Suburb profile

Bonython ACT 2905

Bonython is located in the Canberra region of the Australian Capital Territory, postcode 2905. It has 1,783 properties across 50 streets. Explore every street in Bonython, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Bonython

Bonython, ACT 2905, sits in Canberra and neighbours Calwell, Monash, Gordon and Greenway. Its 50 streets hold 1,783 properties, 1,039 of them houses and 744 units.

At the Census Bonython had 3,839 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $2,223 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month and the median rent $445 a week. Of 1,443 dwellings, 856 were separate houses, 428 semi-detached and 162 flats; 445 were owned outright, 573 owned with a mortgage and 397 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Bonython

  • 3,839Peoplelive in the area
  • 38Median ageyears
  • $2,223Median household incomea week
  • $445Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses856
  • Townhouses and semis428
  • Flats and apartments162

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,950a month
  • Household size2.6people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 445Owned with a mortgage 573Rented 397Other 28

Schools in Bonython

  • Bonython Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Bonython

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.

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