Hughes bushfire risk
Of Hughes’s 1,557 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 11.4% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Hughes’s flood exposure is below the ACT average of 0.1%, and bushfire exposure is above the ACT average of 8.5%.
Check a specific Hughes address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Hughes
Flood and bushfire areas across Hughes. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Hughes
Hughes sits in the ACT police jurisdiction, which recorded 10,735 reported offences in the 12 months to Dec 2025.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 10,735 total. Figures are for the whole ACT police jurisdiction (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Zoning in Hughes
Hughes is mostly other. The most common zones:
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: SUBURBAN
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: SUBURBAN CORE
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
School catchments in Hughes
Hughes can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Hughes
At the 2021 Census, 25.5% of Hughes’s 3,210 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Hughes
ACT council approved 4,031 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole ACT council area (not just Hughes). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in ACT
Compare Hughes with the rest of the council area, largest first.
Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.