Monash (postcode 2904) is a suburb in the district of

Tuggeranong Tuggeranong () is a district in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia. The district is subdivided into divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks and is the southernmost district of the Australian Capital Territory. The district comprise ...

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. The suburb is named after General Sir

John Monash General (Australia), General Sir John Monash (; 27 June 1865 – 8 October 1931) was an Australian civil engineer and military commander of the World War I, First World War. He commanded the 13th Brigade (Australia), 13th Infantry Brigade befor ...

, (1865 to 1931), who commanded the Australian Army in France in the

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. It was gazetted on 1 August 1975 and first settled in 1978. The suburb has an area of 3.41 km². Streets are named after engineers and the suburb consists primarily of detached houses on suburban blocks. The suburb is bounded by Erindale Drive, Drakeford Drive, Isabella Drive and Ashley Drive. Located in the suburb is Isabella Pond and part of the Tuggeranong Creek. Facilities include the Goodwin Retirement Village, a primary school and a recreation oval. Monash is serviced by a small local shopping centre, the larger Erindale Shopping Centre at Wanniassa and the nearby Tuggeranong Hyperdome.

Demographics

At the , Monash had a population of 5,644 people. The median age of people in Monash was 43 years, above the ACT average of 35. The median individual income was $1,095 per week compared to $1,203 per week across the ACT, while the median household income was $2,164. In 2021, the median monthly housing loan repayment in Monash was $2,058, compared to the ACT average of $2,080. The residents of Monash are predominantly Australian born, with 72.3% being born in Australia. The five main countries of birth for those born overseas were

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, 3.0%,

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, 2.9%,

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, 1.4%,

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, 1.1% and

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, 1.0%. The most popular religious affiliations in descending order are no religion,

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and

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Geology

Deakin Volcanics green grey, purple and cream

rhyolite Rhyolite ( ) is the most silica-rich of volcanic rocks. It is generally glassy or fine-grained (aphanitic) in texture (geology), texture, but may be porphyritic, containing larger mineral crystals (phenocrysts) in an otherwise fine-grained matri ...

is in the west of the suburb and Deakin Volcanics green grey and purple

rhyodacite Rhyodacite is a volcanic rock intermediate in composition between dacite and rhyolite. It is the extrusive equivalent of those plutonic rocks that are intermediate in composition between monzogranite and granodiorite. Rhyodacites form from rapid ...

occurs in the centre and east. These rocks are from the

Silurian The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 23.5 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the third and shortest period of t ...

period around 414 million years old.

Amenities

Monash Primary School

Monash Primary School, on Corlette Crescent, is a preschool to Year 6 ACT public school. The school's motto is 'Touch the earth, reach the sky, challenge the future'. The school has a kitchen garden program, band and many other opportunities for enrichment.

Canberra Islamic Centre

Monash is also home to the Canberra Islamic Centre and Australian National Islamic Library, first opened in 1993. The centre, on Clive Steele Avenue, holds regular prayers and a full-time Imam was appointed in 2010. The public library holds more than 30,000 titles.

Bureau of Meteorology station

Monash is the location of the Bureau of Meteorology's Tuggeranong weather station. This station also records air quality.

References

{{Tuggeranong Suburbs Suburbs of Canberra