Median price trend for houses
Based on 88 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,380,000
Up 0.9% over 12 months
- 3 bed
- $1.22m
- 4 bed
- $1.46m
- 5+ bed
- $1.7m
Aerial view
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The quick read on
Curtin
ACT 2605 · Unincorporated ACT
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $1,380,000
- Median unit
- $358,000
- Population
- 5,569
- Postcode
- 2605
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ABS 2021
Curtin, Australian Capital Territory
Property market insights for Curtin
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Curtin ACT
Median rent trend for houses
Based on 77 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$800 per week
Up 8.4% over 12 months
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Curtin, ACT is currently $1,380,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Curtin has a 12-month growth rate of 0.9% for houses and -8.2% for units.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,220,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,460,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $1,700,000 in Curtin.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Curtin is $800 per week. The median house rent has increased 8.4% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Curtin is $358,000, which has decreased 8.2% since the same time last year. One-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $303,000, Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $432,000 in Curtin. The median rent for units and apartments in Curtin is $500 per week and has remained unchanged over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
Is Curtin safe?
The overall rate for Curtin is 3,033 offences per 100,000 residents — 39% 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 Curtin.
Overall crime rate
3,033
offences per 100,000 residents
39% belowAustralian Capital Territory
CurtinAustralian 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 Curtin?
Curtin ACT 2605 is in Australian Capital Territory, within Australian Capital Territory.
5,569 people call Curtin home, with an average of 2.6 people per household and a median household income of $2,886 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 5,569
- Median age
- 41 years
- Median mortgage
- $2,600 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $450 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineAustralian Capital Territory benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1519.5%Above
15–3421.6%Below
35–5428.1%In line
55–7420.5%Above
75 and over10.1%Above
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses83.9%Above
Townhouses4.9%Below
Apartments11.3%Below
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright41.2%Above
Paying a mortgage34.1%Below
Renting24.7%Below
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car5.2%In line
One car34.9%Below
Two cars43.4%Above
Three or more16.6%In line
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home11.7%Above
Drove to work58.4%Below
Train, tram or bus4.5%In line
Walked or cycled5.0%Below
What stands out in Curtin
11.7% of workers in Curtin worked from home on Census day.
3.8% of Curtin residents were born in England.
46.8% of people in Curtin described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Curtin
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Curtin ACT 2605.
Is Curtin family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
19.5% of Curtin's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Australian Capital Territory average.
1,517 family households lived in Curtin; 48.8% were couple families and 12.2% were one-parent families.
39.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Australian Capital Territory average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
What is the age profile of Curtin?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Curtin had 5,569 residents at the 2021 Census.
24.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
30.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Australian Capital Territory average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
What kind of homes are in Curtin?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 83.9% of occupied private dwellings in Curtin.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.9% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 11.3% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
Do people own or rent in Curtin?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
41.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Australian Capital Territory average.
34.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.
24.7% rented their home. That is well below the Australian Capital Territory average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
How large are households in Curtin?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Curtin had 2.6 people.
One-person households made up 23.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Australian Capital Territory average.
Two-person households represented 32.0%, while 29.3% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Curtin?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
11.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Australian Capital Territory average.
58.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Australian Capital Territory average.
4.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.0% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Curtin?Vehicle availability helps describe the routines local households can support.
5.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Australian Capital Territory.
One-car households formed 34.9% of the total.
60.0% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Curtin, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
60.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.0% reported a different address.
24.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Australian Capital Territory average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
What languages are spoken in Curtin?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
81.6% of residents used only English at home.
15.9% used a language other than English at home.
1.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Curtin residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
24.0% of Curtin's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.0% was born in Australia.
1.2% of residents were born in China.
1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.0%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Curtin?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 35.4% of ancestry responses in Curtin.
Australian ancestry made up 36.5% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 3.4% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Curtin?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
38.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Australian Capital Territory average.
Managers accounted for 21.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.
Health care and social assistance employed 13.5% of workers, and education and training employed 10.3%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Curtin?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 65.7%, compared with 69.6% across Australian Capital Territory.
39.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.7% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 3.8% across Australian Capital Territory.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
What does the health profile of Curtin show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
60.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.
8.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
9.2% reported asthma, 8.8% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Curtin?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
38.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Australian Capital Territory average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 24.9% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 12.2%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Curtin?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $2,886 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,600.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
How does Curtin compare with Australian Capital Territory?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 11.7% in Curtin, compared with 10.9% across Australian Capital Territory.
Outright ownership was 41.2% locally and 27.3% across Australian Capital Territory. That is well above the Australian Capital Territory average.
Renting accounted for 24.7% in Curtin, 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 Curtin
Is Curtin expensive?
The median house price is $1,380,000, while units and apartments sit at $358,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Curtin good for families?
The Census counted 1,517 local families, and 19.5% 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 Curtin?
4-bedroom houses have a median around $1,460,000, 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 Curtin
84 streets in Curtin
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Allan Pl
- Allan St
- Argyle Pl
- Ayers Pl
- Ayers St
- Barwell Pl
- Bavin St
- Blyth Pl
- Boucaut Pl
- Bowser Pl
- Bray Pl
- Byrnes Pl
- Carruthers St
- Champ Pl
- Cockburn St
- Colebatch Pl
- Collier St
- Cosgrove St
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- Crowther Pl
- Curtin Pl
- Daglish St
- Dawson St
- Denham Pl
- Dooley Pl
- Douglas Pl
- Dry St
- Dunstan St
- Elmslie Pl
- Farnell Pl
- Gillies St
- Gregson Pl
- Haines St
- Heales Pl
- Holman St
- James Pl
- James St
- Jenkins St
- Jennings St
- Kennerley St
- Kidston Cr
- Leake Pl
- Macalister Cr
- Mair Pl
- Martin St
- Mccormack Pl
- Mccormack St
- Mcculloch St
- Mclean Pl
- Mcphee Pl
- Morehead St
- Morgan Cr
- Morgan Pl
- Munro Pl
- Munro St
- Nelson Pl
- O'Shanassy St
- Parker St
- Peacock Pl
- Peake Pl
- Philp Pl
- Prendergast St
- Propsting St
- Rason Pl
- Reibey Pl
- Reynolds St
- Robertson St
- Ryan St
- Scaddan Pl
- See Pl
- Service St
- Shiels Place
- Sladen Pl
- Storey St
- Strangways St
- Theodore St
- Thorn Pl
- Throssell Street
- Verran Pl
- Waddell Pl
- Walsh Pl
- Waterhouse St
- Whyte Pl
- Willcock Pl
- Wilson St
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