Hume is in Unincorporated ACT LGA, ACT, postcode 2620, with population 395.
The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.
Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
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Hume is a sparsely populated locality in Australian Capital Territory within the Unincorporated ACT local government area (postcode 2620). The area has roughly 395 residents and a mix of young professionals and families, with a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.3% year-on-year at the LGA level. ACT employment has moved -0.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. ACT also had 6 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 1 underway, and 7 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, technicians & trades. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English.
The median weekly rent is $110 (Census 2021).
Public transport access includes 4 bus stops.
On the investment side, Population growth of +1.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
This page stays indexable because Hume is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.
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This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
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If Hume feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
pop same · rent +$110/wk
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Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
Hume is in the Unincorporated ACT Local Government Area, ACT, postcode 2620. Council-level context for Unincorporated ACT LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Hume is $110/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Hume show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.