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Overview

Gilmore is a leafy suburb in Canberra’s Tuggeranong district, named after poet‑journalist Dame Mary Gilmore and gazetted in 1975. Bordered by the Monaro Highway, Isabella Drive and Hambidge Crescent, it sits beside Macarthur and Chisholm and had 2,706 residents at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 37. The community is mainly Australian‑born; median weekly individual income is $1,164, household income $2,416, and the average monthly housing loan repayment is $2,048.

Local life centers on the Gilmore Neighbourhood Oval on Heagney Crescent and the heritage‑listed Rose Cottage off Isabella Drive, which houses a nursery and craft centre. ACTION bus routes 74 and 75 link the suburb to Tuggeranong Town Centre, Erindale Centre and neighbouring Chisholm and Richardson, providing easy public‑transport access. An ActewAGL electricity substation on Isabella Drive supports the area’s infrastructure, while the suburb’s streets honour journalists, especially women, adding a distinctive cultural flavour.