Suburb profile
Chisholm ACT 2905
Chisholm is located in the Canberra region of the Australian Capital Territory, postcode 2905. It has 2,181 properties across 94 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Chisholm, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Chisholm
Chisholm, ACT 2905, sits in the Canberra region and neighbours Gilmore, Tuggeranong, Fadden and Gowrie. Its 94 streets hold 2,181 properties, 1,998 of them houses and 183 units.
At the 2021 Census Chisholm had 5,268 residents, a median age of 37 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $2,292 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month and the median rent $410 a week. Of 1,862 dwellings, 1,784 were separate houses, 59 semi-detached and 18 flats; 536 were owned outright, 927 owned with a mortgage and 368 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Chisholm
- 5,268Peoplelive in the area
- 37Median ageyears
- $2,292Median household incomea week
- $410Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,784
- Townhouses and semis59
- Flats and apartments18
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,000a month
- Household size2.7people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm School - Junior Campus
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Caroline Chisholm School
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Streets in Chisholm
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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.
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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.