Braddon, ACT 2612
A well-connected Canberra pocket that renters keep coming back to.
- Inner-city dining & nightlife
- 495/wk Median
- 60.4% Renters
Braddon Rental Market Statistics
- Population
- 6.4k
- Median age
- 30
- Median weekly rent
- 495
- To the CBD
- 1.2km
- Walkability
- 9.6
- Schools within 3 km
- 6
ABS 2021 Census
Braddon Neighbourhood & Lifestyle
Lonsdale Street Dining
A concentrated strip of independent restaurants and bars that's earned Braddon its reputation as one of Canberra's most walkable, urban-feeling suburbs — small for a suburb at 1.4 km², but built dense with things to do.
Light Rail to Civic
Braddon sits right on Canberra's light rail line, putting Civic (the CBD) and the rest of the City-to-Gungahlin corridor a few minutes away without a car.
SIGNATURE SPOTLIGHT
The Lonsdale Street Precinct
Lonsdale Street is the heart of Braddon — a strip of independent restaurants, bars, fashion and design stores that's become Canberra's main draw for young professionals and students wanting an urban, walkable lifestyle. The suburb directly borders Civic (central Canberra) and has grown quickly: the 2021 Census counted 6,382 residents, with one source estimating growth to around 7,489 by the time of writing.
Around Braddon
Lonsdale Street
Braddon's main strip of independent dining, bars and design stores — the suburb's defining feature and most-cited reason people move here.
Available Rental Properties in Braddon
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Frequently Asked Questions about Renting in Braddon
Real questions renters ask before moving to Braddon.
Is Braddon a good suburb for renters?
Braddon has a 60.4% renter rate according to the 2021 ABS Census, and is consistently named alongside Kingston and Turner as one of the "main inner-city suburbs" newcomers to Canberra consider. Renter discussion of the area notes that even commercial shop rent in the Civic/Braddon precinct is expensive — a sign of how in-demand the location is generally.
How much does it cost to rent in Braddon?
The 2021 ABS Census recorded a median weekly rent of $495 in Braddon, the highest among the ACT suburbs in this guide. We don't yet have current Domain listing data for this suburb to confirm 2026 asking rents — Braddon's listings didn't resolve correctly in our most recent scrape (a known gap, not a sign of low rental activity), so treat the Census figure as a historical baseline.
How has Braddon's population changed recently?
The 2021 ABS Census counted 6,382 residents in the Braddon statistical area. More recent estimates put the population at approximately 7,489 — a sign of how quickly this inner-Canberra suburb has continued to grow since the last Census.
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