Chisholm is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong, named after Caroline Chisholm. It was gazetted on 5 August 1975, and streets are named after notable women. It is nearby suburbs of Gilmore, Fadden, and Richardson. It is bounded by Isabella Drive, and the Monaro Highway. Chisholm and Gilmore are separated by Simpsons Hill, which provides some wilderness with walking tracks over it, popular for walking dogs.
Demographics
At the, Chisholm had a population of 5,121 people. The median age of people in Chisholm was 36 years, compared to a median age of 35 for Canberra. Unemployment in Chisholm was half a percent lower than the Canberra average. The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chisholm in 2016 was $919, compared to the ACT median of $998, while the median weekly household income was $2,028. In 2016, the median monthly housing loan repayment in Chisholm was $2,000. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population 79.4% of all residents were born in Australia. The three main countries of birth for those born overseas were England, 3.0%, New Zealand, 1.3%, and India, 1.1%. 84.9% of people spoke only English at home The most popular religious affiliations in descending order are no religion 31.7%, Catholic 28.0%, Anglican 3.7%, Not stated 8.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.
Suburb amenities
Chisholm Group Centre
The Chisholm Group Centre is located on Halley Street and Benham Street and has a variety of shops and service outlets. These include a Colessupermarket, tavern, restaurants, general practitioner, dentist, BPservice station, Fire Station, Rugby unionclub, child care and several other businesses. Chisholm also has several sporting facilities: the Chisholm District Playing Fields located on Proctor Street, the Chisholm Neighbourhood Oval on Alston Street and The Pines Tennis Club on Norris Street.
Education
Caroline Chisholm School caters for students from Pre school to Year 10. Chisholm High School, now the Senior Campus opened in 1985; the school won the RAIA Canberra Medallion for Outstanding Architecture the following year. The senior campus caters for students in Years 7 to 10. Chisholm Primary School, now the Junior Campus caters for students in Preschool to Year 6. Both schools are located on Hambidge Crescent. The former Tuggeranong Schoolhouse is also located in Chisholm. This was a one teacher school which operated between 1870 and 1939. The surviving school building dates from 1880, and is now used as a museum.
Transport
Chisholm is serviced by several ACTION bus routes. Routes 74 and 75 combine as a circular bus route which connects Chisholm and surrounding suburbs with the Tuggeranong Town Centre and Erindale Centre. Route 182 runs during peak hour from the Lanyon Marketplace to City West via Barton and follows the Monaro Highway. Routes 76 and 78 services surrounding suburbs including Gilmore and Richardson to Tuggeranong Town Centre.
The rocks underneath Chisholm are two kinds of volcanic rock that erupted from volcanos in the Silurian period. The name of the member is called Deakin Volcanics. Rhyolite occurs throughout the suburb. Rhyodacite is found around the hill in the east of Chisholm. These rocks can be quite colourful as a result of alteration by water, and can be cream, grey, green, red or purple. The age of the rocks is 414 Mya.
