What does this Professionals ranking show?

This ranking shows ACT suburbs with the highest Professionals worker counts, based on Census 2021 demographic data.

Should I choose a suburb just because it ranks highly here?

No. Demographic rankings explain local context, not investment quality by themselves. Use them with price, rent, income, schools, transport, and detail-page evidence before shortlisting.

Why does QuickProperty show count and percentage of population?

The count shows the size of the local group, while the percentage helps avoid overreading large suburbs that rank highly only because they have more residents overall.

What is the next step after this demographic ranking?

Open the suburb detail pages for the strongest candidates, save realistic matches to your shortlist, and compare them against affordability and local evidence before making a decision.

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Occupation · ACT · 100 suburbs

Top Suburbs by Professionals Workers — ACT

ACT suburbs with the highest number of Professionals professionals workers, ranked by count from Census 2021.

Top suburb

BraddonACT

Leading count

2,136

% of population

33.5%

Source

ABS Census 2021

Ranking

Top Suburbs by Professionals Workers

ACT suburbs with the highest number of Professionals professionals workers, ranked by count from Census 2021. — ACT

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How to read this ranking

Use top suburbs by professionals workers to find workforce clusters, not finished shortlists.

BEST FOR

Finding suburbs with a strong concentration of one worker group.

This is useful when you want to see where a profession or worker cohort is clustered in ACT.

READ IT AS

A scale signal, not a suburb score.

Worker counts reflect concentration and population scale. They should be read alongside housing costs, incomes, and access, not in isolation.

NEXT STEP

Validate whether the cluster actually fits your goal.

Move into suburb detail if you need to judge whether the area is investable, livable, or simply large enough to dominate a count-based list.

Intent pathway · LIVABILITY-LED

I want safer or higher-quality local context.

Start with area-level safety and demographic screens, then use suburb pages for schools, services, and evidence depth.

Crime and demographics are area-level signals; verify the suburb page before treating them as local proof.

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AVAILABLE evidence

Census concentration signal

This ranking is backed by demographic counts. It is good for finding clusters, not for deciding suburb quality alone.

CLUSTER SCREEN

This ranking finds concentration, not suburb quality.

Use top rows as research leads, then test affordability, services, and evidence depth before shortlisting.

Shortlist flow

Use #1 Braddon and #2 Kambah as the first compare pair.

Rankings are strongest when they hand you a shortlist quickly. Compare the top two first, then open suburb detail if the head-to-head result still feels narrow.

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# ▲	SUBURB	STATE	COUNT	% OF POP	POP
1	Braddon	ACT	2,136	6,383	33.5%
2	Kambah	ACT	2,073	15,670	13.2%
3	Kingston	ACT	1,993	6,579	30.3%
4	Belconnen	ACT	1,719	8,502	20.2%
5	Ngunnawal	ACT	1,568	10,957	14.3%
6	Bruce	ACT	1,548	7,520	20.6%
7	Watson	ACT	1,492	6,727	22.2%
8	Harrison	ACT	1,485	8,244	18.0%
9	Gungahlin	ACT	1,377	8,586	16.0%
10	Turner	ACT	1,372	4,470	30.7%
11	Phillip	ACT	1,369	5,197	26.3%
12	O'Connor	ACT	1,360	5,917	23.0%
13	Franklin	ACT	1,353	7,484	18.1%
14	Griffith	ACT	1,338	5,328	25.1%
15	Lyneham	ACT	1,268	5,703	22.2%
16	City	ACT	1,207	4,835	25.0%
17	Campbell	ACT	1,195	6,564	18.2%
18	Narrabundah	ACT	1,171	6,455	18.1%
19	Wanniassa	ACT	1,142	7,885	14.5%
20	Bonner	ACT	1,119	7,339	15.2%
21	Nicholls	ACT	1,111	6,680	16.6%
22	Curtin	ACT	1,095	5,569	19.7%
23	Kaleen	ACT	1,076	7,672	14.0%
24	Ainslie	ACT	1,063	5,376	19.8%
25	Coombs	ACT	1,061	4,851	21.9%
26	Casey	ACT	1,032	6,471	15.9%
27	Macgregor	ACT	963	7,049	13.7%
28	Gordon	ACT	949	7,892	12.0%
29	Wright	ACT	944	3,808	24.8%
30	Dunlop	ACT	916	7,265	12.6%
31	Amaroo	ACT	913	6,129	14.9%
32	Crace	ACT	876	4,800	18.3%
33	Dickson	ACT	869	3,292	26.4%
34	Palmerston	ACT	853	5,579	15.3%
35	Evatt	ACT	849	5,531	15.3%
36	Moncrieff	ACT	848	5,310	16.0%
37	Forde	ACT	835	4,435	18.8%
38	Downer	ACT	782	4,296	18.2%
39	Holt	ACT	756	5,628	13.4%
40	Garran	ACT	738	3,706	19.9%
41	Calwell	ACT	726	5,730	12.7%
42	Greenway	ACT	722	4,129	17.5%
43	Monash	ACT	722	5,644	12.8%
44	Denman Prospect	ACT	718	2,759	26.0%
45	Weston	ACT	687	4,000	17.2%
46	Florey	ACT	677	4,781	14.2%
47	Deakin	ACT	675	3,124	21.6%
48	Lawson	ACT	658	2,739	24.0%
49	Red Hill	ACT	645	3,146	20.5%
50	Hackett	ACT	631	3,227	19.6%
51	Conder	ACT	621	5,108	12.2%
52	Cook	ACT	604	2,965	20.4%
53	Yarralumla	ACT	595	3,120	19.1%
54	Farrer	ACT	577	3,787	15.2%
55	Barton	ACT	576	1,946	29.6%
56	Hughes	ACT	576	3,210	17.9%
57	Chisholm	ACT	566	5,268	10.7%
58	Duffy	ACT	559	3,395	16.5%
59	Banks	ACT	555	5,100	10.9%
60	Bonython	ACT	539	3,839	14.0%
61	Mawson	ACT	538	3,440	15.6%
62	Aranda	ACT	526	2,605	20.2%
63	Lyons	ACT	526	3,271	16.1%
64	Macquarie	ACT	526	3,104	16.9%
65	Fisher	ACT	520	3,219	16.2%
66	Rivett	ACT	520	3,354	15.5%
67	Flynn	ACT	519	3,671	14.1%
68	Fadden	ACT	518	3,006	17.2%
69	Chapman	ACT	509	2,867	17.8%
70	Melba	ACT	506	3,383	15.0%
71	Isabella Plains	ACT	496	4,329	11.5%
72	Weetangera	ACT	495	2,795	17.7%
73	Latham	ACT	493	3,767	13.1%
74	Chifley	ACT	489	2,680	18.2%
75	Holder	ACT	483	2,816	17.2%
76	Giralang	ACT	481	3,372	14.3%
77	Theodore	ACT	466	3,798	12.3%
78	Hawker	ACT	458	3,008	15.2%
79	Forrest	ACT	456	1,827	25.0%
80	Scullin	ACT	456	3,069	14.9%
81	Throsby	ACT	445	2,405	18.5%
82	Higgins	ACT	444	3,321	13.4%
83	Gowrie	ACT	441	3,140	14.0%
84	Pearce	ACT	438	2,687	16.3%
85	Isaacs	ACT	426	2,379	17.9%
86	Waramanga	ACT	426	2,785	15.3%
87	Page	ACT	425	3,054	13.9%
88	Torrens	ACT	412	2,424	17.0%
89	McKellar	ACT	383	2,740	14.0%
90	Reid	ACT	351	1,544	22.7%
91	Spence	ACT	338	2,587	13.1%
92	Acton	ACT	326	2,848	11.4%
93	Gilmore	ACT	320	2,706	11.8%
94	Taylor	ACT	297	2,220	13.4%
95	Richardson	ACT	294	3,058	9.6%
96	Charnwood	ACT	293	3,055	9.6%
97	Stirling	ACT	285	2,191	13.0%
98	Fraser	ACT	281	2,126	13.2%
99	Oxley	ACT	224	1,703	13.2%
100	Macarthur	ACT	221	1,405	15.7%

FAQ

Top Suburbs by Professionals Workers FAQ

What does this Professionals ranking show?

This ranking shows ACT suburbs with the highest Professionals worker counts, based on Census 2021 demographic data.
Should I choose a suburb just because it ranks highly here?

No. Demographic rankings explain local context, not investment quality by themselves. Use them with price, rent, income, schools, transport, and detail-page evidence before shortlisting.
Why does QuickProperty show count and percentage of population?

The count shows the size of the local group, while the percentage helps avoid overreading large suburbs that rank highly only because they have more residents overall.
What is the next step after this demographic ranking?

Open the suburb detail pages for the strongest candidates, save realistic matches to your shortlist, and compare them against affordability and local evidence before making a decision.