gentrified, with properties regularly fetching more than $1 million. Perhaps paradoxically, among the most sought-after properties in the suburb are the heritage-listed cottages built during the conservative governments of Stanley Bruce and Joseph Lyons, which are set mainly among European trees. Open space Ainslie has many parks and open spaces. Corroboree Park is shaped like a semicircle, and is associated with the Aboriginal use of the area prior to European settlement in Canberra. The park was created around 1925 around what is known as the 'Corroboree Tree' located in the park. Ainslie Community Hall, which is located in Corroboree Park, is socially significant as one of the early meeting places in Canberra. The wooden hall was erected in 1927 and the adjoining 1920s school building was relocated to its current location from Russell. The hall is often used for social gatherings, meetings and classes such as yoga and dance. The three courts for the Ainslie Tennis Club (established in 1927) were built using voluntary labour. The tennis club planted many of the trees in the park. It contains several sports ovals, one of which is part of the Ainslie Football Club. It contains North Ainslie Primary School which has a generous oval. Demographics In the , the population of Ainslie was 5,376, including 99 (1.8%) Indigenous persons and 4,029 (74.9%) Australian-born persons. 72.5% of dwellings were separate houses (compared to the Australian average of 72.3%), while 16.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses (Australian average: 12.6%) and 10.1% were flats, units or apartments (Australian average: 14.2%). 39.1% of the population were professionals, compared to the Australian average of 22.2%. Notably 24.6% worked in central government administration, compared to the Australian average of 1.2%, although the ACT-wide average is a similar 17.1%. 56.5% of the population had no religion, compared to the Australian average of 38.4%. Politics Ainslie is located within the federal electorate of Canberra and it is represented by Alicia Payne for the Labor Party. In the ACT Legislative Assembly, Ainslie is part of the electorate of Kurrajong, which elects five members on the basis of proportional representation, two Labor, two Greens and one Liberal. Polling place statistics are shown to the right for the Ainslie North polling place at Ainslie North Primary School in the 2022 federal and 2020 ACT elections. Geology Calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation from the Silurian period is overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This