Suburb profile
Deakin ACT 2600
Deakin is located in the Canberra region of the Australian Capital Territory, postcode 2600. It has 2,496 properties across 59 streets. Explore every street in Deakin, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Deakin
Deakin, ACT 2600, sits in Canberra and neighbours Hughes, Capital Hill, Curtin and Forrest. Its 59 streets hold 2,496 properties, 1,318 of them houses and 1,178 units.
At the Census Deakin had 3,124 residents, a median age of 45 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $3,117 a week, the median mortgage repayment $3,180 a month and the median rent $560 a week. Of 1,209 dwellings, 821 were separate houses, 218 semi-detached and 168 flats; 534 were owned outright, 348 owned with a mortgage and 250 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Deakin
- 3,124Peoplelive in the area
- 45Median ageyears
- $3,117Median household incomea week
- $560Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses821
- Townhouses and semis218
- Flats and apartments168
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$3,180a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Deakin
Canberra Girls Grammar School - Junior School
IndependentPrimary
Alfred Deakin High School
GovernmentSecondary
Canberra Girls Grammar School
IndependentSecondary
The Woden School
GovernmentSpecial
Streets in Deakin
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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.