Hume, Australian Capital Territory

Hume
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Hume; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
	Aerial view
	Hume
Coordinates	35°23′13″S 149°10′12″E / 35.387°S 149.170°E
Population	395 (2021 census)
• Density	45.9/km2 (119.0/sq mi)
Gazetted	22 March 1982
Postcode(s)	2620
Elevation	595 m (1,952 ft)
Area	8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Location	15 km (9 mi) SSE of Canberra CBD ; 10 km (6 mi) WSW of Queanbeyan ; 100 km (62 mi) SW of Goulburn ; 297 km (185 mi) SW of Sydney ;
District	Jerrabomberra
Territory electorate(s)	Kurrajong
Federal division(s)	Bean
	Suburbs around Hume:

Hume is a suburb of Canberra, and is adjacent to the District of Jerrabomberra in New South Wales.The suburb is named after the explorer Hamilton Hume and streets are named after Australian industrialists and businessmen.^[2] Hume is a light-industrial suburb and there is no significant housing development. At the 2021 census, Hume had a population of 395,^[1] up from six in 2006,^[3] as a result of the construction of the Alexander Maconochie Centre. The location of the prison has also given Hume a highly unusual gender ratio with 92.7% of the permanent population being male.^[1]

Geology

Deakin Volcanics from the Silurian period underlie Hume. Cream and purple rhyodacite are found in the south and including Tralee, New South Wales. A mixture of purple and green tuff, ashstone, shale, and coarse sandstone is in the north east. Coarse dark purple rhyodacite is in the north end near Queanbeyan turn off.^[4]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Hume". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
^ Canberra's suburb and street names : origins and meanings. Department of the Environment, Land and Planning. 1992. p. 63. ISBN 1-86331-128-9.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Hume (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
^ Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.

References

Place names search, Geoscience Australia

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[Census-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Hume". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

[book-2] Canberra's suburb and street names : origins and meanings. Department of the Environment, Land and Planning. 1992. p. 63. ISBN 1-86331-128-9.

[Census2006Y-3] Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Hume (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 May 2009.

[4] Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.

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v t e Suburbs in Jerrabomberra
Beard HMAS Harman Hume Oaks Estate Symonston
Districts in the Australian Capital Territory Canberra Central Woden Valley Belconnen Jerrabomberra Majura Tuggeranong Weston Creek Gungahlin Stromlo Kowen Hall Coree Paddys River Cotter River Tennent Rendezvous Creek Booth Mount Clear Molonglo Valley See also Suburbs of Canberra List of Canberra suburbs

v t e Suburbs in Tuggeranong
Banks Bonython Calwell Chisholm Conder Fadden Gilmore Gordon Gowrie Greenway Hume Isabella Plains Kambah Macarthur Monash Oxley Richardson Theodore Wanniassa Town Centre Tuggeranong Town Centre Group Centres Calwell Chisholm Lanyon Marketplace Erindale Centre Kambah Village Centre Wanniassa
Districts in the Australian Capital Territory Canberra Central Woden Valley Belconnen Jerrabomberra Majura Tuggeranong Weston Creek Gungahlin Stromlo Kowen Hall Coree Paddys River Cotter River Tennent Rendezvous Creek Booth Mount Clear Molonglo Valley See also Suburbs of Canberra List of Canberra suburbs

Hume, Australian Capital Territory

Geology

See also

Footnotes

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