McKellar, Australian Capital Territory

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McKellar
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Population:

2,677 (2001 census)

Established:

1983

Postcode:

2617

Property Value:

AUD $305,000 (2005)[1]

District:

Belconnen

Assembly Electorate:

Ginninderra

Federal Division:

Fraser

Suburbs around McKellar:
Evatt	Evatt	Giralang
Evatt	McKellar	Lawson
Belconnen	Belconnen	Lawson

McKellar is a quiet^{[citation needed]} suburb, sitting on a gentle hillside in Canberra in the Belconnen district. The suburb is named after Senator Gerald Colin McKellar, who was Minister for Repatriation from 1958-70. The suburb was gazetted on 15 January 1974. The street name theme running through the suburb is journalists, and the main street running across the suburb is called Dumas Street.

1 Suburb features
2 Suburb statistics
3 Geology
4 Geographical neighbours
5 External links

[edit] Suburb features

McKellar features the McKellar Oval in the centre, containing cricket practice nets and has panoramic prospect from Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain and Majura. There is also the McKellar Pre-School, shopping centre (with a Chinese takeaway, hair salon and chiropractor), and a small football stadium and club in the north east "North Belconnen Soccer Club".

McKellar is serviced by the ACTION bus network on the main street, Dumas Street and William Webb Drive. The buses travel every 40-45 minutes during the day to and from Belconnen.

McKellar has its own Neighbourhood Watch, with regular newsletters sent around to households. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) statistics regularly show low incidents of crime compared to the suburbs' surrounding regions (Evatt, Florey, Spence and Melba).

[edit] Suburb statistics

(Based on the 2001 ABS Census Data)

In 2001 there were 2,677 people residing in McKellar
6.5% of residents were aged 65 and over
70% were born in Australia
Predominantly a family-household suburb, with 86% of all households containing families
Median age was 33
Median household weekly income was $1,200 - $1,500
Median household size was 3.1
Population forecast is expected to peak in June 2007 with 2,850 residents, and slowly decrease afterward

A new development called North McKellar has recently finished construction, featuring a small playground and pond.

[edit] Geology

A porphyry of Green-grey Dacitic intrusive containing large white feldspar crystals is found in most of McKellar. This is intruded by a band of Glebe Farm Adamellite through the south.

See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory