Pialligo ^{ACT 2609}

Recorded crime in Pialligo is high (95/100, 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.

Pialligo has a moderate recorded bushfire history (53/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a high share of it (72/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Pialligo, ACT had a population of 138 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

The postcode for Pialligo, ACT is 2609.

Pialligo is 10 km from Canberra CBD by road, about 16 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Pialligo was $175,448 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

There are too few current rental listings in Pialligo for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $320, across all dwelling types.

The median age of residents in Pialligo was 47 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Pialligo has a moderate recorded bushfire history (53/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

Pialligo scores 20/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Pialligo (Civic) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.4 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.1 µg/m³. That puts Pialligo below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Pialligo, Canberra Airport (1.1 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.

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.

Pialligo sits within the Unincorporated ACT local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

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.

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.

Pialligo sits within the federal Division of Canberra, currently held by Alicia Payne (Australian Labor Party).