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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Beard is a regional centre in Australian Capital Territory, Australia, with a population of approximately 3, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 10 km from the Canberra CBD, Beard is a regional area in Australian Capital Territory. The median household income is $62,000 per year.
Household earnings in Beard are below the state average, which may affect long-term capital growth. Close CBD access strengthens tenant appeal and resale value.
Official Australia Post postcode for Beard. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Beard on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Beard is a smaller community of 3 — about 0% of the Australian Capital Territory suburb median (3,808) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Beard's median household income of $62,000/year is 50% below the Australian Capital Territory suburb median ($123,916) — this is an affordability play where returns lean on yield and patient capital growth rather than demographic premium. At 10 km from the Canberra CBD, Beard sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks.
How Beard stacks up against the median of all Australian Capital Territory suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Beard sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Beard | ACT median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 3 | 3,808 | -100% |
| Median household income | $62,000/yr | $123,916/yr | -50% |
| Distance to CBD | 10 km | 10 km | 0% |
Pre-inspection briefing for Beard — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 3 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Australian Capital Territory market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for Beard. Use current realestate.com.au and Domain listings to triangulate a realistic weekly rent before committing, then feed that number into our rental yield calculator.
With a population of 3, the resale market in Beard may not reliably reward cosmetic renovations — a longer hold is typically a better strategy at this scale, letting land-value appreciation do the work instead.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Beard are modest for 2026 — incomes 50% below the ACT median of $123,916 and a population of 3 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental fundamentals will need to be verified against live listings, as a clean median rent was not recorded for Beard. The EquitySight investment score of 41/100 places Beard in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
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Beard scores 41/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 3, median household income of $62,000/year. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Beard are proximity to Canberra (10 km), a median household income of $62,000/year, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Beard has a usual resident population of approximately 3, compared with a Australian Capital Territory suburb median of 3,808 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Beard sits 10 km straight-line from the Canberra CBD. This is inner-ring territory — pricing competes directly with established Canberra employment nodes.
A reliable median rent was not captured for Beard. Benchmark expected weekly rent on realestate.com.au and Domain, or the state rental tribunal's rent dashboard. Most Australian investors target a 4–5% gross yield as a baseline.
A reliable median mortgage figure was not captured for Beard. Use our loan serviceability calculator to estimate a realistic monthly repayment for your target purchase price and deposit.
Census data was not complete enough in Beard to compute a clean rent-to-mortgage coverage. Use current listings to benchmark weekly rent, then plug your expected purchase price into our rental yield calculator to see whether the investment runs cash-flow positive or negative.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (3 residents), interest-rate sensitivity, below-median household incomes ($62,000 vs $123,916 state median), the broader Australian Capital Territory market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.