Average rent in Hawker, ACT — 2026

Hawker sits below the the ACT median, with the typical renter paying $375/week — 16% less than the state-wide $446/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 76% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 23% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (67%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 3,008, the median age is 42, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 26% of residents were born overseas. Hawker is 9km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.