ACT · Unincorporated ACT Council

Crace, ACT, 2911

Current weather

12.4°COvercast

82% humidity · 11.7 km/h wind · 12.8° / 9.8° today · 20.1 mm rain

Desirability index

50.9/100

#53 among Metro Canberra suburbs

How this score is calculated

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 ProfileAustralian 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

  • SUBC
    CRACE · GUNGAHLINCompleted
  • August 2025

  • SUBC
    CRACE · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2024· 1 proposal
  • May 2024

  • SUBC
    CRACE · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2023· 3 proposals
  • February 2023

  • SUBC
    CRACE · GUNGAHLINCompleted
  • SUBC
    CRACE · GUNGAHLINCompleted
  • SUBC
    CRACE · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2021· 1 proposal
  • September 2021

  • SUBC
    CRACE · GUNGAHLINCompleted

Data sources & freshness

  • Active & completed development applicationsACT 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 amenitiesOpenStreetMap 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

Health access

Hospitals & GP clinics
1
Emergency department
Not in suburb
  • Chiropractic LifeAbena Avenueclinic

Data sources & freshness

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

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 registerState heritage authority · Period: current · Updated on site

Childcare

1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap

  • Busy bees child careHillcrest Streetkindergarten

Data sources & freshness

  • Childcare servicesOpenStreetMap · 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 overlaysState 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 featuresOpenStreetMap 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 indexSuburb 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

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