Gilmore, Australian Capital Territory
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Gilmore
| state = act
| city = Canberra
| image =
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| lga = Tuggeranong
| postcode = 2905
| est = 1985
| gazetted = 5 August 1975
| area = 2.0
| pop = 2,706
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL80062|name=Gilmore|accessdate=8 September 2022|quick=on}}
| elevation = 661
| coordinates = {{coord|-35.421|149.133|region:AU-ACT_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| stategov = Brindabella
| fedgov = Bean
| dist1 = 21
| dir1 = S
| location1 = Canberra CBD
| dist2 = 15
| dir2 = SW
| location2 = Queanbeyan
| dist3 = 103
| dir3 = SW
| location3 = Goulburn
| dist4 = 300
| dir4 = SW
| location4 = Sydney
| near-nw = Fadden
| near-n = Macarthur
| near-ne =
| near-e = Chisholm
| near-se =
| near-s = Chisholm
| near-sw = Chisholm
| near-w =
}}
Gilmore is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia, district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2905. The suburb is named after the poet and journalist, Dame Mary Gilmore.{{cite book|title=Canberra's suburb and street names : origins and meanings|year=1992|publisher=Department of the Environment, Land and Planning|isbn=1-86331-128-9 |page=39}} It was gazetted on 5 August 1975. Streets are named after journalists, particularly female journalists.
It is next to the suburbs of Macarthur and Chisholm and is bounded by the Monaro Highway, Isabella Drive, and Hambidge Crescent.
Demographics
At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Gilmore had a population of 2,706 people. The median age of people in Gilmore was 37 years, compared to a median age of 35 for Canberra. The median weekly individual income for Gilmore in 2021, was $1,164, compared to the ACT average of $1,203, while the median weekly household income was $2,416. In 2021 the median monthly housing loan repayment in Gilmore was $2,048.
The residents of Gilmore are predominantly Australian-born, with 79.5% being born in Australia. The five leading countries of birth for those born overseas were England, 2.9%; New Zealand, 1.3%, India, 1.3%; Philippines, 1.2%; and China, 0.7%. The most popular religious affiliations in descending order are no religion, Catholic, and Anglican.
Suburb amenities
Gilmore Neighbourhood Oval is located on Heagney Crescent. The Rose Cottage heritage site, located off Isabella Drive, is heritage-listed{{cite web |url=http://apps.actpla.act.gov.au/tplan/VARIATIO/dv056/Finalv56.pdf |title=Heritage Places Register |publisher=ACT Government |access-date=15 February 2014 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090516064157/http://apps.actpla.act.gov.au/tplan/VARIATIO/dv056/Finalv56.pdf |archive-date=16 May 2009 |url-status=dead }} and is open to the public. The site includes a nursery and craft centre.{{cite web|url=http://rosecottagecanberra.com/|title=Welcome|publisher=Rose Cottage Canberra| access-date=15 February 2014}} An ActewAGL Electricity substation is located in Gilmore, with access off Isabella Drive.
Several ACTION bus routes service Gilmore. Routes 74 and 75 connect Gilmore to Tuggeranong Town Centre and Erindale Centre. It also services Chisholm and Richardson.[https://www.transport.act.gov.au/getting-around/new_network_preview?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZmaWxlcy50cmFuc3BvcnQuYWN0Lmdvdi5hdSUyRkF1dG9UVCUyRk5ld19OZXR3b3JrXzE5JTJGcGRmcyUyRnJvdXRlXzc0LnBkZiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D Route 74 & 75] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430124003/https://www.transport.act.gov.au/getting-around/new_network_preview%3Fsq_content_src%3D%252BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZmaWxlcy50cmFuc3BvcnQuYWN0Lmdvdi5hdSUyRkF1dG9UVCUyRk5ld19OZXR3b3JrXzE5JTJGcGRmcyUyRnJvdXRlXzc0LnBkZiZhbGw9MQ%253D%253D |date=30 April 2019 }} Transport Canberra
Politics
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Gilmore is located within the federal Bean electorate, represented by David Smith for Labor in the House of Representatives. In the ACT Legislative Assembly, Gilmore is part of the electorate of Brindabella, which elects five members based on proportional representation, currently two Liberal, two Labor, and one Green.{{cite web |publisher= ACT Legislative Assembly |url=
https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/past_act_legislative_assembly_elections/2020-election/list-of-elected-candidates-2020-election |title=List of elected candidates - 2020 Election|access-date=8 September 2022}} Polling place statistics are shown to the right for the Gilmore polling place at Gilmore Primary School in the 2022 federal and 2020 ACT elections.
Geology
{{See also|Geology of the Australian Capital Territory}}
Gilmore is built on volcanic rocks from the Silurian age. The rock member is titled Deakin Volcanics. Rhyolite covers most of Gilmore except in the east, where rhyodacite is found. These are from the Silurian age at 414 Mya.Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.