ACT · Unincorporated ACT Council
Fisher (ACT), ACT, 2611
Current weather
12.5°COvercast
81% humidity · 8.5 km/h wind · 13.2° / 9.9° today · 23.8 mm rain
Desirability index
#54 among Metro Canberra suburbs
Suburb snapshot
Fisher (ACT) is a smaller suburban community in the Unincorporated ACT area, home to around 3,219 residents (2021 Census). Recent indicators show reported crime totals of around 16 offences in 2025 Q2 Apr-Jun, roughly 5.0 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 hospitals or GP clinics within the suburb.
Population
- Population
- 3,219
- Median age
- 40
- Median household income / week
- $2,275
- Dwelling vacancy
- 6.2%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 80 of 1,292
- Median monthly mortgage
- $2,354
- Employment rate
- 62.3%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 77 / 69 / 139
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)
- 16
- Against the person
- 4
- Against property
- 6
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 5
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 805 residents
- State safety percentile
- 17.9th (lower crime is better)
- Year-on-year change
- 0%
Most common offence types
- Assault - Fv2
- Burglary Dwellings2
- Other Offences6
- Sexual Assault1
- 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).
39 planning-related records
2026· 3 proposals
June 2026
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKActive
March 2026
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKActive
2025· 9 proposals
December 2025
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
November 2025
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
June 2025
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
May 2025
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKActive
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
March 2025
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
January 2025
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
2024· 1 proposal
July 2024
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
2023· 2 proposals
August 2023
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
January 2023
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
2022· 9 proposals
December 2022
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
October 2022
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
September 2022
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
July 2022
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
March 2022
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
February 2022
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
January 2022
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
2021· 12 proposals
December 2021
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
November 2021
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
September 2021
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
July 2021
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
June 2021
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
April 2021
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
January 2021
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
2020· 3 proposals
October 2020
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
March 2020
- SUBCFISHER · WESTON CREEKCompleted
Data sources & freshness
- Active & completed development applications — ACT Planning · Period: 2020; 2020–2026; 2021… · Updated on site
Amenities
46 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
- Bbq
- Chinese Therapy CentreBeauty salon
- Bench (4)
- Bicycle Parking (2)
- Badimara Street after Kalgoorlie CrescentBus stop
- Badimara Street opposite Mount Stromlo High SchoolBus stop
- Kalgoorlie Crescent 2nd after Badimara StreetBus stop
- Kalgoorlie Crescent after Badimara StreetBus stop
- Kalgoorlie Crescent after Bendigo StreetBus stop
- Kalgoorlie Crescent after Eleanora 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
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics
- 1
- Emergency department
- Not in suburb
- Fisher Family PracticeFisher Squaredoctor
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)
- 9/10
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
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)
- 11
- Parks (OSM)
- 11
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
- 50.0/100
- Cohort rank
- #54 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
- Fisher Family PracticehealthFisher Squaredoctor
- SUBCplanningFISHER · WESTON CREEKLodged 26 Jun 2026 · Active
- SUBCplanningFISHER · WESTON CREEKLodged 18 Mar 2026 · Completed
- SUBCplanningFISHER · WESTON CREEKLodged 05 Mar 2026 · Active
- SUBCplanningFISHER · WESTON CREEKLodged 03 Dec 2025 · Completed
- SUBCplanningFISHER · WESTON CREEKLodged 02 Dec 2025 · Completed
- SUBCplanningFISHER · WESTON CREEKLodged 26 Nov 2025 · Completed
- SUBCplanningFISHER · WESTON CREEKLodged 17 Jun 2025 · Completed
- SUBCplanningFISHER · WESTON CREEKLodged 21 May 2025 · Completed
- SUBCplanningFISHER · WESTON CREEKLodged 08 May 2025 · Active
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · Updated on site
- Active & completed development applications — ACT Planning · Updated on site
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