Capital Hill ACT 2600

Living Here

Capital Hill is a suburb of Australian Capital Territory, home to about 3 people, with a median age of 82. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $178 a week. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, Australian, Aboriginal.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 30 schools

  • Forrest Primary
  • Telopea Park School
  • Music Centre
  • Canberra Girls Grammar School
  • Yarralumla Primary School
  • Australian Academy of Science
  • St Edmund's College
  • Red Hill Primary - Pre-School
  • Canberra Grammar School
  • Canberra Grammar School

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• 196 cafés & restaurants

  • Aussies
  • Queen’s Terrace Café
  • Heritage Cafe
  • Cafe Constitution
  • KOTO
  • The 'One' Hub
  • Coffers
  • Double Drummer
  • Burger Craft
  • Snapper and Co

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• 4 supermarkets

  • IGA Deakin
  • Coles
  • Supabarn
  • IGA
• 41 parks

  • Surveyors Park
  • Magna Carta Place
  • Formal Gardens
  • York Park
  • Constitution Place
  • Lennox Gardens
  • Lawns of Old Parliament House
  • John Dunmore Lang Place
  • Patrick White Terrace
  • Patrick White Lawns

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• 16 Catholic churches

  • St Christopher’s Cathedral
  • St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
  • The Catholic Diocese of the Australian Defence Force
  • School Chapel
  • St Benedicts
  • ANZAC Memorial Chapel of St Paul (RMC Chapel)
  • Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church
  • Saint Josephs Catholic
  • St Bridgid's Church
  • Ukrainian Catholic Centre

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• 3 pharmacies

  • Deakin Pharmacy
  • Capital Chemist
  • Yarralumla Pharmacy
• 6 doctors & medical clinics

  • Deakin Medical Centre
  • Orthoclinic Specialist Orthodontics
  • Kingston Foreshore Medical Centre
  • Wentworth Avenue Family Practice
  • Canberra Specialist Centre
  • Garema Place Surgery
• 5 dentists

  • Symmetry Dental
  • Manuka Dental Care
  • Dr Michael Tucker
  • Precision Dental Care
  • GlebePark Dental
• 4 physiotherapists

  • Positive Motion Physiotherapy and Allied Health Services
  • Kylie Faulks Women's Health Physiotherapy
  • Cadence Physiotherapy
  • Maureen Bailey & Associations Physiotherapists
• 4 optometrists

  • MacKinley Optical
  • Arcidiacono
  • Specsavers
  • Eye Candy
• 13 hospitals

  • Barton Private Hospital
  • Canberra Private Hospital
  • John James Healthcare Campus
  • Deakin Private Hospital
  • The CAPS Clinic
  • Duntroon Military Hospital
  • Tresillian Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Family Centre
  • National Capital Private Hospital
  • Canberra Hospital
  • Calvary Bruce Private Hospital

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• 6 vets

  • Manuka Vet Hospital
  • The Foreshore Vet
  • Kent Street Veterinary Clinic
  • Inner South Veterinary Centre
  • Inner South Veterinary Clinic
  • Inner North Veterinary Clinic
• 15 childcare & kindergartens

  • Forrest Early Childhood Centre
  • Only About Children
  • Papilio Early Learning Yarralumla
  • Heritage Early Childhood Centre
  • ANU Preschool & Childcare Centre
  • Aeon Academy
  • Cubby House on Campus
  • Acton Early Childhood Centre - 1C
  • Acton Early Childhood Centre - 1B
  • Guardian Childcare & Education Allara St

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• 17 libraries

  • National Library of Australia
  • Research Library of the National Museum of Australia
  • Kingston Library
  • R.G. Menzies Library
  • School of Art Library
  • ANU Law Library
  • Civic Library
  • Senior Library
  • Old Senior School Library
  • JB Chifley Building

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• 6 post offices

  • Canberra Parliament House Post Office
  • Deakin Post Office
  • Australia Post
  • Manuka Post Office
  • Australia Post
  • Campbell Post Office
• 9 service stations

  • Coles Express Deakin
  • Coles Express Griffith
  • BP Express Kingston
  • 7/11 Braddon
  • BP Braddon
  • 7-Eleven
  • ActewAGL Hydrogen Refuelling Station
  • Ampol Braddon
  • Coles Express Braddon
• 31 gyms & sports centres

  • The Clubhouse Fitness Centre
  • Forrest Tennis Club
  • Canberra Bowling Club
  • Barton Tennis Club
  • Manuka Swimming Pool
  • Fitness First
  • Club Lime
  • Hiit Republic
  • Balanced Yoga
  • Anytime Fitness

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• 6 golf clubs

  • Federal Golf Club
  • Royal Canberra Golf Club
  • Royal Military College Golf Club
  • Capital Golf Course
  • Yowani Country Club
  • Fairbairn Golf Course
• 2 playgrounds

  • Telopea District Park
  • Bedford Street Neighbourhood Playground
• 2 dog parks

  • Inner South Dog Park
  • Inner North Dog Park
• 2 bakeries

  • L’Épi Yarralumla
  • Knead
• 6 butchers

  • Bayldon Meat Online
  • Griffith Butchery
  • Mikes Meats
  • Fyshwick Gourmet Organic
  • Halal Poultry
  • Unique Meats
• 3 hardware stores

  • Machinery & General Industrial Supplies
  • Stihl
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 9 hairdressers

  • JM Hair Creations
  • Best haircut Barbers
  • H&M Barber
  • Sleight Of Hand Barber Studio
  • lbh salon
  • Prink Hairdressing
  • nu cut salon
  • Zygy's Barber Shop
  • Hair in the City
• 9 beauty salons

  • Yogis Brows & Beauty
  • Lauren Alice Studios
  • Lys Nails and Spa
  • Blush Beauty and Threading Bar
  • Lotus Nails & Spa Kingston
  • Elyssium
  • Elysian Lash
  • Endota Spa
  • Elegance
• 7 mechanics

  • Kmart Tyre & Auto Service CE Deakin
  • Mycar
  • Braddon Service Centre
  • mycar Tyre & Auto CE Braddon
  • Kevin's Auto Repairs
  • Keys Auto Glass
  • Ken Kirchner Automotive
• 6 electricians

  • Virtue Electrical
  • Clark Electric
  • Solar Hub
  • Kone
  • ECG Electrical
  • Renewables Warehouse
• 2 plumbers

  • Jim Taylor Plumbing
  • PipePax
• 8 carpenters

  • Vibe FM
  • Timberwood Panels
  • G J Gardner Homes
  • Spanline Home Additions
  • Network Development Group
  • Elemental Building Projects
  • TTL Construction
  • Peters Building Company
• 22 places to stay

  • Hyatt Hotel Canberra
  • Little National Hotel
  • Kurrajong Hotel
  • Hotel Realm
  • Rydges Capital Hill
  • Forrest Hotel and Apartments
  • Brassey Hotel
  • Griffin Hotel
  • East Hotel
  • Abode Kingston

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Getting around. Train station: Canberra, 2.8 km south-east · Light rail stop: Alinga Street, 3 km north · Bus interchange: Canberra Civic Coach Stop, 2.9 km north · Airport: Canberra Airport, 6.4 km east.

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Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 21.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

970,504 bird observations recorded near Capital Hill — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (67,883)
• Magpie-lark (60,377)
• Pied Currawong (52,167)
• Superb Fairy-wren (48,700)
• Red Wattlebird (48,126)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (47,711)
• Crimson Rosella (43,350)
• Galah (42,296)
• Australian Raven (40,312)
• Crested Pigeon (33,080)
• Silvereye (31,591)
• Common Starling (30,337)
• Pacific Black Duck (30,159)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Capital Hill:

• Barton (1.1 km)
• Forrest (1.3 km)
• Yarralumla (2 km)
• Parkes (2.2 km)
• Kingston (2.2 km)
• Deakin (2.4 km)
• Griffith (2.4 km)
• Russell (2.6 km)

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