Average rent in Ainslie, ACT — 2026

Ainslie sits below the the ACT median, with the typical renter paying $367/week — 18% less than the state-wide $446/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 61% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 33% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (73%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 5,376, the median age is 42, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 22% of residents were born overseas. Ainslie is 2km from Canberra, often putting it outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date. Your reported figure above gives the live read; the Census number anchors the historical baseline.