How have Australian Capital Territory house and unit prices moved over the past year?

Over the 16 months to May 2026, median house prices across the Australian Capital Territory SA4 are South Canberra $1,820,000, North Canberra $1,300,000, Woden Valley $1,288,000, Molonglo $1,090,000. Source: Suburbtrends, 12-month rolling medians.

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Australian Capital Territory Property Market: Prices, Vacancy & Trends

Updated May 2026· By Kent Lardner, Head of Research· SA4, Australian Capital Territory · 8 SA3 markets · 134 SA2 areas

As of May 2026, median house prices across the Australian Capital Territory SA4 range from $925,000 (Tuggeranong) to $1,820,000 (South Canberra). The stock-weighted rental vacancy rate is 18.7%, ranging from 11.5% in Canberra East to 27.3% in Molonglo. Top median house rent is $1600/week in O'Malley.

Source: Suburbtrends, 12-month rolling medians · Updated monthly

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South Canberra median house

$1.30M

North Canberra median house

+8.2%

Top SA3 growth (South Canberra)

18.7%

SA4 vacancy (weighted)

$1600/wk

Top house rent (O'Malley)

906

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What is the median house price in the Australian Capital Territory?

Median house prices across the Australian Capital Territory's SA3 markets span $925,000 to $1,820,000, with South Canberra the most expensive market and Tuggeranong the most affordable.

SA3 house markets, Australian Capital Territory — 12 months to May 2026
SA3 market	Median house	12-mth change	Median unit	Days on market
South Canberra	$1,820,000	+8.2%	$650,000	30
North Canberra	$1,300,000	+4.0%	$565,000	25
Woden Valley	$1,288,000	+5.1%	$505,000	23
Molonglo	$1,090,000	−11.0%	$491,500	38
Gungahlin	$1,015,000	+6.2%	$595,000	26
Weston Creek	$980,000	+4.8%	$730,500	23
Belconnen	$940,000	+8.0%	$560,000	23
Tuggeranong	$925,000	+6.3%	$661,000	23

Listings on market by SA3 — for sale and for rent, current month
SA3 market	Houses for sale	Houses for rent	Units for sale	Units for rent
Gungahlin	202	68	213	87
Belconnen	175	61	241	113
North Canberra	144	39	501	341
Tuggeranong	127	30	78	40
Woden Valley	92	36	226	101
South Canberra	78	28	316	148
Weston Creek	44	18	12	5
Molonglo	44	12	125	46

Listings counts are the current-month average of properties advertised for sale or rent. Unit stock can be thin in regional markets — some SA2 unit markets carry only a handful of active listings at any time.

SA2 median prices, houses and units — 12 months to May 2026
SA2 area	SA3	House median	House 12-mth	Unit median
Forrest †	South Canberra	$3,400,000	—	$695,000
Deakin	South Canberra	$2,300,000	+37.3%	—
Griffith (ACT) †	South Canberra	$2,075,000	—	$620,000
Yarralumla	South Canberra	$2,045,000	−11.1%	$1,050,000
Red Hill (ACT) †	South Canberra	$2,002,000	—	—
Turner †	North Canberra	$1,950,000	—	$630,000
Campbell †	North Canberra	$1,680,000	—	—
Braddon †	North Canberra	$1,500,000	—	$560,000
Reid †	North Canberra	$1,460,000	—	$470,000
Ainslie	North Canberra	$1,455,000	+4.7%	—
Curtin	Woden Valley	$1,435,000	+14.8%	$355,000
Garran †	Woden Valley	$1,425,000	—	$755,000
Narrabundah	South Canberra	$1,421,000	+22.0%	$600,000
Hawker †	Belconnen	$1,351,000	—	—
Aranda †	Belconnen	$1,330,000	—	—
Weetangera †	Belconnen	$1,320,000	—	—
Wright †	Molonglo	$1,310,000	—	$475,000
Hackett	North Canberra	$1,300,000	−10.3%	—
Chifley †	Woden Valley	$1,298,000	—	$544,000
Farrer	Woden Valley	$1,280,000	+11.3%	—
Pearce †	Woden Valley	$1,280,000	—	—
Bruce †	Belconnen	$1,270,000	—	$430,000
Nicholls	Gungahlin	$1,250,000	+4.2%	$912,500
Chapman †	Weston Creek	$1,250,000	—	—
Watson	North Canberra	$1,225,000	+11.3%	$535,000
Dickson †	North Canberra	$1,220,000	—	$580,000
Lyneham †	North Canberra	$1,215,000	—	$510,000
Lawson †	Belconnen	$1,210,500	—	$693,000
Torrens †	Woden Valley	$1,180,000	—	—
Mawson †	Woden Valley	$1,170,000	—	$485,000
Hughes †	Woden Valley	$1,169,000	—	—
Downer	North Canberra	$1,160,000	−2.1%	—
Cook †	Belconnen	$1,155,000	—	$850,000
Fadden †	Tuggeranong	$1,150,000	—	—
Lyons (ACT) †	Woden Valley	$1,150,000	—	$360,000
Denman Prospect †	Molonglo	$1,150,000	—	—
Isaacs †	Woden Valley	$1,140,000	—	—
Forde	Gungahlin	$1,130,000	+15.9%	—
Throsby †	Gungahlin	$1,130,000	—	—
Jacka †	Gungahlin	$1,107,500	—	—
Stirling †	Weston Creek	$1,100,000	—	—
McKellar †	Belconnen	$1,090,000	—	—
Moncrieff	Gungahlin	$1,090,000	+6.3%	—
Fraser †	Belconnen	$1,080,000	—	—
Gungahlin	Gungahlin	$1,078,000	+19.8%	$430,000
Franklin	Gungahlin	$1,072,500	+4.5%	$490,000
Harrison	Gungahlin	$1,070,000	+8.6%	$490,000
Kaleen	Belconnen	$1,020,000	−0.6%	—
Florey †	Belconnen	$1,010,000	—	—
Macquarie †	Belconnen	$1,010,000	—	$720,000
Amaroo	Gungahlin	$1,010,000	+5.8%	$760,000
Bonner	Gungahlin	$1,000,000	+3.6%	—
Macarthur †	Tuggeranong	$1,000,000	—	—
Holder †	Weston Creek	$980,000	—	—
Flynn (ACT)	Belconnen	$977,500	+7.4%	—
Oxley (ACT) †	Tuggeranong	$972,500	—	—
Gowrie (ACT)	Tuggeranong	$970,000	+10.1%	—
Monash	Tuggeranong	$960,000	+3.8%	—
Duffy †	Weston Creek	$960,000	—	—
Crace	Gungahlin	$955,000	−12.8%	—
Spence †	Belconnen	$953,300	—	—
Conder	Tuggeranong	$953,000	−2.8%	—
Waramanga †	Weston Creek	$952,000	—	—
Fisher †	Weston Creek	$950,000	—	—
Dunlop	Belconnen	$947,500	+11.3%	—
Bonython †	Tuggeranong	$947,000	—	$775,000
Gilmore †	Tuggeranong	$931,000	—	—
Wanniassa	Tuggeranong	$930,000	+8.8%	—
Coombs †	Molonglo	$930,000	—	$592,000
Chisholm	Tuggeranong	$926,000	+5.5%	—
ACT - South West †	Urriarra - Namadgi	$926,000	—	—
Casey	Gungahlin	$925,000	−4.1%	$770,000
Melba	Belconnen	$916,000	+0.1%	—
Palmerston	Gungahlin	$911,000	−7.0%	$655,000
Calwell	Tuggeranong	$908,000	+9.4%	—
Kambah	Tuggeranong	$908,000	+4.6%	$705,000
Gordon (ACT)	Tuggeranong	$905,000	+0.0%	$665,000
Scullin †	Belconnen	$903,500	—	—
Giralang	Belconnen	$900,000	−2.2%	—
Rivett †	Weston Creek	$900,000	—	—
Greenway †	Tuggeranong	$892,000	—	$465,000
Banks	Tuggeranong	$890,000	+18.7%	—
Theodore	Tuggeranong	$890,000	+4.1%	—
Higgins †	Belconnen	$876,000	—	—
Page †	Belconnen	$876,000	—	$590,000
Latham	Belconnen	$874,000	+10.4%	—
Evatt	Belconnen	$870,000	+0.0%	—
Isabella Plains	Tuggeranong	$860,000	+2.4%	—
Ngunnawal	Gungahlin	$830,000	+7.8%	$655,000
Macgregor (ACT)	Belconnen	$826,000	+5.9%	—
Holt	Belconnen	$820,000	+2.2%	$562,250
Richardson †	Tuggeranong	$785,000	—	—
Charnwood †	Belconnen	$750,000	—	—
Phillip †	Woden Valley	$720,000	—	$470,000
Belconnen †	Belconnen	$630,000	—	$486,000
Canberra East †	Canberra East	$269,000	—	—

† Thin market: fewer than 40 sales in 12 months, or a distorted price mix — medians are volatile and 12-month changes are not reported. A dash indicates too few unit sales to report a reliable median.

Which Australian Capital Territory areas are growing fastest?

Among SA2 areas with robust sales volumes, the strongest 12-month house price growth to May 2026 was Deakin +37.3%, Narrabundah +22.0%, Gungahlin +19.8%, Banks +18.7%, Forde +15.9%. The softest market was Crace (-12.8%).

What is the rental vacancy rate in the Australian Capital Territory?

The stock-weighted rental vacancy rate across the Australian Capital Territory SA4 is 18.7% as at May 2026. Conditions range from 11.5% in Canberra East to 27.3% in Molonglo.

Rental vacancy by SA3, rolling 3-month rate — trailing 6 months
SA3 market	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	Rental stock
Canberra East	0.0%	3.7%	8.7%	11.1%	10.5%	11.5%	26
Weston Creek	14.3%	10.5%	12.3%	12.5%	14.0%	13.6%	66
Belconnen	14.1%	13.2%	15.5%	14.5%	15.5%	15.8%	551
Tuggeranong	14.8%	17.2%	16.1%	14.5%	13.1%	16.4%	250
Woden Valley	14.3%	12.4%	12.0%	12.1%	15.0%	18.1%	375
North Canberra	15.2%	15.3%	14.9%	15.5%	16.5%	18.7%	893
Gungahlin	14.0%	14.6%	16.4%	16.8%	20.3%	19.5%	513
South Canberra	9.8%	10.4%	13.4%	16.3%	19.4%	20.6%	393
Molonglo	12.6%	12.1%	16.9%	23.4%	29.8%	27.3%	216
Uriarra - Namadgi	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	—	—	—	—

Suburbtrends Vacancy Index methodology: vacant rental listings as a share of total rental stock, rolling 3-month basis. SA4 weighted rate uses current rental stock weights.

What are the rents in the Australian Capital Territory?

Median house rents across the Australian Capital Territory run to $1600/week in O'Malley at the top of the region. Unit rents typically sit below houses; bedroom splits below show where stock supports a reading.

House rents by SA2 — weekly median and bedroom splits, 12 months to May 2026
SA2 area	Median	2-bed	3-bed	4-bed
O'Malley	$1600	$590	—	$1400
Forrest	$1350	—	$1350	$1295
Red Hill (ACT)	$1150	$485	$900	$1200
Yarralumla	$1100	$670	$880	$1100
Denman Prospect	$1100	$600	$780	$1050
Wright	$980	$605	$745	$980
Deakin	$940	$660	$730	$1100
Campbell	$920	$700	$860	$1010
Whitlam	$900	$560	$740	$950
Reid	$890	$590	$880	$1000
Chapman	$880	—	$700	$880
Garran	$880	$690	$745	$895
Macnamara	$860	—	—	$860
ACT - South West	$855	—	—	$855
Hall	$850	$490	$850	$1350
Griffith (ACT)	$850	$620	$870	$1000
Forde	$820	$640	$720	$850
Barton	$820	$820	$950	$1100
Farrer	$820	$570	$700	$850
Moncrieff	$800	$540	$670	$830
Taylor	$800	$610	$680	$850
Weetangera	$795	$480	$680	$820
Throsby	$795	—	$730	$850
Curtin	$790	$525	$700	$950
Isaacs	$790	$510	$750	$850
Lyons (ACT)	$790	$650	$650	$890
Narrabundah	$785	$595	$750	$1000
Crace	$780	$580	$719	$850
Harrison	$780	$570	$670	$790
Ainslie	$780	$550	$750	$1200
Aranda	$765	$750	$650	$920
Fadden	$760	—	$725	$780
Duffy	$760	—	$650	$850
Hughes	$760	$600	$650	$920
Bruce	$750	$600	$720	$800
Flynn (ACT)	$750	—	$670	$750
Lawson	$750	$590	$680	$800
Franklin	$750	$590	$650	$830
Gungahlin	$750	$520	$695	$765
Nicholls	$750	$650	$700	$795
Dickson	$750	$650	$750	$900
O'Connor (ACT)	$750	$595	$700	$950
Turner	$750	$620	$800	$1150
Weston	$750	$390	$670	$850
Fraser	$740	$500	$700	$750
Hackett	$740	$580	$720	$800
Gowrie (ACT)	$740	—	$700	$800
Stirling	$735	—	$680	$780
McKellar	$730	—	$680	$820
Amaroo	$730	—	$650	$770
Melba	$720	$550	$680	$770
Strathnairn	$720	$580	$680	$800
Braddon	$720	$720	$750	$995
Downer	$720	$550	$705	$990
Oxley (ACT)	$720	—	$695	$800
Holder	$720	—	$650	$800
Mawson	$720	$560	$670	$850
Pearce	$720	$500	$670	$875
Coombs	$720	$550	$720	$980
Bonner	$715	$575	$660	$798
Torrens	$710	$550	$695	$800
Dunlop	$700	$500	$640	$755
Kaleen	$700	$520	$690	$780
Spence	$700	—	$620	$750
Watson	$700	$570	$680	$870
Chisholm	$700	$495	$670	$820
Macarthur	$700	—	$630	$795
Monash	$700	—	$680	$790
Chifley	$700	$680	$680	$830
Jacka	$690	$540	$670	$770
Lyneham	$690	$565	$680	$920
Conder	$685	—	$670	$830
Giralang	$680	$530	$650	$770
Casey	$680	$570	$660	$800
Kambah	$680	$475	$660	$790
Wanniassa	$680	$565	$670	$750
Latham	$670	$560	$630	$720
Gilmore	$670	$560	$670	$680
Gordon (ACT)	$670	$490	$650	$800
Florey	$660	—	$650	$750
Page	$660	$535	$650	$880
Bonython	$660	$560	$620	$750
Calwell	$660	$550	$650	$850
Rivett	$660	—	$640	$770
Evatt	$655	$520	$650	$760
Higgins	$650	$530	$650	$680
Holt	$650	$540	$650	$780
Macgregor (ACT)	$650	$520	$640	$750
Ngunnawal	$650	$550	$630	$795
Palmerston	$650	$530	$650	$790
Civic	$650	$650	—	—
Kingston (ACT)	$650	$620	$1000	$1300
Banks	$650	—	$650	$800
Isabella Plains	$650	$520	$650	$640
Richardson	$650	—	$650	$765
Theodore	$650	—	$630	$780
Fisher	$650	$485	$675	$860
Waramanga	$650	$550	$650	$850
Cook	$640	$565	$650	$845
Macquarie	$630	$620	$630	$690
Scullin	$630	$520	$630	$690
Hawker	$620	$500	$620	$900
Phillip	$620	$610	$650	—
Charnwood	$600	$570	$600	$650
Belconnen	$590	$580	$650	—
Canberra East	$520	$520	$650	—
Greenway	$500	$565	$650	—

Unit rents by SA2 — weekly, where stock supports a reading, 12 months to May 2026
SA2 area	Median	2-bed	3-bed
Fadden	$750	—	$750
Yarralumla	$730	$680	$960
Garran	$730	$600	$750
Throsby	$700	$600	$700
Forrest	$700	$750	$1100
Flynn (ACT)	$680	—	$730
Lawson	$660	$600	$700
Aranda	$655	$655	$800
McKellar	$650	—	$650
Forde	$650	$580	$650
Hall	$650	$585	$650
Nicholls	$650	$510	$650
Moncrieff	$650	$600	$680
Dickson	$650	$680	$840
Campbell	$650	$700	$950
Conder	$650	—	$570
Monash	$650	$570	$650
Richardson	$650	—	$650
Isaacs	$650	$850	$650
O'Malley	$650	$650	—
Ainslie	$645	$645	$800
Civic	$640	$720	$1000
Kingston (ACT)	$640	$685	$950
Kambah	$625	$530	$670
Giralang	$620	$640	$585
Casey	$620	$580	$675
Griffith (ACT)	$620	$670	$850
Bonython	$620	$535	$630
Holder	$620	$525	$640
Turner	$615	$660	$860
Amaroo	$610	$590	$660
Taylor	$610	$600	$690
Reid	$610	$640	$870
Braddon	$605	$680	$950
Cook	$600	$580	$720
Florey	$600	$550	$610
Kaleen	$600	$560	$625
Bonner	$600	$575	$650
Palmerston	$600	$560	$620
Deakin	$600	$670	$1015
Barton	$600	$730	$1100
Stirling	$600	$500	$585
Weston	$600	$600	$740
Coombs	$600	$585	$700
Ngunnawal	$590	$530	$600
Narrabundah	$590	$600	$720
Bruce	$580	$580	$690
Page	$580	$575	$595
Jacka	$580	$570	$640
Watson	$580	$560	$730
Calwell	$580	—	$580
Gordon (ACT)	$580	$540	$580
Oxley (ACT)	$580	$500	$580
Duffy	$580	$480	$700
Wright	$580	$590	$690
Gowrie (ACT)	$575	$575	—
Phillip	$575	$620	$750
Charnwood	$570	$490	$595
Holt	$570	$530	$600
Isabella Plains	$570	—	$570
Denman Prospect	$570	$600	$730
Gilmore	$565	$530	$565
Pearce	$565	$530	$660
Belconnen	$560	$595	$700
Crace	$560	$575	$670
Franklin	$560	$580	$670
Harrison	$560	$560	$660
Waramanga	$560	$540	$720
Lyneham	$555	$620	$780
Dunlop	$550	$550	$650
Macquarie	$550	$570	$720
O'Connor (ACT)	$550	$620	$880
Red Hill (ACT)	$550	$520	$1025
Banks	$550	$550	$720
Chapman	$550	$550	$665
Rivett	$550	$550	$650
Chifley	$550	$625	$630
Mawson	$550	$500	$720
Torrens	$550	$560	$530
Gungahlin	$545	$565	$695
Macgregor (ACT)	$540	$525	$630
Downer	$530	$600	$750
Chisholm	$530	$530	$650
Greenway	$530	$550	$675
Wanniassa	$530	$520	$650
Fisher	$525	—	$525
Weetangera	$515	$500	$550
Theodore	$515	$515	$580
Hawker	$500	$500	$570
Latham	$500	$500	$595
Scullin	$500	$500	$590
Farrer	$500	$430	$750
Evatt	$495	$495	$600
Curtin	$495	$510	$650
Fraser	$480	$480	—
Melba	$480	$480	$650
Lyons (ACT)	$480	$505	$720
Canberra East	$450	$480	$700
Hughes	$450	$450	$600
Hackett	$410	$460	—
Higgins	$400	$540	$630
Spence	$350	$550	—

Rents are median advertised asking rents over 12 months. Bedroom splits are reported where enough listings support a reading; a dash indicates too few. Unit rents are shown only for SA2s with sufficient rental stock.

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How have Australian Capital Territory prices and rents moved?

Over the 16 months to May 2026, median house prices across the Australian Capital Territory SA4 moved from $925,000 (Tuggeranong) to $1,820,000 (South Canberra) at the extremes. The chart tracks each SA3 market for house prices, unit prices and house rents.

SA3 median house prices, unit prices and house rents, to May 2026. Source: Suburbtrends.

Australian Capital Territory SA3 median house price by month, $ (data behind the chart)
SA3	Feb 25	Mar 25	Apr 25	May 25	Jun 25	Jul 25	Aug 25	Sep 25	Oct 25	Nov 25	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26
Belconnen	$870,000	$870,000	$870,000	$870,000	$870,500	$875,000	$882,500	$895,000	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000	$903,500	$915,000	$920,000	$930,000	$940,000
Gungahlin	$940,000	$956,000	$960,000	$956,000	$963,000	$970,000	$975,000	$990,000	$995,000	$1,000,000	$1,001,000	$1,000,000	$1,010,000	$1,010,000	$1,010,000	$1,015,000
North Canberra	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,260,000	$1,270,000	$1,273,500	$1,275,000	$1,285,000	$1,310,000	$1,310,000	$1,300,000
South Canberra	$1,700,000	$1,682,000	$1,682,000	$1,682,000	$1,682,000	$1,682,000	$1,675,000	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	$1,708,000	$1,742,000	$1,745,000	$1,820,000	$1,894,000	$1,894,000	$1,820,000
Tuggeranong	$865,000	$861,000	$861,000	$870,000	$870,000	$872,000	$875,000	$880,000	$880,000	$890,000	$901,000	$909,000	$915,000	$920,000	$930,000	$925,000
Weston Creek	$930,000	$930,000	$930,000	$935,000	$950,000	$967,000	$980,000	$980,000	$960,000	$960,000	$965,000	$980,000	$990,000	$985,000	$980,000	$980,000
Woden Valley	$1,220,000	$1,225,000	$1,240,000	$1,225,000	$1,212,500	$1,212,500	$1,230,000	$1,212,500	$1,210,000	$1,220,000	$1,230,000	$1,275,000	$1,310,000	$1,310,000	$1,300,000	$1,288,000
Molonglo	$1,270,000	$1,270,000	$1,270,000	$1,225,000	$1,225,000	$1,225,000	$1,135,000	$1,090,000	$1,090,000	$1,150,000	$1,135,000	$1,090,000	$1,090,000	$1,090,000	$1,090,000	$1,090,000

How this data is compiled

Suburbtrends compiles transaction, listings and rental records monthly across every SA2, SA3 and SA4 in Australia. Medians and percentiles are calculated on a 12-month rolling basis; vacancy follows the Suburbtrends Vacancy Index methodology (vacant rental listings as a share of total rental stock, rolling 3 months). Development Rates covers completed strata projects of 4–40 dwellings, with each project's site purchase traced through the title record to derive the land component. Thin markets are flagged and 12-month changes suppressed where sample sizes do not support them. Boundaries follow the ABS ASGS Edition 3. This page was last updated with data to May 2026, and is refreshed in the first week of every month.

Kent Lardner

Head of Research, Suburbtrends · 30+ years in property data analytics

Kent's research is regularly cited in the Australian Financial Review, news.com.au and industry media. He previously led data science teams at major property data firms and founded Suburbtrends to publish independent, suburb-level market research. Full profile and press citations →