ACT · Unincorporated ACT Council
Hughes (ACT), ACT, 2605
Current weather
12.5°COvercast
81% humidity · 8.5 km/h wind · 13.2° / 9.9° today · 23.8 mm rain
Desirability index
#72 among Metro Canberra suburbs
Suburb snapshot
Hughes (ACT) is a smaller suburban community in the Unincorporated ACT area, home to around 3,210 residents (2021 Census). Recent indicators show 12 offences in 2025 Q2 Apr-Jun with falling year-on-year trends (-14%), roughly 3.7 offences per 1,000 residents, 1 school and preschool site in the area, a solid spread of nearby amenities and everyday services, 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
- 3,210
- Median age
- 43
- Median household income / week
- $2,797
- Dwelling vacancy
- 7.5%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 92 of 1,223
- Median monthly mortgage
- $2,700
- Employment rate
- 59.1%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 57 / 149 / 149
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)
- 12
- Against the person
- 3
- Against property
- 5
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 3.7
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 1,070 residents
- State safety percentile
- 8th (lower crime is better)
- Year-on-year change
- -14.3%
Most common offence types
- Assault - Fv2
- Assault - Non-Fv1
- Other Offences4
- Property Damage2
- Theft (Excluding Motor Vehicles)2
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
Schools & preschools
- Schools & preschools
- 1
- Median school ICSEA
- 1,157
- Hughes Primary SchoolPrimary
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · Period: 2025 · Updated on site · Annual ACARA release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · Period: 2025 · Updated on site · Annual ACARA release
Planning & development
Development applications from ACT planning register (lodged 2020–2026).
51 planning-related records
2026· 2 proposals
June 2026
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYActive
February 2026
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
2025· 8 proposals
December 2025
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
August 2025
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
July 2025
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
June 2025
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
March 2025
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
February 2025
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
2024· 8 proposals
December 2024
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
November 2024
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
September 2024
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
August 2024
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
June 2024
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
February 2024
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
2023· 10 proposals
November 2023
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
July 2023
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
May 2023
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
March 2023
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
January 2023
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
2022· 7 proposals
November 2022
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
October 2022
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
September 2022
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
July 2022
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
June 2022
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
May 2022
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
January 2022
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
2021· 6 proposals
December 2021
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
September 2021
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
August 2021
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
June 2021
- SUBCHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYCompleted
2020· 10 proposals
10 proposals lodged in 2020. Individual listings are kept for the most recent proposals.
Data sources & freshness
- Active & completed development applications — ACT Planning · Period: 2020; 2020–2026; 2021… · Updated on site
Amenities
31 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
- Bbq
- Bench (3)
- Bicycle Parking (2)
- Carruthers Street before Groom StreetBus stop
- Groom Street after Jensen StreetBus stop
- Groom Street after Webster StreetBus stop
- Groom Street before Kent StreetBus stop
- Groom Street opposite Street Andrews VillageBus stop
- Groom Street Street Andrews VillageBus stop
- Kent Street after Carruthers 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
1 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Clarrie Hermes 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
- Capital Chemistpharmacy
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
1 state heritage place
- 19 Downes Placede Quetteville Residence3 - Registered Places or Objects
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)
- 8
- Parks (OSM)
- 6
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
- 33.5/100
- Cohort rank
- #72 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
- 19 Downes Placeheritagede Quetteville Residence3 - Registered Places or Objects
- Capital Chemisthealthpharmacy
- Clarrie Hermes Parkgovernmentpark
- SUBCplanningHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYLodged 02 Jun 2026 · Active
- SUBCplanningHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYLodged 13 Feb 2026 · Completed
- SUBCplanningHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYLodged 04 Dec 2025 · Completed
- SUBCplanningHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYLodged 14 Aug 2025 · Completed
- SUBCplanningHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYLodged 18 Jul 2025 · Completed
- SUBCplanningHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYLodged 17 Jul 2025 · Completed
- SUBCplanningHUGHES · WODEN VALLEYLodged 03 Jun 2025 · Completed
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
- Active & completed development applications — ACT Planning · Updated on site
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