Holt ACT 2615
3,037 addresses · 89 streets
Fenner Electorate › Unincorporated ACT LGA › Holt · 12 km from Canberra
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Living Here
Holt is a suburb of Australian Capital Territory, home to about 5,628 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,983 a week, with median rent near $396 a week. Most homes are houses. About 70% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Holt statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Holt itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
6 supermarkets
4 optometrists
4 childcare & kindergartens
2 libraries
2 golf clubs
20 playgrounds
- Boyle Place
- Holt Community Playground
- Armstrong Crescent Neighbourhood Playground
- Cazaly Close Neighbourhood Playground
- Hardwick Crescent Neighbourhood Playground
- Britten Jones Drive Neighbourhood Playground
- Pulleine Crescent Neighbourhood Playground
- Rich Street Neighbourhood Playground
- Bryan Hudson Street Neighbourhood Playground
- Harper Street Neighbourhood Playground
1 dog park
1 bakery
2 hardware stores
3 beauty salons
4 electricians
Getting around. Bus interchange: Cohen Street, 4.7 km east · Airport: Canberra Airport, 18.8 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: 12.8% 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 | 12.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 30.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 66.3%
Population by age in Holt
| 0-4 | 415 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 663 |
| 15-19 | 260 |
| 20-24 | 321 |
| 25-34 | 1,001 |
| 35-44 | 896 |
| 45-54 | 675 |
| 55-64 | 448 |
| 65-74 | 516 |
| 75-84 | 312 |
| 85+ | 123 |
Dwelling types in Holt
| House | 1,354 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 771 |
| Apartment | 157 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Holt
| <$650 | 326 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 533 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 764 |
| $3,000+ | 577 |
Top ancestries in Holt
| English | 1,971 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,866 |
| Other | 942 |
| Irish | 720 |
| Scottish | 599 |
| German | 284 |
Housing tenure in Holt
| Owned | 615 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 978 |
| Rented | 619 |
| Other | 48 |
Cars per household in Holt
| 0 | 151 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 947 |
| 2 | 818 |
| 3 | 223 |
| 4+ | 110 |
Commute to work in Holt
| Car | 2,045 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 106 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 19 |
| Bicycle | 9 |
| Home | 284 |
Top countries of birth in Holt
| India | 183 |
|---|---|
| England | 169 |
| Philippines | 78 |
| Nepal | 67 |
| Vietnam | 56 |
| China | 55 |
Languages used at home in Holt
| Punjabi | 85 |
|---|---|
| Arabic | 67 |
| Mandarin | 67 |
| Vietnamese | 66 |
| Nepali | 64 |
| Hindi | 63 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
379,524 bird observations recorded near Holt — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (24,106)
- Red Wattlebird (21,834)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (21,383)
- Crimson Rosella (20,909)
- Pied Currawong (20,744)
- Magpie-lark (20,740)
- Galah (20,598)
- Common Myna (17,047)
- House Sparrow (15,950)
- Common Starling (15,945)
- Eurasian Blackbird (15,211)
- Crested Pigeon (15,114)
- Australian Raven (14,706)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Holt
- Eastern Rosella (13,902)
- Silvereye (13,851)
- Superb Fairy-wren (10,308)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (8,902)
- Willie Wagtail (8,501)
- Weebill (8,089)
- Spotted Pardalote (8,030)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (7,738)
- Australian King-parrot (7,381)
- Striated Pardalote (7,241)
- Grey Fantail (6,795)
- Eastern Spinebill (6,446)
- Noisy Friarbird (6,108)
- Red-rumped Parrot (6,085)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (5,605)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (5,422)
- Brown Thornbill (4,833)
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
- Allen Place (19)
- Armstrong Crescent (54)
- Bannerman Place (22)
- Bardsley Place (24)
- Beach Place (9)
- Beaurepaire Crescent (101)
- Biggs Place (12)
- Blackham Street (72)
- Blandon Place (28)
- Bonnor Close (13)
- Boyle Place (8)
- Britten-jones Drive (209)
- Brownlow Place (18)
- Bunton Place (17)
- Burdon Place (9)
- Burge Close (13)
- Bushby Place (21)
- Carlton Place (7)
- Carnall Close (18)
- Cassidy Close (11)
- Cavill Close (28)
- Cazaly Close (26)
- Chave Street (46)
- Chester Close (22)
- Coverdale Street (22)
- Crockett Place (16)
- Davison Place (20)
- De Mestre Place (16)
- Drake-brockman Drive (52)
- Eaves Street (23)
- Flack Street (21)
- Foley Place (8)
- Fullston Way (94)
- Galvin Place (11)
- Giffen Close (13)
- Giltinan Place (13)
- Goddard Crescent (40)
- Griffiths Street (47)
- Grimmett Close (15)
- Grout Place (7)
- Hardwick Crescent (244)
- Higgerson Street (13)
- Hogan Place (18)
- Holt Place (29)
- Hopman Place (16)
- Kellermann Close (45)
- Kieran Place (9)
- Kippax Place (22)
- Laycock Place (32)
- Lindrum Crescent (73)
- Lionel Rose Street (95)
- Longworth Place (35)
- Lorraway Street (215)
- Luke Street (31)
- Macnaughton Street (33)
- Mccabe Crescent (50)
- Mcilwraith Close (15)
- Messenger Street (38)
- Mockridge Crescent (60)
- Moyes Crescent (35)
- Mullagh Place (6)
- O'dea Place (9)
- Parkwood Road (8)
- Paterick Place (22)
- Pearce Street (5)
- Pickworth Street (66)
- Postle Circuit (59)
- Powell Street (52)
- Pro Hart Avenue (8)
- Rice Place (16)
- Sands Place (5)
- Scobie Place (12)
- Searle Place (7)
- Sellwood Street (34)
- Slight Place (26)
- Southam Place (10)
- Southern Cross Drive (32)
- Spears Place (6)
- Spofforth Street (57)
- Stanbury Close (10)
- Starke Street (99)
- Stockdill Drive (8)
- Trickett Street (40)
- Trott Place (9)
- Trumper Street (33)
- Wardill Close (11)
- Watchorn Close (15)
- Weber Place (9)
- Worrall Street (30)
