The quick read on
ACT 2606 · Unincorporated ACT
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
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ABS 2021
O'Malley, Australian Capital Territory
Median sale price and rental income of properties in O'Malley ACT
Based on 16 sales in the preceding 12 months
$2,250,000
Down 6.3% over 12 months
Based on 13 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$1,700 per week
Down 5.6% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in O'Malley, ACT is currently $2,250,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. O'Malley has a 12-month growth rate of -6.3% for houses and 60.4% for units.
Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,920,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $2,200,000 in O'Malley.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in O'Malley is $1,700 per week. The median house rent has decreased 5.6% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in O'Malley is $2,450,000, which has increased 60.4% since the same time last year. The median rent for units and apartments in O'Malley is $975 per week and has decreased 35.0% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for O'Malley is 1,320 offences per 100,000 residents — 73% below the Australian Capital Territory benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of O'Malley.
Overall crime rate
1,320
offences per 100,000 residents
73% belowAustralian Capital Territory
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
O'Malley ACT 2606 is in Australian Capital Territory, within Australian Capital Territory.
928 people call O'Malley home, with an average of 2.9 people per household and a median household income of $4,476 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
15.4% of workers in O'Malley worked from home on Census day — noticeably more common than across Australian Capital Territory.
4.4% of O'Malley residents were born in China.
26.4% of people in O'Malley described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for O'Malley ACT 2606.
13.4% of O'Malley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Australian Capital Territory average.
281 family households lived in O'Malley; 46.3% were couple families and 6.4% were one-parent families.
22.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Australian Capital Territory average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
O'Malley had 928 residents at the 2021 Census.
14.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
43.6% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Australian Capital Territory rate.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 96.8% of occupied private dwellings in O'Malley.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
58.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Australian Capital Territory rate.
30.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.
10.6% rented their home. That is about half the Australian Capital Territory rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in O'Malley had 2.9 people.
One-person households made up 13.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Australian Capital Territory rate.
Two-person households represented 38.4%, while 30.2% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
15.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Australian Capital Territory average.
63.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Australian Capital Territory average.
1.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
1.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Australian Capital Territory rate.
One-car households formed 19.3% of the total.
78.8% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
69.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.0% reported a different address.
43.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Australian Capital Territory average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
52.9% of residents used only English at home.
43.2% used a language other than English at home.
5.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.8% spoke Cantonese and 2.5% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
43.6% of O'Malley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 56.4% was born in Australia.
4.4% of residents were born in China.
4.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.1%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 20.8% of ancestry responses in O'Malley.
Australian ancestry made up 16.4% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 11.3% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
39.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Australian Capital Territory average.
Managers accounted for 21.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.0%.
Health care and social assistance employed 22.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 61.4%, compared with 69.6% across Australian Capital Territory.
38.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.
Unemployment was 2.4%, compared with 3.8% across Australian Capital Territory.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
62.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.
5.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
5.7% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
40.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Australian Capital Territory average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 26.4% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 11.0%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $4,476 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,413.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $975 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 15.4% in O'Malley, compared with 10.9% across Australian Capital Territory.
Outright ownership was 58.7% locally and 27.3% across Australian Capital Territory. That is about twice the Australian Capital Territory rate.
Renting accounted for 10.6% in O'Malley, against 31.5% across Australian Capital Territory.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $2,250,000, while units and apartments sit at $2,450,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 281 local families, and 13.4% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
4-bedroom houses have a median around $1,920,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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