Suburb profile
Calwell ACT 2905
Calwell is located in the Canberra region of the Australian Capital Territory, postcode 2905. It has 2,389 properties across 72 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Calwell, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Calwell
Calwell, ACT 2905, sits in Canberra and neighbours Conder, Theodore, Bonython and Gordon. Its 72 streets hold 2,389 properties, 1,963 of them houses and 426 units.
At the Census Calwell had 5,730 residents, a median age of 37 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $2,460 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month and the median rent $448 a week. Of 2,018 dwellings, 1,751 were separate houses, 213 semi-detached and 53 flats; 600 were owned outright, 1,085 owned with a mortgage and 301 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Calwell
- 5,730Peoplelive in the area
- 37Median ageyears
- $2,460Median household incomea week
- $448Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,751
- Townhouses and semis213
- Flats and apartments53
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,000a month
- Household size2.7people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Calwell
Calwell Primary School
GovernmentPrimary
St Francis of Assisi Primary School
CatholicPrimary
Calwell High School
GovernmentSecondary
Streets in Calwell
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- Mackrell Place12 properties
- Martley Circuit60 properties
- Mcbride Place15 properties
- Mccaw Place8 properties
- Mckinley Circuit47 properties
- Mcmanus Place15 properties
- Mibus Place10 properties
- Minehan Place21 properties
- Moloney Close17 properties
- Mountain Circuit67 properties
- Mullens Place10 properties
- Must Circuit61 properties
- Myles Close12 properties
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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.