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Disadvantage is concentrated in a small number of communities within the ACT.

Five postcodes (19% of total) account for 49% of the highest rank positions across indicators of disadvantage. These postcodes show high rates of:

• rental stress
• limited qualifications
• long-term unemployment
• low family income
• low internet access
• limited work skills
• disability

Locational disadvantage is entrenched

Five of the eight locations identified as most disadvantaged in 2007 were once again present in 2015.

Moreover, the same two postcodes that recorded the greatest disadvantage in 2007 also occupied these positions in 2015. In 2007 these two postcodes accounted for 26% of the highest rankings, compared with 25% in 2015.

Most disadvantaged postcodes in the ACT – Comparison with previous years
(Locations listed numerically within bands of disadvantage)

Band	2015	2007
Most disadvantaged	2609 Fyshwick 2615 Charnwood 2620 Oaks Estate 2905 Bonython	2602 Ainslie 2604 Kingston 2609 Fyshwick 2620 Oaks Estate
Next most disadvantaged	2602 Ainslie 2606 Chifley 2612 Braddon 2902 Kambah	2603 Griffith 2606 Chifley 2612 Braddon 2614 Cook