ACT · Unincorporated ACT Council
Weetangera, ACT, 2614
Current weather
12.7°COvercast
80% humidity · 9.5 km/h wind · 13.2° / 10° today · 21.8 mm rain
Desirability index
#74 among Metro Canberra suburbs
Suburb snapshot
Weetangera is a smaller suburban community in the Unincorporated ACT area, home to around 2,795 residents (2021 Census). Recent indicators show 19 offences in 2025 Q2 Apr-Jun with falling year-on-year trends (-51%), roughly 6.8 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
- 2,795
- Median age
- 41
- Median household income / week
- $3,349
- Dwelling vacancy
- 5.2%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 51 of 976
- Median monthly mortgage
- $2,500
- Employment rate
- 62.7%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 37 / 55 / 22
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)
- 19
- Against the person
- 2
- Against property
- 10
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 6.8
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 1,398 residents
- State safety percentile
- 33.9th (lower crime is better)
- Year-on-year change
- -51.3%
Most common offence types
- Assault - Non-Fv1
- Burglary Dwellings2
- Burglary Other2
- Other Offences7
- Property Damage4
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
- 1,117
- Weetangera 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).
55 planning-related records
2026· 2 proposals
May 2026
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENActive
January 2026
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
2025· 9 proposals
December 2025
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
August 2025
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
May 2025
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
March 2025
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENActive
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
February 2025
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
2024· 7 proposals
December 2024
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
November 2024
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
October 2024
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
August 2024
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
March 2024
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
February 2024
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
2023· 7 proposals
December 2023
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
November 2023
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
August 2023
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
April 2023
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
2022· 12 proposals
November 2022
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
October 2022
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
September 2022
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
July 2022
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
June 2022
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
February 2022
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
2021· 8 proposals
December 2021
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
November 2021
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
October 2021
- SUBCWEETANGERA · BELCONNENCompleted
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
24 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
- Weetangera BakeryBakery
- Bench
- Belconnen Way after Coulter DriveBus stop
- Belconnen Way before Springvale DriveBus stop
- Bus stop
- Coulter Drive after Belconnen WayBus stop
- Coulter Drive after Redfern StreetBus stop
- Coulter Drive after Schumack StreetBus stop
- Coulter Drive before Belconnen WayBus stop
- Coulter Drive before Lachlan 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
- Ellen Clark 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
- Accelr8 RehabilitationWeetangera Placephysiotherapist
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
- The Wood House43 Mayo St1 - Nomination to the Heritage Register
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)
- 6
- 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
- 31.6/100
- Cohort rank
- #74 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
- The Wood Househeritage43 Mayo St1 - Nomination to the Heritage Register
- Accelr8 RehabilitationhealthWeetangera Placephysiotherapist
- Ellen Clark Parkgovernmentpark
- SUBCplanningWEETANGERA · BELCONNENLodged 29 May 2026 · Active
- SUBCplanningWEETANGERA · BELCONNENLodged 30 Jan 2026 · Completed
- SUBCplanningWEETANGERA · BELCONNENLodged 12 Dec 2025 · Completed
- SUBCplanningWEETANGERA · BELCONNENLodged 27 Aug 2025 · Completed
- SUBCplanningWEETANGERA · BELCONNENLodged 20 Aug 2025 · Completed
- SUBCplanningWEETANGERA · BELCONNENLodged 18 Aug 2025 · Completed
- SUBCplanningWEETANGERA · BELCONNENLodged 13 Aug 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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