Median price trend for houses
Based on 29 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,280,000
Up 12.3% over 12 months
- 3 bed
- $1m
- 4 bed
- $1.37m
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The quick read on
Coombs
ACT 2611 · Unincorporated ACT
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $1,280,000
- Median unit
- $680,000
- Population
- 4,851
- Postcode
- 2611
latest suburb median
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Coombs, Australian Capital Territory
Property market insights for Coombs
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Coombs ACT
Median rent trend for houses
Based on 29 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$700 per week
No change over 12 months
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Coombs, ACT is currently $1,280,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Coombs has a 12-month growth rate of 12.3% for houses and 1.3% for units.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,000,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,370,000 in Coombs.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Coombs is $700 per week. The median house rent has remained unchanged over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Coombs is $680,000, which has increased 1.3% since the same time last year. One-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $419,000, Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $540,000, Three-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $737,000, Four-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $885,000 in Coombs. The median rent for units and apartments in Coombs is $625 per week and has remained unchanged over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
Is Coombs safe?
The overall rate for Coombs is 3,093 offences per 100,000 residents — 37% below the Australian Capital Territory benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Coombs.
Overall crime rate
3,093
offences per 100,000 residents
37% belowAustralian Capital Territory
CoombsAustralian Capital Territory: 4,936
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Who lives in Coombs?
Coombs ACT 2611 is in Australian Capital Territory, within Australian Capital Territory.
4,851 people call Coombs home, with an average of 2.7 people per household and a median household income of $2,634 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 4,851
- Median age
- 30 years
- Median mortgage
- $2,000 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $480 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineAustralian Capital Territory benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1524.2%Above
15–3437.3%Above
35–5430.7%Above
55–746.9%Below
75 and over1.0%Below
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses37.2%Below
Townhouses34.5%Above
Apartments27.5%Above
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright7.4%Below
Paying a mortgage64.5%Above
Renting28.1%Below
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car2.4%Below
One car39.7%Above
Two cars44.9%Above
Three or more13.4%Below
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home9.4%Below
Drove to work66.8%Above
Train, tram or bus4.8%In line
Walked or cycled1.5%Below
What stands out in Coombs
9.4% of workers in Coombs worked from home on Census day.
9.0% of Coombs residents were born in India, about twice the rate across Australian Capital Territory.
35.3% of people in Coombs described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Coombs
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Coombs ACT 2611.
Is Coombs family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
24.2% of Coombs's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Australian Capital Territory average.
1,308 family households lived in Coombs; 52.0% were couple families and 14.4% were one-parent families.
54.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Australian Capital Territory average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
What is the age profile of Coombs?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Coombs had 4,851 residents at the 2021 Census.
47.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
8.0% were 55 or older. That is about half the Australian Capital Territory rate.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
What kind of homes are in Coombs?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 37.2% of occupied private dwellings in Coombs.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 34.5% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 27.5% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
Do people own or rent in Coombs?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
7.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Australian Capital Territory rate.
64.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.
28.1% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Australian Capital Territory average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
How large are households in Coombs?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Coombs had 2.7 people.
One-person households made up 20.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Australian Capital Territory average.
Two-person households represented 29.0%, while 30.1% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Coombs?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
9.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Australian Capital Territory average.
66.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Australian Capital Territory average.
4.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Coombs?Vehicle availability helps describe the routines local households can support.
2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Australian Capital Territory rate.
One-car households formed 39.7% of the total.
58.3% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Coombs, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
27.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 72.1% reported a different address.
42.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Australian Capital Territory average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
What languages are spoken in Coombs?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
50.1% of residents used only English at home.
46.4% used a language other than English at home.
3.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.8% spoke Cantonese and 1.7% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Coombs residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
42.6% of Coombs's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 57.4% was born in Australia.
2.8% of residents were born in China.
9.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.5%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Coombs?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 20.7% of ancestry responses in Coombs.
Australian ancestry made up 21.6% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 7.9% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Coombs?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
36.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Australian Capital Territory average.
Managers accounted for 16.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.
Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Coombs?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 82.2%, compared with 69.6% across Australian Capital Territory.
55.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 3.8% across Australian Capital Territory.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
What does the health profile of Coombs show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
73.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.
7.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
6.3% reported asthma, 3.1% arthritis and 2.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Coombs?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
39.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Australian Capital Territory average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 24.5% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 12.0%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Coombs?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $2,634 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $480 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
How does Coombs compare with Australian Capital Territory?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 9.4% in Coombs, compared with 10.9% across Australian Capital Territory.
Outright ownership was 7.4% locally and 27.3% across Australian Capital Territory. That is about half the Australian Capital Territory rate.
Renting accounted for 28.1% in Coombs, against 31.5% across Australian Capital Territory.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
A buyer’s quick guide to Coombs
Is Coombs expensive?
The median house price is $1,280,000, while units and apartments sit at $680,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Coombs good for families?
The Census counted 1,308 local families, and 24.2% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
What can I get for $1.5m in Coombs?
4-bedroom houses have a median around $1,370,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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Streets and suburbs around Coombs
52 streets in Coombs
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Alcorso Vsta
- Annabelle
- Arthur Blakeley
- Bakewell St
- Bedbrook St
- Berndt
- Bill Leng St
- Blackmore St
- Brownbill St
- Buttfield St
- Calaby St
- Castan St
- Chanter Tce
- Chipp St
- Colbung St
- Cornelius St
- Cotter Rd
- Edgeworth Pde
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- Edwin Hicks
- Ena Noel St
- Engel St
- Fairhall St
- Finemore St
- Fred Daly Avenue
- Gifford St
- Gurd St
- Gustin St
- Harold White Ave
- Haviland St
- Ingold Street
- Janine Haines Tce
- John Gorton Dr
- Jowett St
- Ken Tribe St
- Kilgariff St
- Laffan St
- Madgwick St
- Newchurch St
- Noffs Cr
- Pearlman St
- Redshaw St
- Scotford St
- Southcott View
- Stan Davey
- Taggart Tce
- Telfer St
- Terry Connolly St
- Trask St
- Utz St
- Willesee
- Woodberry Ave
- Yorston St
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