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.
It is next to the suburbs of Macarthur and Chisholm and is bounded by the Monaro Highway, Isabella Drive, and Hambidge Crescent.
At the 2021 census, Gilmore had a population of 2,706 people. The median age of people in Gilmore was 37 years, compared to a median age of 35 for Canberra. The median weekly individual income for Gilmore in 2021, was $1,164, compared to the ACT average of $1,203, while the median weekly household income was $2,416. In 2021 the median monthly housing loan repayment in Gilmore was $2,048.
The residents of Gilmore are predominantly Australian-born, with 79.5% being born in Australia. The five leading countries of birth for those born overseas were England, 2.9%; New Zealand, 1.3%, India, 1.3%; Philippines, 1.2%; and China, 0.7%. The most popular religious affiliations in descending order are no religion, Catholic, and Anglican.
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