Weston Creek

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

Overview

Weston Creek is a district in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia. The district is subdivided into divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks. The district comprises eight residential suburbs, situated to the west of the Woden Valley district and approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southwest of the Canberra City centre. Situated adjacent to the district was the large Stromlo Forest pine plantation until the forest was destroyed by bushfires in 2001 and 2003.

Geography

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

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

Katy Gallagher

6th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (born 1970)

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Allan Hawke

Australian diplomat

Amber Halliday

Australian rower

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Andrew Brown

Australian rugby league footballer

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Andrew McFadden

Australian rugby league footballer and coach

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Andrew Price

Australian rugby league footballer

Andrew Wall

Australian politician

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Andrew Younghusband

Canadian actor

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Andy Bernal

Australian footballer

Andy Friend

Australian rugby union footballer and coach

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Andy Minh Trieu

Australian actor

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Andy Rakic

Australian soccer player (born 1980)

Angie Ballard

Australian Paralympic athlete

Anna Flanagan

Australian field hockey player

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Anthony Fleet

Australian darts player

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Austen Angell

Chemist. Known for his research on the physics of glasses and glass-forming liquids.

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

Nearby places in Australian Capital Territory

• Woden
  2.6 mi away · pop. 33,000
• Molonglo Valley
  2.8 mi away
• Canberra
  4.4 mi away · pop. 466,566
• South Canberra
  5.1 mi away · pop. 31,592
• Tuggeranong
  5.9 mi away · pop. 86,900
• Canberra
  6.3 mi away
• North Canberra
  7.3 mi away
• Uriarra Village
  7.6 mi away · pop. 349
• Belconnen
  8 mi away · pop. 8,502
• Tharwa
  11.6 mi away
• Hall
  12 mi away · pop. 298
• Gungahlin
  12.1 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 Weston Creek

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Galah

Eolophus roseicapilla

Seen 2026-08-14

Crimson Rosella

Platycercus elegans

Seen 2026-08-14

Red Wattlebird

Anthochaera carunculata

Seen 2026-08-14

Red-rumped Parrot

Psephotus haematonotus

Seen 2026-08-14

Australian King Parrot

Alisterus scapularis

Seen 2026-08-14

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Seen 2026-08-14

Crested Pigeon

Ocyphaps lophotes

Seen 2026-08-14

Australian Wood Duck

Chenonetta jubata

Seen 2026-08-14

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