1,290,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 22 days
from 58 sales
 34 days
from 30 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Kaleen Crace
3 bed $900K / $870K
Kaleen — 3 bed: $900K (41 sales) Crace — 3 bed: $870K (15 sales)

41 vs 15 sales

4 bed $1.15M / $1.24M
Kaleen — 4 bed: $1.15M (31 sales) Crace — 4 bed: $1.24M (28 sales)

31 vs 28 sales

5 bed $1.4M / $1.51M
Kaleen — 5 bed: $1.4M (7 sales) Crace — 5 bed: $1.51M (6 sales)

7 vs 6 sales

Development activity

Kaleen Crace
New dwellings approved 3,750
across Unincorporated ACT
same for both
Approvals change year on year -48%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Kaleen Crace
Houses 3.7%
$715/wk on $995K
 5.4%
$755/wk on $726K
Units — 5.5%
$480/wk on $450K

Ranking within ACT

Kaleen Crace
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 45% of ACT Higher than 82% of ACT
Schools Higher than 55% of ACT —
Walkability Higher than 90% of ACT Higher than 65% of ACT
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 33% of ACT Higher than 88% of ACT
NBN connectivity Higher than 35% of ACT Higher than 94% of ACT
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 23% of ACT Higher than 97% of ACT
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 29% of ACT

Liveability

Crace scores higher overall (80 vs 61); Kaleen is more walkable (84 vs 70).

Kaleen Crace
Grade B A
Score 61/100 80/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 very advantaged area
decile 10/10

Risk profile

Kaleen carries more bushfire risk (31 vs 0); Kaleen carries more flood risk (21 vs 0).

Kaleen Crace
Bushfire Low
31/100
 None
0/100
Crime Moderate
57/100
 Low
36/100
Flood Low
21/100
 None
0/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 4
within 5 km
 3
within 5 km

Schools

Kaleen Crace
Inside the suburb 4 0
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 2 0
Rated below peers 1 0
Universities within 10 km 3
UC - Canberra, Bruce, 2.5 km
 2
UC - Canberra, Bruce, 4.9 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 2.4%
same for both

Schools in Kaleen

  • St Michael's Primary School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Kaleen Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • Maribyrnong Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • University of Canberra High School Kaleen Government · Secondary below peers

Schools in Crace

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Amenities in the suburb

Kaleen Crace
Supermarkets 2 1
Cafes & restaurants 3 1
Parks & reserves 6 5
Childcare 7 1
GPs 1 2
Pharmacies 2 1
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 1 0
Waterways 2 0

Mobility

Crace sits further from the CBD (12.4 km vs 8.3 km).

Kaleen Crace
Walkability score 84/100 70/100
Distance to Canberra 8.3 km 12.4 km
+49% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 15 min 18 min
Public transport score 78/100
Bus
 73/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 88.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 25.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 2.7%
postcode 2617
 4.6%
postcode 2911
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 29
postcode 2617
 46
postcode 2911

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Kaleen Crace
Car (driver) 70.1% / 74.8%
Kaleen — Car (driver): 70.1% Crace — Car (driver): 74.8%
Worked from Home 12.7% / 13.0%
Kaleen — Worked from Home: 12.7% Crace — Worked from Home: 13.0%
Car (passenger) 6.4% / 6.3%
Kaleen — Car (passenger): 6.4% Crace — Car (passenger): 6.3%
Bus 5.3% / 3.0%
Kaleen — Bus: 5.3% Crace — Bus: 3.0%
Bicycle 3.4% / 1.3%
Kaleen — Bicycle: 3.4% Crace — Bicycle: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (74.8%).

Setting

Kaleen Crace
Elevation 594 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 611 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Kaleen Crace
Connectivity score 49/100 100/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 6%
3,290 premises
 100%
1,841 premises

Climate

Kaleen Crace
Annual rainfall 622 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 28.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 0.8°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Kaleen Crace
PM2.5 6.6 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 11.0 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.41 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Kaleen Crace
Average residential rate $3,105/yr
same for both
Council Unincorporated ACT
same for both

Federal electorate

Kaleen Crace
Division Canberra Fenner
Member Alicia Payne Andrew Leigh
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Kaleen Crace
Grant amount Not offered
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility None
same for both

Tags

Kaleen

Inner Large Blocks Parks Quiet

Crace

Family Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks Professionals Young Families

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