Griffith, Australian Capital Territory

Griffith Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Population:	3,905 (2006 census)
• Density:	1420/km² (3,677.8/sq mi)
Established:	1927
Gazetted:	20 September 1928
Postcode:	2603
Area:	2.75 km² (1.1 sq mi)
District:	South Canberra
Assembly Electorate:	Molonglo
Federal Division:	Canberra
Suburbs around Griffith: Forrest Barton Kingston Red Hill Griffith Fyshwick Red Hill Narrabundah Narrabundah

Griffith (postcode: 2603) is an early inner-south suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Griffith is named after Sir Samuel Griffith, who was chosen in 1903 as the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and retained his position until retirement in 1919. Streets in Griffith are named after explorers.

Griffith contains the Manuka Shopping Centre, one of the earliest shopping areas built in Canberra. Noted buildings in the suburb include the Russian Embassy and St Paul's Anglican Church.

Griffith, sized at approximately 3 km², is one of Canberra's oldest suburbs, with several of its streets designed according to Walter Burley Griffin's original designs for Canberra. The suburb has 20 parks covering nearly 12% of the total area.

Demography

On Census night 2006, Griffith had a population of 3095 people, of which 2305 were in the workforce. The major industry of Griffith's citizens is public administration & safety, and a majority of Griffith workers are professionals. The average Griffith citizen is 37-years of age, earning a mean weekly gross income of approximately $935/week.

Geology

Rocks in Griffith are from the Silurian age. Mount Painter Volcanics dark grey to green grey dacitic tuff is found to the south west of the Deakin Fault. Canberra Formation, calcareous shale is in the north east of the Deakin Fault. The Deakin Fault is named after the suburb, and in the suburb runs from Canberra Avenue at Manuka to Frome Street. The Deakin fault is an important fault running in the north west direction across most of Canberra.

See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory

Education

Griffith is home to Canberra's first private Catholic boys school, St Edmund's College, a Christian Brothers school opened in 1954. There are 5 other schools located in the suburb.

Notable places

The Canberra South Bowling Club on the corner of Austin and La Perouse Streets was designed by the architect Harry Seidler and completed in 1959.[1][2]

Griffith also contains the street of Flinders Way, which appears as the second most expensive street in the Australian version of Monopoly at the price of $350.^{[citation needed]}