Bruce, Australian Capital Territory

Bruce is a suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra, that is located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The suburb was gazetted on 6 June 1968 in recognition of Viscount Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1883-1967), the eighth Prime Minister of Australia and the first Chancellor of the Australian National University.DemographicsAt the, Bruce had a population of 6,997 people. Although, as of the late 2000s, the mean taxable income of individuals within the suburb is slightly lower than the ACT average, the suburb nonetheless is in the top decile in the Territory within the Australian Bureau of Statistics' SEIFA index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage. At the 2011, 37.2% of the population was foreign born, the eighth highest for any Canberra suburb.Places of interest Canberra Stadium is the home of the Canberra Raiders rugby league and Brumbies rugby union sides, and occasionally hosts national and international sporting events Canberra International Sports and Aquatic CentreThe University of Canberra (UC) has an enrolment of over 10,000 students and is one of four major universities in CanberraThe Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Calvary Public HospitalBruce Campus of the Canberra Institute of Technology Radford College