Macquarie
Australian Capital Territory · Belconnen · Australian Capital Territory
This profile uses the ABS Macquarie statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Macquarie is a locality in the Belconnen area of Australian Capital Territory. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Macquarie SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Macquarie SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.
Government schools in Macquarie
Free government schools your child may attend. Exact school zones aren’t mapped for ACT yet, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.
A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) — not a ranking or a quality score.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Macquarie
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-10Enrolment898ICSEA1100
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment291ICSEA1070
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All ACT schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSYWCA Canberra Aranda School Age CareCentre-Based Care · 172 places · Aranda
- Exceeding NQSHarbour Early Learning ArandaCentre-Based Care · 138 places · Aranda
- Exceeding NQSAranda Primary School - Preschool UnitCentre-Based Care · 50 places · Aranda
- Exceeding NQSWeetangera Primary School - Preschool UnitCentre-Based Care · 50 places · Weetangera
- Exceeding NQSSouthern Cross Early Childhood School Preschool UnitCentre-Based Care · 47 places · Scullin
- Exceeding NQSHawker Primary School - Preschool UnitCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Hawker
- Meeting NQSAnglicare at Southern Cross ECSCentre-Based Care · 186 places · Scullin
- Meeting NQSYMCA Weetangera After School CareCentre-Based Care · 132 places · Weetangera
- Meeting NQSMilestones Early Learning MacquarieCentre-Based Care · 92 places · Macquarie
- Meeting NQSNans Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Scullin
- Meeting NQSTeamKids - St Matthew's Primary - PageCentre-Based Care · 80 places · Page
- Meeting NQSYWCA Hawker School Age CareCentre-Based Care · 66 places · Hawker
+ 4 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Where did the gain come from?
+54Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
Other SA2s in Belconnen
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
- 01Strathnairn+13.8%2,208 ppl
- 02Giralang+2.5%3,456 ppl
- 03Fraser+2.1%2,139 ppl
- 04Higgins+1.7%3,363 ppl
- 05Aranda+1.6%2,643 ppl
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