ACT · Unincorporated ACT Council
Crace, ACT, 2911
Current weather
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82% humidity · 11.7 km/h wind · 12.8° / 9.8° today · 20.1 mm rain
Desirability index
#53 among Metro Canberra suburbs
Suburb snapshot
Crace is a smaller suburban community in the Unincorporated ACT area, home to around 4,800 residents (2021 Census). Recent indicators show 42 offences in 2025 Q2 Apr-Jun with falling year-on-year trends (-9%), roughly 8.8 offences per 1,000 residents, a higher concentration of local shops, services, and recreation amenities, and some 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
- 4,800
- Median age
- 34
- Median household income / week
- $2,811
- Dwelling vacancy
- 3.8%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 66 of 1,753
- Median monthly mortgage
- $2,400
- Employment rate
- 75.1%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 66 / 261 / 250
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)
- 42
- Against the person
- 0
- Against property
- 24
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 8.8
- State safety percentile
- 53.6th (lower crime is better)
- Year-on-year change
- -8.7%
Most common offence types
- Burglary Dwellings3
- Burglary Other3
- Motor Vehicle Theft4
- Other Offences18
- Theft (Excluding Motor Vehicles)11
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).
7 planning-related records
2025· 2 proposals
December 2025
- SUBCCRACE · GUNGAHLINCompleted
August 2025
- SUBCCRACE · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2024· 1 proposal
May 2024
- SUBCCRACE · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2023· 3 proposals
February 2023
- SUBCCRACE · GUNGAHLINCompleted
- SUBCCRACE · GUNGAHLINCompleted
- SUBCCRACE · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2021· 1 proposal
September 2021
- SUBCCRACE · GUNGAHLINCompleted
Data sources & freshness
- Active & completed development applications — ACT Planning · Period: 2020–2026; 2021; 2023… · Updated on site
Amenities
56 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
- Bbq
- Bench (21)
- Bicycle Parking (3)
- Abena Avenue after Chance StreetBus stop
- Abena Avenue after Taplow StreetBus stop
- Gundaroo Drive after Nudurr DriveBus stop
- Langtree Crescent after Avenal StreetBus stop
- Langtree Crescent after Cocoparra CrescentBus stop
- Langtree Crescent after Durong StreetBus stop
- Langtree Crescent after Fergus StreetBus 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
4 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Crace Recreation ParkPark
- George Kemp ParkPark
- Hilltop ReservePark
- Yurwang DhauraPark
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
- Chiropractic LifeAbena Avenueclinic
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
5 state heritage places
- Aboriginal Places – Scarred trees in the ACTCrace 101 - Nomination to the Heritage Register
- Aboriginal RecordingsCRA14 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsTree #2374 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsCRA24 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsIFC 14 - 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
Childcare
1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap
- Busy bees child careHillcrest Streetkindergarten
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · 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)
- 19
- Parks (OSM)
- 19
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
- 50.9/100
- Cohort rank
- #53 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
- Busy bees child carechildcareHillcrest Streetkindergarten
- Aboriginal Places – Scarred trees in the ACTheritageCrace 101 - Nomination to the Heritage Register
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageCRA14 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageTree #2374 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageCRA24 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageIFC 14 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Chiropractic LifehealthAbena Avenueclinic
- Crace Recreation Parkgovernmentpark
- George Kemp Parkgovernmentpark
- Hilltop Reservegovernmentpark
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · Updated on site
- 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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