Suburb profile

Acton ACT 2601

Acton is located in the Canberra region of the Australian Capital Territory, postcode 2601. It has 327 properties across 30 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Acton, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Acton

Acton, ACT 2601, sits in the Canberra region and neighbours Canberra Central, City, O'Connor and Parkes. Its 30 streets hold 327 properties, 244 of them houses and 83 units.

At the 2021 Census Acton had 2,848 residents, a median age of 19 and an average household of 1 person. Median household income was $0 a week, the median mortgage repayment $0 a month and the median rent $9 a week. Dwellings totalled 0, with 0 separate houses, 0 semi-detached and 0 flats; 0 were owned outright, 0 owned with a mortgage and 0 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Acton

  • 2,848Peoplelive in the area
  • 19Median ageyears
  • $0Median household incomea week
  • $9Median renta week

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$0a month
  • Household size1people on average

Streets in Acton

Neighbouring suburbs

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.