Braddon ACT 2612
Located in Australian Capital Territory, Braddon sits 2 km from Canberra CBD, around 6 minutes by car. The suburb has 6,383 residents, a median age of 30, and a median household income of $117,468 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 16.1% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $495 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,803. Braddon is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Braddon a good suburb?
Braddon scores a A+ (90/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community, weaker on safety.
Mixed results
2 schools
Walkable and central
Walkability 85/100 · 2.2 km · 6 min drive to Canberra
Median available
Median $1.2M
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 87/100 · Flood 0/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 30 · 6,383 residents
Liveability Rating
90 / 100 · Ranked #3 in ACTEach bar is Braddon's rank among ACT suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
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Our score
90 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median Unit Price
Public listings dataBraddon's unit market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $562,000, about 10% below where it sat a year earlier.
Units
$562,500
3% below its 7 neighbours (median $580,000)
Based on 242 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 36 days — median across 150 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 96 sales $461K
- 2 bed 113 sales $620K
- 3 bed 24 sales $803K
Houses
$1,200,000
13% below its 6 neighbours (median $1,375,000)
Based on 17 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 32 days — median across 14 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 7 sales $1.35M
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Braddon are currently listed at around $1.25 million on average. Based on 11 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$1.25M
11 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$529K
169 units listed in the last 6 months.
180 of the suburb's 3,380 dwellings (5.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Braddon rent for around $850 a week on average, based on 16 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$850/wk
In line with its 4 neighbours (median $840/wk)
16 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$640/wk
In line with its 6 neighbours (median $650/wk)
101 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
117 rentals advertised against an estimated 2,072 rented homes (5.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025139 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 22% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2612.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$850/week ($44,000 a year) on a $1.25 million median
$640/week ($33,000 a year) on a $529,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Braddon safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Braddon sits in the high band, with 124 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 15% on the prior year.
124 offences
14.8% since 2024Crime Trend
Schools
Two schools serve Braddon, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 1,343 students across 2 schools (avg 672)
- • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1130-1138, median 1134 (well above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Merici College (992 students)
Primary
Secondary
Universities nearby
- 2.6 kmAustralian National UniversityAustralian National University · 420 courses
- 4.0 kmUNSW CanberraUniversity of New South Wales · 52 courses
- 4.9 kmUC - Canberra, BruceUniversity of Canberra · 192 courses
7.0% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Braddon is very walkable on foot — at 85/100, most daily errands can be done on foot.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Braddon.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 47.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 43.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 21.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 17.8 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Braddon.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 51%
- Premises covered
- 4,355
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 14 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Braddon is home to about 6,400 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 30 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $117,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
6,383
Median Age
30
Median Household Income
$117,468/yr
Census Median Rent
$495/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,803/mo
Avg Household Size
1.8
Median Personal Income
$78,624/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
15.2%
Total Dwellings
3,380
Owner-Occupier Rate
38.7%
Houses
4.9%
Rental Stress
21.9%
Mortgage Stress
18.4%
Work From Home
12.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
137 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 40 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 2,042 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 61.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 68.6%
- Employment Rate
- 77.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 82.8%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
660 residents (10.3%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 6,214 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
52% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (2,443 of 4,717), an area that takes in all or part of this suburb, so many of them work close to home.
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 4,666 people work here; 4,717 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.0 per resident). At least 1% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $3,105 a year through Unincorporated ACT based on 2026 figures.
Building Approvals: Unincorporated ACT
In the year to August 2026, 3,750 new dwellings were approved across Unincorporated ACT. That mix is 813 houses and 2,937 units. Approvals are down 47.7% on the same period a year earlier.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 5.4 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 14.1 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 3 · ozone 0.
From the Civic monitoring station, 1.7 km away. ACT Health publishes these readings unverified, so they may still be revised.
Climate & Setting
from Canberra Airport, 7.1 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, frosty winters.
- Elevation
- 579 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Annual rainfall
- 622 mm
- 69 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 28.5°C
- 10 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 0.8°C
- 61 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
3 facilities within 5 km- 2.2 kmScientific Research ServicesTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 2.2 kmHigher EducationTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 4.6 kmHospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)Top reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
EV adoption
In postcode 2612, 384 of 10,316 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.9% (503 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 8.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2612, 996 rooftop-solar systems totalling 9.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 9,618 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 111 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27No First Home Owner Grant is available in this state — the scheme has been replaced with a separate stamp-duty concession.
The Home Buyer Concession Scheme (HBCS) instead provides a stamp-duty reduction of up to ~$34,000 for eligible buyers under the income threshold.
Mortgage repayments
16 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 27 across postcode 2612.
Conveyance duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with ACT Revenue Office
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Alicia Payne Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Alicia Payne | 76.4% | 23.6% | +4.0 |
| 2022 | Alicia Payne | 72.5% | 27.5% | -5.4 |
| 2019 | Alicia Payne | 67.1% | 32.9% | -4.1 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Elected at the 2024 election:
- Andrew Barr ACT Labor
- Elizabeth Lee Canberra Liberals
- Rachel Stephen-Smith ACT Labor
- Shane Rattenbury The ACT Greens
- Thomas Emerson Independents for Canberra
Next election: 21 October 2028.
| Year | Seats won |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ACT Labor · 1 Canberra Liberals · 1 The ACT Greens · 1 Independents for Canberra |
| 2020 | 2 Australian Labor Party · 2 ACT Greens · 1 Canberra Liberals |
A vacancy here is filled by a recount of the original votes, not a by-election, so a member listed may since have been replaced. Boundaries were last redrawn in 2023. Results: Elections ACT.
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Common questions about Braddon
Is Braddon a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Braddon is high (87/100, ranked against other ACT suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Braddon?
Braddon has no recorded bushfire history. No mapped flood overlay applies. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Braddon a good place to live?
Braddon has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A+ (90/100), ranked against other ACT suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Braddon?
Braddon, ACT had a population of 6,383 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Braddon, ACT?
The postcode for Braddon, ACT is 2612.
How far is Braddon from Canberra?
Braddon is 2 km from Canberra CBD by road, about 6 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Braddon?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Braddon was $117,468 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Braddon?
The median advertised rent in Braddon is $850 a week for houses (16 listings) and $640 a week for units (101 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Braddon?
The median age of residents in Braddon was 30 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Braddon?
There are 2 schools inside the Braddon boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Braddon walkable?
Braddon scores 85/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Braddon?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Braddon (Civic) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.4 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.1 µg/m³. That puts Braddon below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Braddon?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Braddon, Canberra Airport (7.1 km away), summer days average 28.5°C, winter nights 0.8°C, 622 mm of rain a year over 69 rainy days, and 10 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
What first-home buyer assistance is available in Braddon?
ACT does not have a First Home Owner Grant — the scheme was replaced with the Home Buyer Concession Scheme, a stamp-duty reduction for eligible first-home buyers under the income threshold. Confirm eligibility with the ACT Revenue Office before signing a contract.
What council does Braddon belong to?
Braddon sits within the Unincorporated ACT local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Braddon?
The average residential rates bill through Unincorporated ACT is $3,105 a year (2026). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Braddon?
Across Unincorporated ACT, 3,750 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 47.7% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Braddon in?
Braddon sits within the federal Division of Canberra, currently held by Alicia Payne (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2026–27
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2024
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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