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Amaroo is a residential suburb in Canberra's Gungahlin district geared towards family life and everyday convenience. Streets are lined with modern detached homes and townhouses, many with modest front gardens and driveways, and properties sit around a network of parks, playgrounds and leafy reserves that encourage outdoor activity. The suburb has 6,129 residents with a median age of 35. Families are dominant: couple families with children make up 58.0% of families and, with couple families without children, account for 86.1% of all families. Most homes are owner-occupied (71.9%) while 28.1% are rented.

A neighbourhood shopping centre provides groceries, cafes and basic services, and regular bus connections run to Gungahlin Town Centre where the light rail links into the city. Sporting ovals and community facilities support local clubs and events, and the Amaroo District Playing Fields remain the main organised-sport facility. Several council-backed upgrades are under way, including playground improvements near the shops, pavilion works at the playing fields and a nearby tennis facility, and there is a public EV charging station at the Amaroo Village Shopping Centre. Whether Amaroo suits you depends on whether a suburb weighted towards families, outdoor activity and practical transport links matches what you want.

Houses in Amaroo have a median price of $940,000, which works out to about 6.5 times a typical local household's annual income at the last Census — a multiple that sits in the "well above local incomes" band. Renting a house at $690 a week would take about 24.9% of a typical local household's weekly income at the last Census, which is a moderate share of income. On these figures, buying a house looks more stretched against what local households earned at the last Census than renting does.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Over the past 12 months house values in Amaroo rose 4.9%, a moderate gain in what houses are worth. Over the same period house rents increased 1.5%, a slight rise in the income those properties earn. For houses, capital growth has been the stronger performer this year compared with rental growth, and whether that balance suits you depends on your goals and circumstances.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.