Suburb profile

Torrens ACT 2607

Torrens is located in the Canberra region of the Australian Capital Territory, postcode 2607. It has 1,161 properties across 31 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Torrens, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Torrens

Torrens, ACT 2607, sits in Canberra and neighbours Mawson, Pearce, Tuggeranong and Farrer. Its 31 streets hold 1,161 properties, 967 of them houses and 194 units.

At the 2021 Census Torrens had 2,424 residents, a median age of 39 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $2,612 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,470 a month and the median rent $478 a week. Of 858 dwellings, 726 were separate houses, 109 semi-detached and 21 flats; 299 were owned outright, 323 owned with a mortgage and 212 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Torrens

  • 2,424Peoplelive in the area
  • 39Median ageyears
  • $2,612Median household incomea week
  • $478Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses726
  • Townhouses and semis109
  • Flats and apartments21

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,470a month
  • Household size2.7people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 299Owned with a mortgage 323Rented 212Other 24

Schools in Torrens

  • Torrens Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Torrens

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.