Kambah, ACT, 2902

Population

15,670

Median age

41

Median household income / week

$2,207

Dwelling vacancy

4.7%

Unoccupied private dwellings

290 of 6,138

Median monthly mortgage

$2,000

Employment rate

60.4%

Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)

360 / 777 / 114

Total offences (2025 Q2 Apr-Jun)

95

Against the person

13

Against property

34

Rate per 1,000 residents

6.1

Person-crime prevalence

About 1 in 1,205 residents

State safety percentile

26.8th (lower crime is better)

Year-on-year change

-42.4%

Most common offence types

• Assault - Fv9
• Motor Vehicle Theft6
• Other Offences48
• Property Damage9
• Theft (Excluding Motor Vehicles)15

Schools & preschools

4

Median school ICSEA (4 schools)

1,023.5

• Communities@Work Galilee SchoolSpecial
• Namadgi SchoolCombined
• St Thomas the Apostle Primary SchoolPrimary
• Taylor Primary SchoolPrimary

Development applications from ACT planning register (lodged 2020–2026).

176 planning-related records

136 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km

• ATM (2)
• L’Épi KambahBakery

  8 Marconi Crescent, Kambah

• Bbq (7)
• Labella SalonBeauty salon
• Bench (8)
• Kambah CyclesBicycle
• Bicycle Parking (5)
• Barritt Street after Bacchus CircuitBus stop
• Barritt Street after Boddington CrescentBus stop
• Barritt Street after Kambah Pool RoadBus stop

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe).

5 parks and public open space in this suburb

• Kambah District ParkPark
• MacArthur ParkPark
• Mount Neighbour Community ParkPark
• Park or reserveNature reserve
• Village Creek Community ParkPark

Hospitals & GP clinics

7

Emergency department

Not in suburb

• Capital Chemistpharmacy
• Dr Ravidentist
• Kambah Medical Centredoctor
• Kambah Village Medical Practicedoctor
• Linh & Lan Ngyuendentist
• TerryWhite Chemmartpharmacy
• Village Creek Centreyes

IRSAD decile (2021)

9/10

IRSD decile (2021)

7/10

SEIFA indexes from ABS 2021. Decile 10 = most advantaged / least disadvantaged in Australia.

8 state heritage places

• Aboriginal Places – Scarred trees in the ACTMST 111 - Nomination to the Heritage Register
• Aboriginal Places – Scarred trees in the ACTMST 101 - Nomination to the Heritage Register
• Aboriginal Places – Scarred trees in the ACTMST 111 - Nomination to the Heritage Register
• Aboriginal RecordingsKambah Ring Tree4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
• Small Purple Pea Habitat (at Mt Taylor, Kambah and Aranda)Kambah3 - Registered Places or Objects
• Small Purple Pea Habitat (at Mt Taylor, Kambah and Aranda)Kambah3 - Registered Places or Objects
• Small Purple Pea Habitat (at Mt Taylor, Kambah and Aranda)Kambah3 - Registered Places or Objects
• Urambi Co-Operative Housing Precinct 2 - Provisionally Registered

5 childcare services from OpenStreetMap

• Eucalyptus MontessoriSummerland Circuitchildcare
• Galileo Early Learningchildcare
• Goodstart Early Learning KambahJenke Circuitkindergarten
• Namadgi School Pre-school Unitkindergarten
• Salem Childrens Centrekindergarten

Bushfire planning zone

No overlay at centroid

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via ACT Bushfire Prone Area (SBMP) mapping.

Parks & woodland (OSM)

27

Parks (OSM)

27

OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.

Desirability score

78.5/100

Cohort rank

#24 among Metro Canberra suburbs

• Eucalyptus MontessorichildcareSummerland Circuitchildcare
• Galileo Early Learningchildcarechildcare
• Goodstart Early Learning KambahchildcareJenke Circuitkindergarten
• Namadgi School Pre-school Unitchildcarekindergarten
• Salem Childrens Centrechildcarekindergarten
• Aboriginal Places – Scarred trees in the ACTheritageMST 111 - Nomination to the Heritage Register
• Aboriginal Places – Scarred trees in the ACTheritageMST 101 - Nomination to the Heritage Register
• Aboriginal Places – Scarred trees in the ACTheritageMST 111 - Nomination to the Heritage Register
• Aboriginal RecordingsheritageKambah Ring Tree4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
• Small Purple Pea Habitat (at Mt Taylor, Kambah and Aranda)heritageKambah3 - Registered Places or Objects