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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Whitlam is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Canberra, Australia, with a population of approximately 7, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 8 km from the Canberra CBD, Whitlam is a middle ring area in Australian Capital Territory. The median household income is $46,800 per year.
Household earnings in Whitlam 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 Whitlam. 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 Whitlam 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.
Whitlam is a smaller community of 7 — 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. Whitlam's median household income of $46,800/year is 62% 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 8 km from the Canberra CBD, Whitlam sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks.
How Whitlam stacks up against the median of all Australian Capital Territory suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Whitlam sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Whitlam | ACT median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 7 | 3,808 | -100% |
| Median household income | $46,800/yr | $123,916/yr | -62% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,750 | $2,144 | +28% |
| Distance to CBD | 8 km | 10 km | -20% |
Pre-inspection briefing for Whitlam — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 7 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 Whitlam. 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 7, the resale market in Whitlam 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 Whitlam are modest for 2026 — incomes 62% below the ACT median of $123,916 and a population of 7 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 Whitlam. The EquitySight investment score of 48/100 places Whitlam 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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Whitlam scores 48/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 7, median household income of $46,800/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 Whitlam are proximity to Canberra (8 km), a median household income of $46,800/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.
Whitlam has a usual resident population of approximately 7, 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.
Whitlam sits 8 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 Whitlam. 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.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Whitlam is $2,750, or approximately $33,000/year (vs $2,144/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
Census data was not complete enough in Whitlam 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 (7 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,750 median mortgage, below-median household incomes ($46,800 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.