page_title: Molonglo Valley
hierarchical_section_title: Molonglo Valley
caption_attribution_description: English: Molonglo Valley - Southern side - Coppins Crossing Rd and John Gorton Drive
context_page_description: The District of Molonglo Valley is one of the nineteen districts of the Australian Capital Territory used in land administration, and the only district that was not created in 1966. The district is subdivided into divisions, sections and blocks and is the newest district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The district is planned to consist of thirteen suburbs, planned to contain 33,000 dwellings, with an expected population of between 50,000 and 73,000. To be developed in three stages over more than ten years, the district will contain a principal town centre and a secondary group centre, with residential suburbs located to the south and north of the Molonglo River; located to the west of Lake Burley Griffin.
  The name Molonglo is derived from an Aboriginal expression meaning "the sound of thunder".
  At the 2016 census, the population of the district was 4,578.
context_section_description: The District of Molonglo Valley is one of the nineteen districts of the Australian Capital Territory used in land administration, and the only district that was not created in 1966. The district is subdivided into divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks and is the newest district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The district is planned to consist of thirteen suburbs, planned to contain 33,000 dwellings, with an expected population of between 50,000 and 73,000. To be developed in three stages over more than ten years, the district will contain a principal town centre and a secondary group centre, with residential suburbs located to the south and north of the Molonglo River; located to the west of Lake Burley Griffin.
  The name Molonglo is derived from an Aboriginal expression meaning "the sound of thunder".
  At the 2016 census, the population of the district was 4,578.
caption: Coppin's Crossing Road, looking south along John Gorton Drive toward the suburbs of Coombs and Wright
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