Chapman, Australian Capital Territory

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Chapman
Canberra,  Australian Capital Territory
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Chapman
Coordinates 35°21′25″S149°02′24″E / 35.357°S 149.040°E / -35.357; 149.040
Population2,867 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established1970
Postcode(s) 2611
Area1.9 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
District Weston Creek
Territory electorate(s) Murrumbidgee
Federal division(s) Bean
Suburbs around Chapman:
Rivett Stirling Waramanga
Cooleman Ridge Chapman Fisher
Mount Arawang Kambah

Chapman is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, where many diplomats and some of the wealthier citizens of Canberra chose to take their residency. It is located in the Weston Creek area.

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The suburb is named after Sir Austin Chapman (1864–1926), the member for Eden-Monaro from 1901 to 1926 who held portfolios in the Deakin and Bruce governments. [2]

The theme for the street names in Chapman is the Australian film industry. [2]

The local primary school in Chapman is the government run Chapman Primary School on Perry Drive. The school caters for students from Preschool to Year 6 and runs a before and afterschool care program.

Demographics

Chapman has a population of 2867 as of the 2021 census with 853 total families. 60.9% of Chapman's population is married with 14.2% being divorced, separated or widowed, while the remaining 39.3% of people never married.

75.7% of people living in Chapman were born in Australia with other countries of birth including 4.7% born in England, 1.2% born in South Africa and 1.2% born in Italy. only 28 people or 1% of the population of Chapman identify as Indigenous Australian.

Chapman has a relatively high median weekly household income at $3111 which is significantly higher than the incomes of the median resident of The Australian Capital Territory and the rest of Australia.

Chapman has a large percentage of its population having achieved tertiary degrees with 49.5% of people having achieved a Bachelor degree or above. This is a significantly higher proportion than the rest of The Australian Capital Territory (42.9%) and the rest of Australia (26.3%). [3]

Geology

Laidlaw Volcanics pale to dark grey dacitic tuff covers most of Chapman. Shale, sandstone, ashstone and tuff is found near the west end of Rafferty Street. Quaternary alluvium covers up the eastern valley. [4]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Chapman (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Suburb Name search results". ACT Environment and Sustainable Development. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. "Australian Census 2021 QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  4. Henderson, G. A. M.; Matveev, G. (1980). Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs (Map). 1:50000.