Average rent in Macquarie, ACT — 2026

Macquarie sits below the the ACT median, with the typical renter paying $400/week — 10% 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 37% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (62%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 3,104, the median age is 37, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 30% of residents were born overseas. Macquarie is 7km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.