Median priceⓘLast 12 months
385kk
Symonston's busiest market is unit rentals, with 38 leases at $465 a week, renting out in about 40 days (down a lot from 194 days last year), one of the country's least in-demand unit rental markets.
House sales are the only other notable market, with 4 sales at around $385K, taking about 116 days to sell. Followed by 2 unit sales at around — and 2 house rentals at $495 a week.
Who lives hereA low-income, largely mortgage-free, retirement-age suburb — multicultural, with a strong trades and blue-collar workforce.
House covers houses, duplexes, semi-detached and terraces; Unit covers apartments, units, townhouses and villas.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 2021 · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
The age structure, household make-up, and cultural fabric of the people who call this suburb home.
Share of all residents by 5-year band · hover a band for the count + split
8.7% report Irish ancestry, but only 0.0% were born in Ireland — the gap is the Australian-born and diaspora Irish community, invisible in birthplace alone.
A mix of established and newer migrant families.
2020–21 understated — COVID border closures.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
What it costs to live here, who owns versus rents, and the shape of the housing stock.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Incomes, employment, and the occupation mix of the people who live here.
A typical household earns about 1.4× the typical individual here.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
How people get to work, and how car-dependent the suburb is — the clearest tell of inner-urban versus outer-suburban living.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Education · ACARA My School 2025
No school inside Symonston itself — the closest options around it are shown. Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre and are not enrolment catchments — always confirm zones with the school.
ICSEA is ACARA’s official measure of a school’s socio-educational advantage — based mainly on parents’ education and occupation, plus the school’s location and student mix.
Why are some State Rank and star ratings blank? Schools can choose not to publish their results. In practice, schools that score well above their state average almost always publish theirs — so a blank rating more often reflects a school opting out than a top result being hidden. Academic results also tend to rise with ICSEA Rank, so higher-ICSEA schools more often carry a strong State Rank as well.
School profile and ICSEA data sourced from ACARA — © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (data year 2025) · State Rank & star columns are Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings from publicly available school results · Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre, not catchments.
How settled or transient the community is — and where newcomers came from.
Headline price, rent, yield and time on market for Symonston — choose a property type and size below.
Every segment this suburb tracks — sales and rentals side by side, ranked by total activity over the last twelve months.
Where each segment sits against its peers in the chosen geography — past the midline means it's outperforming the rest.
Market demandHow fast this market is moving — a velocity index built from trailing-year transaction volume and median days on market. Strong volume lifts the score; days on market drags it down, with the drag growing sharply once listings start lingering. Ranked against peers in the chosen geography.
What it costs each week to own a property versus renting the same one — positive means buying carries the premium, negative means rent covers the mortgage.
Two questions on one chart — how strong demand is right now, and which way it's heading year-on-year.
Eight diagnostic views cutting the data a different way each time — Symonston in blue, peers in colour.
How long current listings would take to clear at the recent rate of sales or leases. Critical shortage and Oversupply only fire at the genuine tails of the national distribution — sales tip in under 0.7 months, rentals far faster, under 0.3.
Out of every property transaction in this suburb, what share are sales versus leases — each point a rolling twelve-month window.
Each tape traces one metric across sixty months for the selected segment — every point a trailing twelve-month figure, matching the headline KPIs above.
Every market within reach of Symonston, ranked by distance — each compared against this suburb's Houses · Total segment so divergence reads at a glance.
17 data-driven answers about Symonston's property market — every one computed from the metrics above.
The median house price in Symonston, ACT 2609 is $385k as of June 2026, based on 4 sales recorded over the past 12 months. Prices vary by bedroom count, from compact two-bedroom homes to larger four-bedroom houses. See the bedroom-level breakdown below for 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom medians.
The median weekly house rent in Symonston is $495 as of June 2026, drawn from 2 leases over the past 12 months. Units rent for around $465 per week. Current vacancy pressure is shown in the supply section above.
Gross rental yield in Symonston is 8.20% for houses as of June 2026, compared with the ACT unit median of 5.20%. Gross yield is annual rent divided by purchase price — it doesn't account for ownership costs like council rates, strata, maintenance or vacancy.
As of June 2026, Symonston medians by bedroom count:
| Property | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | $328k | $395k | — | $385k |
| Units | — | $175k | — | — | — |
Figures cover only segments with enough recent transactions to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded.
As of June 2026 in Symonston, gross rental yield is 8.20% against a ACT median of 3.80%, houses take a median 116 days to sell, sales supply is 6.0 months (very loose). Capital growth, rental yield, selling speed and supply are the signals investors weigh — but these figures describe the market, not a recommendation. This is data, not financial advice; always do your own research and consider a licensed adviser.
Houses in Symonston sell in a median 116 days on market as of June 2026, with units clearing slightly slower at 167 days. Days on market have tightened by 172 days versus a year ago. Faster clearance typically coincides with stronger buyer demand and lower supply.
Symonston's sales market sits at 6.0 months of supply for houses as of June 2026 — classified as Very Loose against the Australian distribution. Under 1.7 months is Severe (extreme shortage); over 4.5 months is Loose. The rental side is tighter still at 0.0 months of supply.
Symonston's house rental market sits at 0.0 months of supply as of June 2026 — classified as Severe (extreme shortage), with 2 houses leased over the past 12 months. Units sit at 2.5 months. Tighter supply typically corresponds to faster letting and upward pressure on rents.
Symonston's median house price ($385k) is 62% below the ACT median ($1M) as of June 2026. On selling speed, houses clear in 116 days vs 23 days state median. On gross yield, Symonston sits at 8.20% vs 3.80% state median.
The most-transacted segment in Symonston over the 12 months to June 2026 is 2 bed units with 3 sales. 2 bed houses come second at 2 sales. The 'Most popular' panel above breaks down the top segments with weekly mortgage, rent and ownership-cost detail.
Symonston recorded 4 house sales and 2 unit sales over the 12 months to June 2026 — a combined 6 transactions. On the rental side, 2 houses and 38 units were leased. Segments with statistically thin samples are excluded from displayed figures.
Symonston, ACT 2609 is home to 655 residents (ABS Census 2021). The median resident age is 55, and the average household holds 1.6 people. The "Who lives here" section above breaks the community down by age, life stage and tenure.
The median household in Symonston earns $841 per week — roughly $44k a year (ABS Census 2021). Median personal income runs $605/week. Income, rent-to-income and mortgage-to-income context sits in the "Who lives here" section above.
Symonston is mostly owner-occupied: about 66% of households are owner-occupiers and 31% rent (ABS Census 2021). Of owners, 65% own outright and 2% are paying off a mortgage.
Symonston has 60 schools within reach — including Narrabundah College, St Benedict's Primary School, Narrabundah Early Childhood School. The Schools section above maps each one with sector, year range, enrolment, Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings and ICSEA (ACARA).
Symonston, ACT 2609 has a population of 655, a median age of 55, a median household income around $841/week, 31% of households renting (ABS Census 2021). There are 60 schools within reach. Whether it's the right fit depends on your priorities — these figures describe the community, housing mix and amenity rather than offer a verdict.
This Symonston market data was last updated June 2026. Figures are computed monthly from 12-month rolling windows of recorded sales and leases, with five years of monthly history behind the trend charts. Methodology, glossary and data sources are linked in the footer.
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