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O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory

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487:, the population of O'Connor was 5,917, including 81 (1.4%) Indigenous persons and 4,289 (72.5%) Australian-born persons. 66.0% of dwellings were separate houses (compared to the Australian average of 72.3%), while 15.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses (Australian average: 12.6%) and 18.5% were flats, units or apartments (Australian average: 14.2%). 40.2% of the population were professionals, compared to the Australian average of 24.0%. Notably 18.9% worked in central government administration, compared to the Australian average of 1.1%, although the ACT-wide average is a similar 17.1%. 57.1% of the population had no religion, compared to the ACT average of 43.5% and the Australian average of 38.4%. 56: 588: 576: 43: 703: 628: 604: 423: 413: 403: 616: 971: 393: 63: 334:(1851–1912), who was a judge in the High Court and a founder of the Australian constitution. Street names in O'Connor are named after explorers, Australian flora, legislators and pioneers. The suburb name was gazetted on 20 September 1928. 715: 551:
from the Canberra Formation is overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This rock is the limestone of the original title of Canberra "Limestone Plains". The higher parts of O'Connor in the west are different. Towards the south near
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O'Connor is bounded by Wattle and David streets, and also includes the Bruce/O'Connor ridge nature reserve, the hilly area with many trees that lies between the houses in O'Connor, and the
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The suburb is characterised by leafy streets and detached single dwelling houses. In the central part of O'Connor are a series of cul de sacs which contain houses which are known as
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The ACT Heritage Council has also listed the Scout Hall at the corner of Hovea Street and Boronia Drive. It was originally built as a mess hall for construction workers at
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The Statistical Areas Level 1 (SAL1) data for the 2021 Census indicated a median weekly family income variability across O'Connor's SAL1 divisions of $ 2,625 to $ 4,166.
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The weekly median family income was $ 3,463 and the weekly median household income was $ 2,518, against ACT values of $ 2,872 and $ 2,372 respectively.
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church of St Philip's in O'Connor was dedicated in 1961, and consecrated in 1981. The O'Connor Ridge is a large strip of land that is use for
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The O'Connor Cooperative School (a government run early childhood school) and St Joseph's primary school (run by the
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O'Connor has a small shopping centre with a pub/bar, small grocery store, a couple of restaurants and a pharmacy.
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and used as an office of the United Friendly Society. In 1959, it was moved to O'Connor to become a Scout Hall.
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is the Black Mountain Sandstone. Towards the north, and including O'Connor Ridge can be found
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A number of Aboriginal places on the Bruce and O’Connor Ridges are also on the heritage list.
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Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.
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after the Second World War to cover the housing shortage in Canberra in the 1950s.
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district characterised by its leafy, heritage listed streets. It was named after
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Houses being demolished to make way for three-storey units in Berrigan Crescent
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Homes on Clianthus Street, on the lower reaches of O'Connor Ridge, O'Connor.
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has been redeveloped under a policy permitting two and three-storey flats.
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David Street, looking south west, the boundary street between
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Depending on the address: Lyneham Primary or Turner Primary
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restaurant. Along the road from these are Canberra's
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Canberra
Australian Capital Territory

O'Connor is located in Australian Capital Territory
Coordinates
35°15′33″S 149°07′16″E / 35.25917°S 149.12111°E / -35.25917; 149.12111
2021 census
Postcode(s)
Canberra CBD
Queanbeyan
Goulburn
Sydney
North Canberra
Territory electorate(s)
Kurrajong
Federal division(s)
Canberra
Suburbs
Kaleen
Kaleen
Lyneham
Bruce
Lyneham
Black Mountain
Acton
Turner
Canberra
Australia
North Canberra
Richard Edward O'Connor

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