Suburb profile

Farrer ACT 2607

Farrer is located in the Canberra region of the Australian Capital Territory, postcode 2607. It has 2,124 properties across 50 streets. Explore every street in Farrer, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Farrer

Farrer, ACT 2607, sits in the Canberra region and neighbours Torrens, Tuggeranong, Isaacs and Mawson. Its 50 streets hold 2,124 properties, 1,333 of them houses and 791 units.

At the Census Farrer had 3,787 residents, a median age of 43 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $2,540 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,600 a month and the median rent $450 a week. Of 1,368 dwellings, 1,002 were separate houses, 209 semi-detached and 152 flats; 500 were owned outright, 507 owned with a mortgage and 216 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Farrer

  • 3,787Peoplelive in the area
  • 43Median ageyears
  • $2,540Median household incomea week
  • $450Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,002
  • Townhouses and semis209
  • Flats and apartments152

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,600a month
  • Household size2.6people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 500Owned with a mortgage 507Rented 216Other 145

Schools in Farrer

  • Farrer Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Farrer

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.