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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

• In 2015-16, the SA2 with the largest population increase in the Australian Capital Territory was ACT - South West (up by 1,400 to reach 5,000 people), which contains the new suburbs Wright and Coombs. Other areas with large growth included the northern SA2s of Casey (670), Crace (520), Franklin (470), Harrison (450) and Bonner (410).

• ACT - South West was also the fastest growing SA2 in the Australian Capital Territory (and in Australia) in 2015-16, up by 38%. This was followed by Casey (15%), Crace (14%) and Bonner (8.0%).

SA2s WITH LARGEST AND FASTEST POPULATION GROWTH, Australian Capital Territory
		ERP at 30 June	Population Change
		2016p	2015r-2016p
SA2	State/Territory	no.	no.	%
LARGEST GROWTH
ACT - South West	Australian Capital Territory	5 042	1 394	38.2
Casey	Australian Capital Territory	5 186	669	14.8
Crace	Australian Capital Territory	4 209	519	14.1
Franklin	Australian Capital Territory	6 530	471	7.8
Harrison	Australian Capital Territory	8 245	450	5.8
Bonner	Australian Capital Territory	5 583	412	8.0
Ngunnawal	Australian Capital Territory	10 417	354	3.5
Civic	Australian Capital Territory	4 200	300	7.7
Kingston - Barton	Australian Capital Territory	5 763	260	4.7
Forde	Australian Capital Territory	4 093	209	5.4
FASTEST GROWTH(a)
ACT - South West	Australian Capital Territory	5 042	1 394	38.2
Casey	Australian Capital Territory	5 186	669	14.8
Crace	Australian Capital Territory	4 209	519	14.1
Bonner	Australian Capital Territory	5 583	412	8.0
Franklin	Australian Capital Territory	6 530	471	7.8
Civic	Australian Capital Territory	4 200	300	7.7
Phillip	Australian Capital Territory	2 665	177	7.1
Harrison	Australian Capital Territory	8 245	450	5.8
Forde	Australian Capital Territory	4 093	209	5.4
Kingston - Barton	Australian Capital Territory	5 763	260	4.7
(a) Excludes SA2s with a population of less than 1,000 at June 2015.

POPULATION CHANGE BY SA2, Australian Capital Territory - 2015-16