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Australian Capital Territory · SA2 801051061

What's going on in Watson

Population 6,727 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#31 of 108 in Australian Capital Territory

for % of households renting (33.4%)

Rank 2

#35 of 108 in Australian Capital Territory

for % of dwellings with no motor vehicle (5.3%)

Rank 3

#40 of 108 in Australian Capital Territory

for % single-parent families (12.6%)

The three dimensions where Watson picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$2,414 / week
#56 of 109 in Australian Capital Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
34 years
#85 of 109 in Australian Capital Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
33.4%
#31 of 108 in Australian Capital Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
2.8%
#94 of 109 in Australian Capital Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.80
#64 of 109 in Australian Capital Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Watson's sharpest rank is for % of households renting. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #762 · one rank above Durack Queensland ↓ #764 · one rank below Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga New South Wales

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.