Flynn ACT 2615
1,412 addresses · 66 streets
Fenner Electorate › Unincorporated ACT LGA › Flynn · 12 km from Canberra
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Living Here
Flynn is a suburb of Australian Capital Territory, home to about 3,671 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $2,728 a week, with median rent near $481 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Flynn (ACT) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Flynn itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 dentists
4 optometrists
3 post offices
26 playgrounds
- Herschell Circuit Neighbourhood Playground
- Sanderson Close Neighbourhood Playground
- Blackwell Circuit Neighbourhood Playground
- Sadleir Place Neighbourhood Playground
- Plowman Place Neighbourhood Playground
- Covington Crescent Neighbourhood Playground
- Henslowe Place Neighbourhood Playground
- Bishop Place Neighbourhood Playground
- Rechner Place Neighbourhood Playground
- Dean Place Neighbourhood Playground
1 dog park
2 hardware stores
Getting around. Bus interchange: Cohen Street, 4.1 km south · Airport: Canberra Airport, 17.6 km south-east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 15.3% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 15.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 57.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 68.1%
Population by age in Flynn
| 0-4 | 232 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 539 |
| 15-19 | 230 |
| 20-24 | 208 |
| 25-34 | 479 |
| 35-44 | 525 |
| 45-54 | 487 |
| 55-64 | 406 |
| 65-74 | 359 |
| 75-84 | 177 |
| 85+ | 30 |
Dwelling types in Flynn
| House | 1,174 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 42 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Flynn
| <$650 | 85 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 185 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 362 |
| $3,000+ | 521 |
Top ancestries in Flynn
| English | 1,458 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,379 |
| Irish | 537 |
| Other | 478 |
| Scottish | 400 |
| German | 170 |
Housing tenure in Flynn
| Owned | 414 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 595 |
| Rented | 190 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Flynn
| 0 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 315 |
| 2 | 539 |
| 3 | 215 |
| 4+ | 120 |
Commute to work in Flynn
| Car | 1,350 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 34 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 12 |
| Home | 219 |
Top countries of birth in Flynn
| England | 105 |
|---|---|
| India | 53 |
| New Zealand | 49 |
| United States | 29 |
| China | 28 |
| Pakistan | 23 |
Languages used at home in Flynn
| Mandarin | 49 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 40 |
| Greek | 25 |
| Urdu | 25 |
| Vietnamese | 23 |
| Italian | 22 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
382,895 bird observations recorded near Flynn — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (24,408)
- Red Wattlebird (23,267)
- Magpie-lark (23,118)
- Pied Currawong (21,662)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (21,355)
- Galah (20,528)
- Crimson Rosella (19,868)
- Common Myna (18,163)
- Crested Pigeon (17,307)
- House Sparrow (16,996)
- Common Starling (16,491)
- Eurasian Blackbird (15,921)
- Australian Raven (14,458)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Flynn
- Silvereye (13,786)
- Eastern Rosella (12,513)
- Superb Fairy-wren (10,234)
- Willie Wagtail (8,672)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (7,797)
- Australian King-parrot (7,587)
- Pacific Black Duck (6,855)
- Spotted Pardalote (6,855)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (6,778)
- Red-rumped Parrot (6,539)
- Weebill (6,390)
- Striated Pardalote (6,182)
- Eurasian Coot (5,987)
- Eastern Spinebill (5,958)
- Welcome Swallow (5,934)
- Dusky Moorhen (5,832)
- Grey Fantail (5,454)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Barber Crescent (55)
- Bennett Place (15)
- Bingle Street (34)
- Bird Place (16)
- Blackwell Circuit (51)
- Brodie Place (7)
- Clarnette Place (17)
- Companion Crescent (47)
- Crawford Crescent (40)
- Day Place (5)
- Dobinson Place (8)
- Dolling Crescent (30)
- Ferguson Place (23)
- Flierl Place (14)
- Fulford Place (14)
- Goessling Place (23)
- Harland Place (9)
- Hedland Circuit (53)
- Heriot Place (6)
- Herschell Circuit (44)
- Holden Place (9)
- Homann Place (11)
- Hooper Crescent (32)
- Hooper Place (8)
- Huelin Circuit (32)
- Inlander Crescent (31)
- Jacob Place (4)
- Joyner Crescent (28)
- Joyner Place (19)
- Love Street (20)
- Meiklejohn Place (20)
- Miethke Place (15)
- Millard Place (12)
- Murrell Place (16)
- Newland Street (29)
- Noble Place (19)
- Nulsen Circuit (49)
- Oster Place (6)
- Pattinson Crescent (24)
- Pither Close (14)
- Plowman Place (14)
- Ramage Place (12)
- Rechner Place (12)
- Rentoul Place (9)
- Reuther Place (6)
- Reuther Street (15)
- Rolland Place (10)
- Rose Place (8)
- Rossell Place (12)
- Ryle Place (9)
- Sanderson Close (37)
- Schwarz Place (19)
- Seal Place (6)
- Seddon Place (27)
- Spalding Street (45)
- Strehlow Place (18)
- Tillyard Drive (49)
- Tulloch Place (10)
- Vickers Crescent (33)
- Victory Place (10)
- Vogelsang Place (36)
- Welch Place (12)
- Wilkinson Street (41)
- Willyama Place (26)
- Winter Street (13)
- Wyles Place (14)
