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Chapman, 2611

Est. population · Jun 2025

2,725

Growth (1 yr)

-0.4%

Growth (5 yr)

+1.2%

Median age

47

Median income

$3,111/wk

Employment rate

59.3%

University qualified

49.4%

Work from home

16.7%

Median land value · 2026

$690,000

Languages at home

12.6%non-English

Most common: Greek, Mandarin, Italian

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

59.3/100
Good

Top 28% of Australian Capital Territory's suburbs

Verified 89% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Walkable
What Chapman is known for: Walkable

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Suburb profile

Chapman is a middle-ring metropolitan suburb of Canberra, in Unincorporated ACT. It is primarily residential, without a particularly distinct commercial centre or landmark identity.

Everyday destinations are relatively walkable, well above typical levels for middle-ring metropolitan suburbs. Park access is a very strong feature of the suburb, with park access 51% above the peer median. University qualifications are among the highest in the peer group, with university qualifications 45% above the peer median, and working from home is a very strong feature of the suburb, with working from home 64% above the peer median. Trade-offs centre on limited school access and weaker employment.

Chapman's appeal is better explained by housing, access and location than by a strong standalone precinct or destination.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Middle-ring metropolitan suburb · compared with middle-ring metropolitan suburbs in Australian Capital Territory (49)

Strengths

  • University qualifications are among the highest in the peer group
  • Working from home is a relative strength
  • Everyday destinations are relatively walkable
  • Park access is a relative strength

Weaknesses

  • School access is relatively limited
  • Employment rates sit below those of comparable places

What stands out

Nothing distinctive beyond the usual profile.

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • StudentsInsufficient data
  • Budget buyersInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Chapman compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median land value

$690k

+3.0% unimproved value

Median rent (Census)

$450/wk

2021 Census median weekly rent

Population (ERP)

2,725

-0.4% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

3.3%

Census unoccupied dwellings

Livability profile

Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Desirability

#3

among Metro Canberra · Mature

Crime rate

30th

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

14th

percentile in ACT

Rented dwellings

11%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

10/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

83rd

percentile among schools with ICSEA

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Desirability

Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
59.3/100 — Good
State standing
Top 28% of Australian Capital Territory's suburbs
National rank
586th in Australia
State rank
30th in ACT
Peer rank
#3 among Metro Canberra · Mature suburbs
Cohort rank
#30 among Metro Canberra suburbs
Data confidence
89%

Data sources & freshness

  • Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated

Housing

Median unimproved land value (2026)
$690,000
Land value change
+3%
Valued parcels
1,065

Median unimproved land value is the statutory land valuation, not a house or unit sale price. ACT does not publish open suburb-level median sales.

Contributes to desirability score · Housing (10%) · Future Growth (6%)

Household crowding and healthy vacancy — not cheapness Modest price change as a healthy-growth band

Data sources & freshness

  • ACT unimproved land values (no open suburb-level rent or sales) — ACT Government — dataACT / Valuation · 2026 · Updated · Annual unimproved land values by parcel, median by suburb

Population

Estimated resident population

2,725(June 2025)

-0.4% annual · +1.2% over 5 years · 14th percentile in ACT

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
-0.4%
5-year growth
+1.2%
Change in 1 year
-12
Change in 5 years
+32
Growth rank in ACT
14th percentile

ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.

Methodology

Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.

The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~2,750), extrapolated at +0.3% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
2,867
Median age
47
Median household income / week
$3,111
Dwelling vacancy
3.3%
Unoccupied private dwellings
35 of 1,062
Median monthly mortgage
$2,600
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$450
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
49% / 39.9% / 11.1%
Employment rate
59.3%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
16.7% / 1.7% / 67.3%
Walked or cycled to work
2.5%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
920 / 81 / 30

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

49.4% of adults have a university degree, compared with 42.9% across Australian Capital Territory. 8.7% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified49.4% · 42.9% ACT
  • Diploma qualified9% · 9.3% ACT
  • Trade / vocational8.7% · 10.7% ACT
  • Year 12 or below32.9% · 37.1% ACT

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Society and culture22.5%
  • Management and commerce19.9%
  • Health12.2%
  • Education9.5%
  • Engineering and related technologies8.5%
  • Natural and physical sciences7.3%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$82,176

80th percentile in ACT · +40% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$88,824

84th percentile in ACT · +37% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
18.0%

72nd percentile in ACT · +30% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$106,328

52nd percentile in ACT · +68% vs Australia

Residents with business income
7.0%

52nd percentile in ACT · -33% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 2611 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
27,544
Taxpayers reporting net rent
4,909
Median net rent
-$4,219
Taxpayers reporting business income
2,047
Taxable income vs state median
+9%
Salary / wages vs state median
+9%
Rental investment vs state median
+13%
Super vs state median
+2%
Business income vs state median
0%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in ACT, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Community & culture

12.6% speak a language other than English at home; 22.7% born overseas

Language at home
2,451 English only · 352 other
Non-English at home
12.6%
Born overseas
638 (22.7%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
28 (1%)
Australian citizens
2,723
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
19

Top languages other than English

Share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census).

  • Greek16 · 11.8%
  • Mandarin16 · 11.8%
  • Italian14 · 10.3%
  • Croatian10 · 7.4%
  • German10 · 7.4%
  • Afrikaans9 · 6.6%
  • Arabic9 · 6.6%
  • Spanish7 · 5.1%

Religion

49.1%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 49.1%, while 42.7% reported no religion.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion42.7%43.5%
Christianity49.1%38.1%
Other / not stated8.2%18.4%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic24.3%19.3%
Anglican12.3%8.2%
Uniting Church3.1%1.8%
Christian (not further defined)2.8%2.3%
Eastern Orthodox2.2%1.5%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025)
34
Against the person
12
Against property
7
Rate per 1,000 residents
12.5
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 239 residents
State crime-rate percentile
30.1th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate)
-29%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
1
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
0.37

Most common offence types

  • Assault - Fv5
  • Assault - Non-Fv3
  • Motor Vehicle Theft2
  • Other Offences15
  • Other Offences Against A Person3

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

  • ACT road crash data — ACT Government / AFP crash reports · 2020–latest · Updated · Reported crash points from 2020 onward
  • ACT crime statistics by suburb (quarterly) — ACT Policing / dataACT · Jan 2024 to Dec 2024 → Jan 2025 to Dec 2025; Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Updated · Quarterly XLSX release

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

Schools within 2 km
3
Median school ICSEA (3 schools)
1,094
Median ICSEA percentile
83th
School list
  • Chapman Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1106 · 86th percentile · LBOTE 18% · 502 students · Top SEA quarter 46% · 0.5 km awayView on My School →
  • Mount Stromlo High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 1085 · 80th percentile · LBOTE 19% · 846 students · Top SEA quarter 39% · 1.6 km awayView on My School →
  • St John Vianney's Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1094 · 83th percentile · LBOTE 16% · 159 students · Top SEA quarter 40% · 1.7 km awayView on My School →

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

65 mapped amenities

1 restaurants · 1 cafes · 1 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 1 bakeries · 1 places of worship · 4 playgrounds

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Highly walkable for shops and everyday services
  • Great for outdoor family life — 9 parks mapped in suburb, 4 playgrounds nearby
  • Well connected by public transport — 22 public transport stops
Walkability proxy
76/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0.35
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
1.05
Parks per 1,000 residents
3.14
Food & drink(3)
  • Mon PastriesBakery
  • Chapman CafeCafe
  • Sin Yau GardenRestaurant
Shopping(4)
  • Local LiquorBottle shop
  • Poolside Cool Pools of CanberraHardware store
  • IGASupermarket
Community(1)
  • Chapman PrimarySchool
Health & services(2)
  • Chapman Medical CentreMedical clinic
  • Chapman PharmacyPharmacy
Sport & outdoors(18)
  • Signposted route to TuggeranongCycling route
  • Drinking water
  • Bushfire Restored ParkPark
  • Chapman Neighbourhood OvalPark
  • Park (7)
  • Bertel Crescent Neighbourhood PlaygroundPlayground
  • Chauvel Circle Neighbourhood PlaygroundPlayground
  • Ordell Street Neighbourhood PlaygroundPlayground
  • Perry Drive Neighbourhood PlaygroundPlayground
  • Sports field
  • alternate Centenary trailWalking trail
  • Murrumbidgee Discovery TrackWalking trail
Transport(22)

22 bus stops

Other(8)
  • Bench (2)
  • Bicycle Parking
  • Open Door Clothing StoreClothes
  • 13Information
  • Information
  • Parking (7)
  • All SoulsPlace of worship
  • Post Box (2)

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Parks & reserves

2 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Bushfire Restored ParkPark
  • Chapman Neighbourhood OvalPark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
5.3%
Woodland / forest cover
0%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
9
Parks (OSM)
9
Typical summer maximum
27°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Places of worship

1 places of worship within ~1.5 km

  • All Souls

From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.

Data sources & freshness

Health access

Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
2
Nearest hospital
Tresillian Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Family Centre (5.3 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
Emergency department in suburb
Not in suburb
GP clinics in suburb
1
GPs tagged bulk billing (OSM)
0 of 1

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

  • Chapman Medical CentreGP
  • Chapman PharmacyPharmacy

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
69
Participants per 1,000 residents
25.3

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
27° / 12°
Rainfall
171 mm · ~21 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
21° / 7°
Rainfall
169 mm · ~21 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
12° / 1°
Rainfall
183 mm · ~23 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
19° / 6°
Rainfall
212 mm · ~26 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Planning & development

Development applications from ACT planning register.

2026· 2 proposals

  • September 2026

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKActive

  • June 2026

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKActive
2024· 2 proposals

  • November 2024

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • August 2024

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted
2023· 4 proposals

  • October 2023

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • August 2023

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • May 2023

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • February 2023

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted
2022· 8 proposals

  • November 2022

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • September 2022

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • August 2022

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted
  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • May 2022

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted
  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • April 2022

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • March 2022

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted
2021· 5 proposals

  • November 2021

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • September 2021

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted
  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted
  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • May 2021

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted
2020· 6 proposals

  • November 2020

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted
  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • October 2020

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • September 2020

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • August 2020

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

  • June 2020

  • SUBC
    CHAPMAN · WESTON CREEKCompleted

Data sources & freshness

  • Active & completed development applications — ACT Planning · 2026 · Updated

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via ACT Bushfire Prone Area (SBMP 2026) mapping. Flood cover uses the 1% AEP flood extent against the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Bean
Member of Parliament
David SMITH (Australian Labor Party)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
113,876
Turnout (2025)
92.5%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+6.3 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 30.7%Labor 69.3%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 3.6 km away).

Coalition 26.6%Labor 73.4%

4.1 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +7.0 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • ChapmanLabor 73.0% · Coalition 27.0% TPP (2025)0.6 km away
  • Waramanga WestLabor 74.5% · Coalition 25.5% TPP (2025)1.6 km away
  • WaramangaLabor 78.4% · Coalition 21.6% TPP (2025)2.0 km away
  • WestonLabor 72.8% · Coalition 27.2% TPP (2025)2.1 km away
  • DuffyLabor 77.8% · Coalition 22.1% TPP (2025)2.2 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
10/10
IRSD decile (2021)
10/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

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