Braddon is an inner north suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia located adjacent to the Canberra CBD.
The suburb is one of the oldest suburbs in Canberra, a relatively young city, settled in 1922 and gazetted as a division name in September 1928. It contained Canberra's first light-industrial area. In recent years this area has begun to be redeveloped as an entertainment and residential precinct. Other areas have been redeveloped with flats. It is now Canberra's most densely populated suburb.
The construction of the Braddon Garden City heritage precinct the area bounded by Donaldson, Elimatta, Batman and Currong streets began in 1921 and 1922. This was the only completed example of a design for a residential area in Canberra by Walter Burley Griffin. The suburb was gazetted as a division name in September 1928. Braddon is named after Edward Braddon, a Federalist, legislator and a participant in the writing of the Australian Constitution. Streets in Braddon were named for Aboriginal words, legislators and pioneers. The first light-industrial area in Canberra was established in Braddon in the 1920s and subsequently became the centre of automotive trades, before these businesses were established in the service areas of Phillip, Belconnen and Tuggeranong and in Fyshwick and Mitchell. In recent years the light-industrial area has begun to be redeveloped as an entertainment and residential precinct. Most of the residential areas of the suburb have been redeveloped with flats.
The following areas are heritage listed:
At the 2021 census, Braddon had a population of 6,383 people, up significantly from a population of 3,574 in 2006. Braddon residents had a median age of 30, which is younger than the ACT median of 35 and the Australian median of 38. The median weekly household income was $3,029, compared to the median Australian household income of $2,120. 45.3% of the population were professionals, compared to the Australian average of 24.0%. 25.4% worked in central government administration, compared to the Australian average of 1.1%, although the ACT-wide average is a similar 17.1%.
61.5 per cent of Braddon's population were Australian-born on census night 2021. The next most common countries of birth were China 6.8%, England 3.5%, India 3.0%, New Zealand 1.4% and South Korea 1.3%. 63.6% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home were Mandarin 8.1%, Cantonese 1.8%, Spanish 1.5%, Korean 1.2% and Hindi 1.1%. 59.5% of the population had no religion, while 13.2% were Catholic, 6.7% not stated, 4.3% Anglican and 2.9% Hindu.
Of occupied private dwellings in Braddon, 11.2 per cent were owned outright, 26.9 per cent were owned with a mortgage and 60.4 per cent were rented. Only 4.9% of dwellings were separate houses (compared to the Australian average of 72.3%), while 14.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses (Australian average: 12.6%) and 80.7% were flats, units or apartments (Australian average: 14.2%).
After demographic analysis, Braddon was named one of the hippest places to live in Australia on the 'Urbis Hip List' in 2012.
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