ACT · Unincorporated ACT Council
Casey, ACT, 2913
Current weather
12.4°COvercast
82% humidity · 11.7 km/h wind · 12.8° / 9.8° today · 20.1 mm rain
Desirability index
#7 among Metro Canberra suburbs
Suburb snapshot
Casey is a smaller suburban community in the Unincorporated ACT area, home to around 6,471 residents (2021 Census). Recent indicators show 30 offences in 2025 Q2 Apr-Jun with falling year-on-year trends (-17%), roughly 4.6 offences per 1,000 residents, a higher concentration of local shops, services, and recreation amenities, and notable planning and development activity on record. Snapshot data also shows parks or public open space within the suburb and hospitals or GP clinics within the suburb.
Population
- Population
- 6,471
- Median age
- 32
- Median household income / week
- $2,680
- Dwelling vacancy
- 3.9%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 90 of 2,293
- Median monthly mortgage
- $2,167
- Employment rate
- 78.6%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 114 / 496 / 42
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 Census release
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
- Total offences (2025 Q2 Apr-Jun)
- 30
- Against the person
- 6
- Against property
- 12
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 4.6
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 1,078 residents
- State safety percentile
- 15.2th (lower crime is better)
- Year-on-year change
- -16.7%
Most common offence types
- Assault - Fv4
- Motor Vehicle Theft3
- Other Offences12
- Property Damage5
- Theft (Excluding Motor Vehicles)3
Data sources & freshness
- ACT crime statistics by suburb (quarterly) — ACT Policing / dataACT · Period: 2025 Q1 Jan-Mar → 2025 Q2 Apr-Jun; 2025 Q2 Apr-Jun · Updated on site · Quarterly XLSX release
Planning & development
Development applications from ACT planning register (lodged 2020–2026).
27 planning-related records
2025· 5 proposals
November 2025
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
July 2025
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
May 2025
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
March 2025
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2024· 2 proposals
November 2024
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
May 2024
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2023· 10 proposals
November 2023
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
June 2023
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
April 2023
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
March 2023
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
January 2023
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2022· 3 proposals
November 2022
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
September 2022
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
May 2022
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2021· 2 proposals
October 2021
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
April 2021
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2020· 5 proposals
June 2020
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
May 2020
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
March 2020
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
February 2020
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
January 2020
- SUBCCASEY · GUNGAHLINCompleted
Data sources & freshness
- Active & completed development applications — ACT Planning · Period: 2020; 2020–2026; 2021… · Updated on site
Amenities
40 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
- Bbq (2)
- Bench (13)
- Bus stop
- Casey Market Town Kingsland ParadeBus stop
- Horse Park Drive after Arrabri StreetBus stop
- Horse Park Drive after Newlop CrescentBus stop
- Horse Park Drive before Yeend AvenueBus stop
- Kingslande Pde opposite Casey Market TownBus stop
- Overall Avenue after Horse Park DriveBus stop
- Overall Avenue after John Crawford CrescentBus stop
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe).
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Parks & reserves
2 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Casey Recreation ParkPark
- Springbank Rise ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · Period: current · Updated on site
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics
- 1
- Emergency department
- Not in suburb
- Springbank Rise by Busy Beesdoctor
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · Period: current · Updated on site
Socio-economic (SEIFA)
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 10/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 10/10
SEIFA indexes from ABS 2021. Decile 10 = most advantaged / least disadvantaged in Australia.
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 SEIFA release
Heritage
7 state heritage places
- Aboriginal RecordingsPAD74 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsCasey 3-1 4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsCasey 3-1 4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsCasey 3-34 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsCasey 3-24 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsCasey 3-1 4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsCST14 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
Data sources & freshness
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · Period: current · Updated on site
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via ACT Bushfire Prone Area (SBMP) mapping.
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · Period: current · Updated on site
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 40
- Parks (OSM)
- 32
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover features — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Desirability index
- Desirability score
- 94.4/100
- Cohort rank
- #7 among Metro Canberra suburbs
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived score) · Period: current · Updated on site · Derived from source metrics
Recent changes
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritagePAD74 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageCasey 3-1 4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageCasey 3-1 4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageCasey 3-34 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageCasey 3-24 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageCasey 3-1 4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageCST14 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Springbank Rise by Busy Beeshealthdoctor
- Casey Recreation Parkgovernmentpark
- Springbank Rise Parkgovernmentpark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · Updated on site
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · Updated on site
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · Updated on site
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