Hume, Australian Capital Territory

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Hume

| state = act

| city = Canberra

| image = Hume ACT Aerial.jpg

| caption = Aerial view

| map_type =

| lga = Jerrabomberra

| postcode = 2620

| est =

| gazetted = 22 March 1982

| elevation = 595

| area = 8.6

| pop = 395

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2021 AUS|id=801031031|name=Hume|accessdate=4 September 2022|quick=on}}

| coordinates = {{coord|-35.387|149.170|region:AU-ACT_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| stategov = Kurrajong

| fedgov = Bean

| dist1 = 15

| dir1 = SSE

| location1 = Canberra CBD

| dist2 = 10

| dir2 = WSW

| location2 = Queanbeyan

| dist3 = 100

| dir3 = SW

| location3 = Goulburn

| dist4 = 297

| dir4 = SW

| location4 = Sydney

| near-nw = Jerrabomberra (district)

| near-n = Symonston

| near-ne = Jerrabomberra (NSW)

| near-e = Environa (NSW)

| near-w = Jerrabomberra (district)

| near-sw = Gilmore

| near-s = Tralee (NSW)

| near-se = Tralee (NSW)

}}

Hume is a suburb of Canberra, and is adjacent to the District of Jerrabomberra in New South Wales.The suburb is named after the explorer Hamilton Hume and streets are named after Australian industrialists and businessmen.{{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=63}} Hume is a light-industrial suburb and there is no significant housing development. At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Hume had a population of 395, up from six in 2006,{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC81266|name=Hume (State Suburb)|accessdate=24 May 2009|quick=on}} as a result of the construction of the Alexander Maconochie Centre. The location of the prison has also given Hume a highly unusual gender ratio with 92.7% of the permanent population being male.