Hughes ACT, 2605
Hughes Real Estate: Suburb Profile
Are you considering Hughes, ACT 2605 as your next move? It's critical to know if the suburb is an ideal option for you (and your family?). The Homes.com.au suburb profile removes the guesswork by providing the Hughes house prices, demographics & market trends so that we can allow you to make informed decisions about your potential move to the suburb.
If you are making a move to Hughes, keep reading for a brief historical overview to discover the amazing lifestyle and what makes this suburb so popular.
Overview Hughes is a suburb in the Woden district of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The following suburbs neighbour it: Curtin, Deakin, Red Hill, Philip and Garran. As of the 2016 census, the population of Hughes was 2,990.
Living in Hughes Hughes is a friendly community with spacious homes and gardens. It contains kindergartens, primary schools and a retirement village, making it the perfect suburb for families. The suburb has a local shopping centre which includes a supermarket, service station, bakery, chemist, newsagent, take away store, post office, dry cleaner, hairdresser and real estate agent. The residents of Hughes also have access to open places like playgrounds, walking tracks and a tennis club.
History of Hughes The suburb of Hughes was named after William Morris Hughes, the seventh Prime Minister of Australia. The streets of the suburb were named after the personnel and contemporaries of the armed services of William Hughes in World War One. It was gazetted as a suburb on 20 September 1962 with nine individuals as its residents. Although residential construction in Hughes began in 1963, it had reached a population of 4,050 by 1974. The first school built in Hughes was the Hughes Primary School in 1964.
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