Suburb profile

Hackett ACT 2602

Hackett is located in the Canberra region of the Australian Capital Territory, postcode 2602. It has 1,598 properties across 44 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Hackett, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Hackett

Hackett, ACT 2602, sits in Canberra and neighbours Ainslie, Dickson, Downer and Watson. Its 44 streets hold 1,598 properties, 1,220 of them houses and 378 units.

At the 2021 Census Hackett had 3,227 residents, a median age of 40 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $2,623 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,500 a month and the median rent $374 a week. Of 1,181 dwellings, 900 were separate houses, 170 semi-detached and 109 flats; 440 were owned outright, 448 owned with a mortgage and 276 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Hackett

  • 3,227Peoplelive in the area
  • 40Median ageyears
  • $2,623Median household incomea week
  • $374Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses900
  • Townhouses and semis170
  • Flats and apartments109

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,500a month
  • Household size2.6people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 440Owned with a mortgage 448Rented 276Other 17

Schools in Hackett

  • Blue Gum Community School

    IndependentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Hackett

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.