Suburb profile

Barton ACT 2600

Barton is located in the Canberra region of the Australian Capital Territory, postcode 2600. It has 1,960 properties across 19 streets, mostly units. Explore every street in Barton, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Barton

Barton, ACT 2600, sits in Canberra and neighbours Campbell, Griffith, Capital Hill and Forrest. Its 19 streets hold 1,960 properties, 245 of them houses and 1,715 units.

At the 2021 Census Barton had 1,946 residents, a median age of 39 and an average household of 1.7 people. Median household income was $2,462 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,015 a month and the median rent $525 a week. Of 943 dwellings, 59 were separate houses, 28 semi-detached and 857 flats; 217 were owned outright, 270 owned with a mortgage and 449 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Barton

  • 1,946Peoplelive in the area
  • 39Median ageyears
  • $2,462Median household incomea week
  • $525Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses59
  • Townhouses and semis28
  • Flats and apartments857

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,015a month
  • Household size1.7people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 217Owned with a mortgage 270Rented 449Other 7

Properties in Barton

Schools in Barton

  • Telopea Park School

    GovernmentPrimary and secondary

Local agents in Barton

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Agencies that specialise in Barton

Streets in Barton

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.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

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