shops, food vans, camping stores, car yards and hairdressing salons. The Lonsdale Street Traders is a temporary commercial destination in a converted tyre-warehouse, and a boutique hotel is planned for the northern end of the street, opening in 2015. During the Summernats car festival, Lonsdale Street is the site of an annual unofficial street parade, the Lonsdale Street Cruise. The parade features all types of cars and draws crowds of spectators. Lonsdale Street was named Canberra's 'hippest hood' by The Sydney Morning Herald in September 2013. Merici College Merici College is a private Roman Catholic girls' high school catering for years 7 to 12. Northbourne Flats The Northbourne Flats are located on both sides of Northbourne Avenue in Braddon and Turner. The flats provided the first high-density housing project on Northbourne Avenue, now characterised by high-density living. In 2011, the ACT Government ran a national design competition to remodel the flats, to make way for the new development current public housing tenants will be relocated to other properties. Northbourne Oval Northbourne Oval was established in 1925, making it North Canberra's oldest enclosed oval. It is listed by the ACT Heritage Council. Since 2020 the oval has been in used by the Canberra Raiders as their training ground. Places of worship St Patrick's Catholic Church, built in 1935. St Columbus Uniting Church Salvation Army Canberra City Temple St Mary's Catholic Church Sisters of Mercy Australian Episcopal Conference Demographics At the , Braddon had a population of 6,383 people, up significantly from a population of 3,574 in 2006. Braddon residents had a median age of 30, which is younger than the ACT median of 35 and the Australian median of 38. The median weekly household income was $3,029, compared to the median Australian household income of $2,120. 45.3% of the population were professionals, compared to the Australian average of 24.0%. 25.4% worked in central government administration, compared to the Australian average of 1.1%, although the ACT-wide average is a similar 17.1%. 61.5 per cent of Braddon's population were Australian-born on census night 2021. The next most common countries of birth were China 6.8%, England 3.5%, India 3.0%, New Zealand 1.4% and South Korea 1.3%. 63.6% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home were Mandarin 8.1%, Cantonese 1.8%, Spanish 1.5%, Korean 1.2% and Hindi 1.1%. 59.5% of the population had no religion, while 13.2% were Catholic, 6.7% not