Tuggeranong in facts
Nineteen suburbs, from 1974
Kambah came first in 1974, and Lake Tuggeranong was created in 1987. 79.5% of homes are separate houses, and 42.1% have four or more bedrooms.
Kambah and Mr Fluffy
In 2015 the Canberra Times reported Kambah had 102 Mr Fluffy homes, the most of any suburb. Southern Tuggeranong was built after the installer stopped work and is free of it.
Fire
The 18 January 2003 firestorm reached Kambah among other suburbs, and the Orroral Valley fire brought an emergency warning for Tharwa and the southern suburbs on 28 January 2020.
Hail
Hail up to 5 cm fell in Tuggeranong on 31 December 2006, and the 3 January 2022 supercell left 17,000 people across Tuggeranong and West Belconnen without power.
Cold winters
Frost is very common, and the temperature here has dropped as low as -8.4 °C.
Owners, mostly
46.0% of homes had a mortgage, 30.9% were owned outright and 20.6% were rented. Evoenergy runs the network and has a neighbourhood battery in Fadden.
Trees, lines and fire season
In the ACT, keeping trees on your land clear of power lines is the homeowner's job: at least 1 metre from the service line to the house and 1.5 metres from other lines, or 2 metres in bushfire prone areas.
Don't prune near a line yourself. Use a contractor qualified to work near power lines, and if a branch is already touching, call Evoenergy on 13 10 93.
Inside the house, the job before summer is making sure every circuit sits behind a working safety switch, so water or storm damage trips the power instead of leaving a fault live.
Heating a house in a cold valley
Electric heating is a big winter load in a three or four-bedroom house. If you're replacing old heaters with reverse cycle units, ask the electrician whether each needs its own circuit and whether the board has room for them.
What we'd do in Tuggeranong
We'd walk the yard before summer and look for branches near the line to the house, then book a qualified contractor if anything's close. In Kambah or another of the first suburbs, we'd also check the meter box for a Mr Fluffy tag before any electrical work starts.
Want a specialist to sort it?
Tell us the job and your postcode. We match the licence-checked local electrician who does this kind of work, and they call you. No ring-around, and your number goes to them alone.