Whitlam ACT 2611

Living Here

Whitlam is a suburb of Australian Capital Territory, home to about 7 people, with a median age of 27. The typical household earns around $900 a week. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Aboriginal, Chinese.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 12 schools

  • Weetangera Primary School
  • Hawker Primary School
  • Belconnen High School
  • Macquarie Primary School
  • Hawker College
  • Evelyn Scott School
  • St Matthew's Primary School
  • St Vincent's Primary School
  • Canberra High School
  • Aranda Primary School

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• 4 cafés & restaurants

  • Heartbeat Cafe
  • Little Oink
  • The Denman Kitchen + Wine Bar
  • Two Before Ten
• 2 supermarkets

  • The Cook Grocer
  • IGA
• 2 parks

  • Namarag
  • Pat Rubly Park
• 12 Catholic churches

  • St Matthew's Catholic Church
  • St Vincent De Paul
  • Saint John the Apostle
  • St Judes Church
  • St Monica's
  • St Thomas Aquinas Parish
  • Saint Josephs Catholic
  • Ukrainian Catholic Centre
  • St. John Vianney's Catholic Church
  • Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church

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• 1 pharmacy

  • Capital Chemist
• 1 medical clinic

  • Your GP@Denman
• 3 dentists

  • Molonglo Smiles
  • Weetangera Family Dental Care
  • Denture Clinic
• 2 physiotherapists

  • Accelr8 Rehabilitation
  • Hawker Place Physiotherapy and Pilates
• 4 optometrists

  • Sunglass Hut
  • OPSM
  • Bupa Optical
  • Specsavers
• 12 hospitals

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

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• 3 vets

  • Canberra Cat Vet
  • Molonglo Veterinary Clinic
  • Advanced Veterinary Imaging
• 2 libraries

  • Belconnen Library
  • National Centre for Australian Children's Literature
• 2 post offices

  • Hawker Post Office
  • Jamison Centre Post Shop
• 1 service station

  • Coles Express Hawker
• 8 gyms & sports centres

  • Club Lime
  • Enhance Healthcare
  • The Strength Syndicate
  • Hawker International Softball Centre
  • Hawker Tennis Centre
  • Hawker Football Centre
  • Anytime Fitness
  • Curves
• 4 golf clubs

  • Royal Canberra Golf Club
  • Belconnen Golf Course
  • Federal Golf Club
  • Yowani Country Club
• 1 playground

  • Bidjiwang Nature Play Space
• 1 dog park

  • Inner South Dog Park
• 2 butchers

  • Hawker Butchery
  • The Butcher Shop
• 2 hardware stores

  • Bunnings Belconnen
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 hairdresser

  • Jina's Hair Dressing
• 14 mechanics

  • Kmart Tyre & Auto Service CE Hawker
  • Natard
  • Capital Honda Service Centre
  • Dyno Tune
  • The Car Doctor
  • Autoco
  • Pedders Suspension
  • Zero Auto Lounge
  • Godzilla Auto Service
  • Belconnen Exhaust & Automotive

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• 5 electricians

  • Clark Electric
  • Renewables Warehouse
  • Solar Hub
  • ECG Electrical
  • Kone
• 1 plumber

  • Jim Taylor Plumbing
• 6 carpenters

  • G J Gardner Homes
  • Spanline Home Additions
  • Peters Building Company
  • Network Development Group
  • Elemental Building Projects
  • TTL Construction
• 4 places to stay

  • Belconnen Way Hotel/Motel
  • Belconnen Soccer Club
  • Canberra Retreat B&B
  • Mercure Canberra Belconnen

Getting around. Train station: Canberra, 11.1 km south-east · Bus interchange: Cohen Street, 4.5 km north-east · Airport: Canberra Airport, 14.4 km east.

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Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 1.6% 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

Unemployment 66.7% · Labour-force participation 75%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

468,613 bird observations recorded near Whitlam — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (32,257)
• Crimson Rosella (28,536)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (27,252)
• Red Wattlebird (26,209)
• Pied Currawong (25,843)
• Magpie-lark (24,030)
• Galah (23,811)
• Australian Raven (19,789)
• Eastern Rosella (18,967)
• Silvereye (15,807)
• Superb Fairy-wren (15,388)
• Crested Pigeon (15,122)
• Common Starling (14,817)

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 Whitlam:

• Molonglo Valley (2.2 km)
• Denman Prospect (2.9 km)
• Cook (3.1 km)
• Weetangera (3.2 km)
• Hawker (3.3 km)
• Macquarie (3.6 km)
• Aranda (4.2 km)
• Page (4.3 km)

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