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

Owned outright 600Owned with a mortgage 1,085Rented 301Other 32

Schools in Calwell

  • Calwell Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • St Francis of Assisi Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

Streets in Calwell

A

  1. Andrew Crescent37 properties

B

  1. Beazley Crescent104 properties
  2. Beckett Street3 properties
  3. Benson Crescent37 properties
  4. Bourchier Close14 properties
  5. Brake Place5 properties
  6. Brawn Place6 properties
  7. Burtt Crescent49 properties

C

  1. Carpenter Close30 properties
  2. Carter Crescent58 properties
  3. Casey Crescent115 properties
  4. Cathie Place7 properties
  5. Cheetham Place8 properties
  6. Costello Circuit73 properties
  7. Creswick Place12 properties
  8. Crooke Close14 properties

D

  1. Dane Close12 properties
  2. Denovan Circuit53 properties
  3. Dougharty Place7 properties
  4. Downard Street71 properties
  5. Duggan Street80 properties

E

  1. Erwin Place8 properties

F

  1. Fidge Street44 properties
  2. Fink Crescent84 properties

G

  1. Girdlestone Circuit47 properties
  2. Gurr Street32 properties

H

  1. Hammill Close20 properties
  2. Hollway Street11 properties
  3. Hyatt Place5 properties

I

  1. Ievers Street3 properties
  2. Ince Place7 properties

J

  1. Johnson Drive33 properties
  2. Johnstone Circuit41 properties

L

  1. Langlands Close23 properties
  2. Linton Place3 properties
  3. Loader Crescent1 property

M

  1. Mackrell Place12 properties
  2. Martley Circuit60 properties
  3. Mcbride Place15 properties
  4. Mccaw Place8 properties
  5. Mckinley Circuit47 properties
  6. Mcmanus Place15 properties
  7. Mibus Place10 properties
  8. Minehan Place21 properties
  9. Moloney Close17 properties
  10. Mountain Circuit67 properties
  11. Mullens Place10 properties
  12. Must Circuit61 properties
  13. Myles Close12 properties

O

  1. O'Connor Circuit112 properties
  2. Oman Place10 properties
  3. Outtrim Avenue122 properties

P

  1. Parfitt Crescent34 properties
  2. Pennington Crescent117 properties
  3. Phillipson Crescent46 properties
  4. Purnell Place15 properties

R

  1. Rodda Place9 properties
  2. Roope Close32 properties
  3. Rouget Place5 properties

S

  1. Samuel Close11 properties

T

  1. Tatchell Street52 properties
  2. Tharwa Drive1 property
  3. Tuckett Place6 properties
  4. Tuthill Place12 properties
  5. Tyner Street5 properties

W

  1. Webber Crescent54 properties
  2. Weekes Close13 properties
  3. Were Street64 properties
  4. Wettenhall Circuit79 properties

Y

  1. Yeo Close13 properties

Z

  1. Zincke Close14 properties
  2. Zox Circuit51 properties

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

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.