Wright Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Wright in May 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°19′1″S 149°1′59″E / 35.31694°S 149.03306°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 3,808 ( SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Gazetted | 27 July 2010 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2611 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 10 km (6 mi) W of Canberra City | ||||||||||||||
District | Molonglo Valley | ||||||||||||||
Territory electorate(s) | Murrumbidgee | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Bean | ||||||||||||||
Website | Wright | ||||||||||||||
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Wright ( postcode: 2611) is a suburb in the Molonglo Valley district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It is named in honour of Judith Wright, a poet, environmentalist and Aboriginal land rights advocate. [3]
Construction of the first house in Wright was completed in June 2012. [4]
Wright did not have a separate geographical identifier allocated on the date of the 2011 census, and was grouped with the Weston Creek-Stromlo statistical sub-division. In this division, there was a population of 17, with 10 males and seven females. The ABS recorded nine dwellings, with a median weekly household income of A$2,250. Peculiarly, an unusually high number of motor vehicles per dwelling was recorded, at 12.7. [5]
At the date of the 2016 census, the population of Wright had grown to 2,753, there were 1,262 private dwellings, the median weekly household income was A$2,323, and the number of vehicles per dwelling was 1.8. [6]
Wright is built on rhyodacite rocks from the Silurian period which are about 414 million years old. These rocks are part of the Deakin Volcanics. [7]
Wright Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Wright in May 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°19′1″S 149°1′59″E / 35.31694°S 149.03306°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 3,808 ( SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Gazetted | 27 July 2010 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2611 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 10 km (6 mi) W of Canberra City | ||||||||||||||
District | Molonglo Valley | ||||||||||||||
Territory electorate(s) | Murrumbidgee | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Bean | ||||||||||||||
Website | Wright | ||||||||||||||
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Wright ( postcode: 2611) is a suburb in the Molonglo Valley district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It is named in honour of Judith Wright, a poet, environmentalist and Aboriginal land rights advocate. [3]
Construction of the first house in Wright was completed in June 2012. [4]
Wright did not have a separate geographical identifier allocated on the date of the 2011 census, and was grouped with the Weston Creek-Stromlo statistical sub-division. In this division, there was a population of 17, with 10 males and seven females. The ABS recorded nine dwellings, with a median weekly household income of A$2,250. Peculiarly, an unusually high number of motor vehicles per dwelling was recorded, at 12.7. [5]
At the date of the 2016 census, the population of Wright had grown to 2,753, there were 1,262 private dwellings, the median weekly household income was A$2,323, and the number of vehicles per dwelling was 1.8. [6]
Wright is built on rhyodacite rocks from the Silurian period which are about 414 million years old. These rocks are part of the Deakin Volcanics. [7]