| Type: | suburb |
| Franklin | |
| City: | Canberra |
| State: | act |
| Lga: | Gungahlin |
| Stategov: | Yerrabi |
| Fedgov: | Fenner |
| Est: | 2007 |
| Postcode: | 2913 |
| Elevation: | 611 |
| Area: | 2.3 |
| Dist1: | 11 |
| Dir1: | NNW |
| Location1: | Canberra CBD |
| Dist2: | 28 |
| Dir2: | NNW |
| Location2: | Queanbeyan |
| Dist3: | 85 |
| Dir3: | SW |
| Location3: | Goulburn |
| Dist4: | 282 |
| Dir4: | SW |
| Location4: | Sydney |
| Near-Nw: | Palmerston |
| Near-N: | Gungahlin |
| Near-Ne: | Harrison |
| Near-W: | Canberra Nature Park |
| Near-E: | Harrison |
| Near-Sw: | Crace |
| Near-S: | Mitchell |
| Near-Se: | Kenny |
| Coordinates: | -35.2°N 149.1425°W |
Franklin (postcode: 2913) is a suburb of Canberra, Australia in the district of Gungahlin. It is named after the novelist Miles Franklin. Most streets in Franklin are named after female Australian writers.[1] It comprises an area of approximately 256 hectares. It is bounded by Flemington Road to the north and east, Well Station Drive to the south, and Gungahlin Drive to the west.[2] Franklin is mainly a residential area with higher density, mixed-use development along Flemington Road including a local shopping centre and other retail and commercial tenancies.
The suburb of Franklin includes a number of large open space to provide a pedestrian and cyclist network, and to provide an ecological corridor for the movement of native wildlife.[2]
In the, the population of Franklin was 6,419, including 75 (1.1%) Indigenous persons and 3,129 (49.2%) Australian-born persons. 11.1% were born in China, 7.2% in India, 2.9% in South Korea, 2.2% in Sri Lanka, and 2.2% in Vietnam. In the, 44.4% of the population was foreign born, the third highest for any Canberra suburb.[4]
Franklin is served by three Canberra Metro light rail stations: Manning Clark North, Mapleton Avenue and Nullarbor Avenue. All three stations are located on Flemington Road and opened in April 2019.[5]
Franklin is serviced by several ACTION bus routes.
Until the opening of the light rail, Flemington Road was serviced by 200 series buses every day.
See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory. Franklin is underlaid mostly by the Canberra Formation mudstone or volcanics from the late middle Silurian age.[8]
Franklin residents get preference for:[9]