Belconnen

Featured view

Belconnen

Total population

8,502

Founded

1983

Air quality index

23Good

Elevation583 m

Coordinates-35.23°, 149.04°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Belconnen is the most inner suburb of the larger district of Belconnen in Canberra, Australia. Sharing its name with the larger district which encapsulates it, the suburb is surrounded with well developed infrastructure, and planning which allows it sunset views from the Brindabellas on its western side. The suburb contains important amenities for the District of Belconnen including the Belconnen Town Centre and Lake Ginninderra as well as its own well populated residential areas. It is bounded by Ginninderra Drive, Aikman Drive, Eastern Valley Way, Belconnen Way and Coulter Drive. It has a number of parks such as Margaret Timpson Park, Eastern Valley Oval and on the foreshores of Lake Ginninberra, Diddams Close Park and John Knight Memorial Park.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

John Gregory Crace

Royal Navy admiral (1887–1968)

M

Michael Bevan

Australian cricketer

John MacPherson

Australian politician (1833–1894)

P

Paul Narracott

Australian sprinter and bobsledder

J

John Rogers

Australian cricketer born 1987

P

Princess Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu

Tongan princess

Z

Zoe Cooke

Australian cricketer

W

William Forster Rutledge

pastoralist in New South Wales, Australia (1851–1912)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Australian Capital Territory

• Hall
  4.2 mi away · pop. 298
• Molonglo Valley
  5.3 mi away
• Gungahlin
  5.6 mi away
• North Canberra
  5.7 mi away
• Canberra
  5.9 mi away · pop. 466,566
• Canberra
  6.1 mi away
• South Canberra
  7.9 mi away · pop. 31,592
• Weston Creek
  8 mi away · pop. 22,700
• Uriarra Village
  8.2 mi away · pop. 349
• Woden
  8.9 mi away · pop. 33,000
• Tuggeranong
  13.7 mi away · pop. 86,900
• Tharwa
  19.6 mi away

Browse all places in Australian Capital Territory →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Belconnen

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Crimson Rosella

Platycercus elegans

Seen 2026-08-21

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

Seen 2026-08-21

Striated Pardalote

Pardalotus striatus

Seen 2026-08-21

Red-headed Mouse Spider

Missulena occatoria

Seen 2026-08-20

Red-rumped Parrot

Psephotus haematonotus

Seen 2026-08-20

Eastern Spinebill

Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris

Seen 2026-08-20

viper's-bugloss

Echium vulgare

Seen 2026-08-20

Common Bronzewing

Phaps chalcoptera

Seen 2026-08-20

Hairy Beggarticks

Bidens pilosa

Seen 2026-08-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers