Population 2,843 (2011 census) Postcode(s) 2905 Territory electorate(s) Brindabella Founded 1985 Postal code 2905 Federal division Division of Canberra | Established 1985 District Tuggeranong Gilmore Chisholm Area 200 ha Gazetted 5 August 1975 | |
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Gilmore is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2905. The suburb is named after the poet and journalist, Dame Mary Gilmore. It was gazetted on 5 August 1975. Streets are named after journalists, particularly female journalists.
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Map of Gilmore ACT 2905, Australia
It is next to the suburbs of Macarthur and Chisholm and is bounded by the Monaro Highway, Isabella Drive and Hambidge Crescent.
Demographics
On Census night 2011, Gilmore had a population of 2,843 people. The median age of people in Gilmore was 32 years, compared to a median age of 34 for Canberra. Unemployment in Gilmore was 0.2% above the Canberra average. The median weekly individual income for Gilmore in 2011 was $863, compared to the ACT average of $917, while the median weekly household income was $1,873. In 2011 the median monthly housing loan repayment in Gilmore was $2,000.
The residents of Gilmore are predominantly Australian born, with 81.8% being born in Australia. The five main countries of birth for those born overseas were England, 3.0%, New Zealand, 1.1%, India, 0.7%, Scotland, 0.7%, and Lebanon, 0.7%. The most popular religious affiliations in descending order are Catholic, no religion, Anglican, Uniting, Presbyterian and reformed and Uniting.
Suburb amenities
Gilmore Neighbourhood Oval is located on Heagney Crescent. The Rose Cottage heritage site is located off Isabella Drive is heritage listed and is open to the public. The site includes a nursery and craft centre. An ACTEW Electricity substation is located in Gilmore, with access off Isabella Drive.
Several ACTION bus routes service Gilmore. Route 67 runs between the Tuggeranong and Woden Interchanges every 20 to 60 minutes between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. The additional service 267, following the same route through Gilmore as Route 67, runs during peak hour from the Tuggeranong Interchange to City West. Route 269 also runs during peak hour, between City West and Theodore. Flexibus service 966 leaves the Tuggeranong Interchange every hour from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and the Erindale Shops every hour from 8:00pm to 11:00 p.m., and services the suburbs of Gilmore, Chisholm and Richardson.
Politics
Gilmore is located within the federal electorate of Canberra, which is currently (2016) represented by Gai Brodtmann in the House of Representatives. In the ACT Legislative Assembly, Gilmore is part of the electorate of Brindabella, which elects five members on the basis of proportional representation, currently three Liberal and two Labor. Polling place statistics are shown to the right for the Gilmore polling place at Gilmore Primary School in the 2016 federal and 2016 ACT elections.
Geology
Gilmore is built on volcanic rocks from the Silurian age. The rock member is titled Deakin Volcanics. Rhyolite covers most of Gilmore except in the east where rhyodacite is found. These are from the Silurian age at 414 Mya.