Living and working in Canberra
Living and working in Canberra has much more to offer than you may think.
Eleven good reasons to live in Canberra
- Great lifestyle – hundreds of award-winning restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs and clubs. You will be spoilt for choice!
- Fantastic job opportunities – Canberra’s unemployment rate is consistently among the lowest in the nation.
- Great schools – Canberra has the highest rate of students completing secondary schooling, and highest percentage of students gaining entrance to university.
- Excellent Universities and tertiary education facilities – the Australian National University is one of the top two universities in Australia, and rates among the top in the world.
- Festivals, concerts and theatre – a year-round program of major events, national attractions, concerts and more means that there’ll always be something to see and do in Canberra.
- Cosmopolitan, boutique shopping – experience the popular and trendy suburbs of Kingston and Manuka.
- Outdoor sports – minutes to water sports, hiking or mountain biking and within two hours to the snow or the beach. Canberrans have the highest participation rate in sports of any State or Territory.
- Professional sport teams – Canberra has national teams in NRL, WNBL, Super 15, plus we host a number of AFL games through out the year.
- Vibrant art and culture – National Gallery of Australia, National Museum of Australia, National Library of Australia, Australian War Memorial and of course Parliament House plus many more.
- More than 50 regional wineries – with award winning local vintages.
- Country town feel with all the city benefits – known as the “20 minute town” you are literally minutes from anywhere you want to get to in town.