Gungahlin Business Directory

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The Gungahlin Business Directory is a resource that features businesses in the district of Gungahlin, ACT, Australia. To start with it includes businesses actually located in Gungahlin. Over time it will expand to include businesses that service Gungahlin as well.

Gungahlin is the name of a district and the northernmost town centre in Canberra, Australia Gungahlin is situated 10 km of Canberra’s city centre. The centre is one of five satellites of Canberra including Woden, Tuggeranong, Weston Creek and Belconnen. Currently Gungahlin comprises 11 suburbs, including three currently under construction and a further 7 suburbs planned. The word Gungahlin is Aboriginal in origin and means little rocky hill.

The suburbs of Gungahlin are Amaroo, Bonner, Casey, Crace, Forde, Franklin, Gungahlin, Harrison,Ngunnawal, Palmerston and Nicholls.

The population of the Gungahlin district was estimated 32,550 in 2006  and this is expected to rise to 50,000 by the year 2014. Gungahlin’s cultural mix differs from other parts of Canberra in regards to the numbers of residents of Asian origin. Despite the district’s lower population, there are now more Chinese speaking residents in number in Gungahlin than other parts of Canberra. Similarly, Korean, Filipino and Singhalese speakers are more common in Gungahlin than in other districts.