Population 308 (2011 census) District Jerrabomberra Area 8.6 km² Gazetted 22 March 1982 | Postcode(s) 2620 Territory electorate(s) Kurrajong Postal code 2620 Federal division Division of Canberra | |
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Hume is a suburb of Canberra in the district of Jerrabomberra. The suburb is named after the explorer Hamilton Hume and streets are named after Australian industrialists and businessmen. Hume is a light-industrial suburb and there is no significant housing development. On Census night 2011, Hume had a population of 308 people, up from six in 2006, as a result of the construction of the Alexander Maconochie Centre. As a result, Hume had a highly unusual sex ratio of 289 males to 19 females.
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Map of Hume ACT 2620, Australia
Geology
Deakin Volcanics from the Silurian period underlie Hume. Cream and purple rhyodacite are found in the south and including Tralee, New South Wales. A mixture of purple and green tuff, ashstone, shale, and coarse sandstone is in the north east. Coarse dark purple rhyodacite is in the north end near Queanbeyan turn off.