AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

In 2017-18:

• The number of people living in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) increased by 8,900 (2.2%).

• The ACT's growth rate remained unchanged from 2016-17.

Largest growth areas: The Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2s) of Moncrieff (up by 1,800 people) and Lawson (1,000), both in Canberra's north.

Fastest growth areas: Greenway in Canberra's south, and the new western suburb of Coombs (both 19%).

SA2s WITH LARGEST AND FASTEST POPULATION GROWTH, Australian Capital Territory
		ERP AT 30 JUNE	POPULATION CHANGE
		2018	2017-2018
SA2	SA3	no.	no.	%
LARGEST GROWTH
Moncrieff	Gungahlin	2 788	1 797	181.3
Lawson	Belconnen	1 754	1 045	147.4
Coombs	Molonglo	2 940	461	18.6
Belconnen	Belconnen	7 544	407	5.7
Kingston	South Canberra	5 693	390	7.4
Greenway	Tuggeranong	2 439	387	18.9
Harrison	Gungahlin	8 775	333	3.9
Phillip	Woden Valley	3 700	318	9.4
Wright	Molonglo	3 504	280	8.7
Franklin	Gungahlin	7 344	276	3.9
FASTEST GROWTH(a)
Greenway	Tuggeranong	2 439	387	18.9
Coombs	Molonglo	2 940	461	18.6
Phillip	Woden Valley	3 700	318	9.4
Wright	Molonglo	3 504	280	8.7
Kingston	South Canberra	5 693	390	7.4
Belconnen	Belconnen	7 544	407	5.7
Crace	Gungahlin	5 148	232	4.7
Campbell	North Canberra	3 609	154	4.5
Griffith	South Canberra	5 064	213	4.4
Braddon	North Canberra	6 107	251	4.3
(a) Excludes SA2s with less than 1,000 people at June 2017.